South Portland tackles waterfowl droppings in Mill Creek Park

City officials are seeking federal guidance in trying to control ducks and geese gathered on the banks of Mill Creek Pond.

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A culinary quest for the best mushrooms led this Maine professor back into the woods

When she isn't teaching political philosophy at Bowdoin, Jean Yarbrough can be found scouring the woods looking for edible mushrooms or in her kitchen cooking with her stash.

State budget includes huge boost for land preservation

Lawmakers included $40 million for the state-run Land for Maine's Future, the second-highest injection of cash in the history of the popular conservation program.

Mahoosuc Land Trust: Preserving for ‘everyone’

Whatever one hankers for when heading outdoors, Mahoosuc Land Trust and its ever-growing conserved lands probably have something for them. 'We would like people to understand that we conserve properties with everyone in mind.'

Maine Guide celebrates four seasons of sporting adventures

Tom Roth's "A Sporting Year in Maine" is a month-by-month journey in the year of a Maine outdoorsman, who counts Sebago Lake as one of his favorite fishing spots.

State approves $135 million deal to remake ski resort in Piscataquis County

The project in Big Moose Township is expected to create roughly 380 full- and part-time jobs.

For Oakland man, trapping beaver a lifelong avocation

Caleb Jones, 28, sets traps in large waterways all over Kennebec County, and helps remove beavers from people's property, where the rodents chew through trees.

Pioneering Maine outdoorsman George Smith dies at 72

He was director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine for nearly two decades and four years ago was diagnosed with ALS.

Family-friendly outdoor skills taught by UMaine Extension, 4-H and Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine

Attendees at the Outdoor Family Adventure program Sunday afternoon in Augusta learned valuable skills. Another session is set for Feb. 28.