For the past several years, as cell phone technology has helped turn the masses into a wandering pack of text-messaging, app-using, smart-phoning zombies, I have remained among the dumb-phone-toting Neanderthals who had yet to adapt to today’s digital reality. My phone was small, ugly, and did next to nothing (save, of course, place and receive […]
On Saturday afternoon, Gregg Sanborn stood in a stuffy boat-storage building, dressed in the Maine Warden Service’s dress red tunic, and watched as preparations were made for that day’s annual moose permit lottery at Oquossic Marine. Always tall and lanky, Sanborn didn’t look like a man who is battling a deadly disease. He didn’t act […]
Maine Game Warden Maj. Gregory Sanborn has spent the past couple of months going to work, heading to numerous appointments with doctors, and waiting for the call that could save his life. Today I’m happy to tell you some great news: Sanborn, who is battling cutaneous T-cell lymphoma, a form of cancer, has received that […]
On a bluebird Sunday, Jasper Walsh spent a busy day at “fishing college” with our professor for the day, Maine guide Dan Legere. Walsh was this year’s winner in the 10th annual BDN “Win a Drift Boat Trip” contest, thanks to the kindness of a co-worker who tossed his name in the box during the […]
If you’re looking to get off the beaten path and take part in a cool rural Independence Day celebration, here’s a suggestion: Head to Grand Lake Stream, where the locals and visitors take their July 4th festivities pretty seriously. Grand Lake Stream (population 150), is a Maine rural gem, sitting along the banks of (you […]
Workers reached another milestone over the weekend as the Great Works Dam in Bradley was breached. The dam was among two that are going to be removed as part of the Penobscot River Restoration Project — a fish bypass will be built at a third — opening 1,000 miles of habitat to sea-run fish. That […]
Here’s a photo for you to ponder. Big crowd, eh? If I told you this photo was taken at 2 p.m. in Oquossoc, and you’ve been following Out There all day, you might think that folks are gearing up for the Rangeley Lakes Region Moose Lottery. And you’d be half right. These folks are on […]
For the past couple of months — ever since the initial six-show run of “North Woods Law” ran its course —people have been asking about the future of the reality TV show that shadows Maine game wardens as they do their daily work. On Saturday Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife officials confirmed that […]
For the rest of the weekend the BDN Maine Outdoors crew — Pat Lemieux, Aislinn Sarnacki and I — will be keeping you informed about the goings-on in the tiny Maine town of Oquossoc, site of the Rangeley Lakes Region Moose Lottery Festival. But first, we had to do a little bit of “pub” business. […]
A buddy of mine, who is also a journalist, has always told me that good stories fall into my lap. He’s not saying that to be mean, and he swears he doesn’t intend to make it sound like I don’t work hard at my job (even if my job involves far too much hunting, fishing […]
