Mark your calendars for Sunday, May 31, 7:30-10:30 a.m., for Hidden Valley Nature Center’s annual pancake breakfast at The Alna Store. Anyone and everyone is…
Outdoors
A Bird’s Tale
This past week, as we were having breakfast at the kitchen table, we noticed some “flitting and sitting” in the lilac tree just outside the window. We turned and saw a ruby-crowned kinglet that…
Spring turkey season starts on Monday, May 4 throughout the state, and for the first time in modern history, hunters will be able to turkey hunt in northern Maine.…
Appalachian Trail
By the time Steve and Karl Berger had reached Abingdon Gap, their clothes were soaked. They had just trudged 17 miles through the pouring rain. If they pushed on, they could make it to Damascus,…
A Bird’s Tale
Palm warblers have started to pop up around the state in the last week or so, and their return has gotten us thinking about how the names by which we know different bird species often don’t seem…
This summer Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson is excited to kick off the Little Dyer Adventure Club for youth ages 8-14. In collaboration with the Maine Winter Sports Center (MWSC)…
Runners of all levels are invited to join a community of runners at Hidden Valley Nature Center in Jefferson for six weeks of trail running. Whether you’re trying to get back into running shape…
A Bird’s Tale
Despite the lingering snow and cold this year, migrant birds are returning. American woodcock have come back and started their mating dances. Yellow-bellied sapsuckers are back, too, and tending…
Jody Lewis has started a new business.
Lewis is the owner of Jody Lewis Caretaker & Property Maintenance in Boothbay Harbor.
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Approximately 400 people attended a celebration at the Boothbay Region YMCA on Sunday, March 29 to honor community plow and tow truck drivers and essential…
A Bird’s Tale
No one familiar with the famous story of the unfortunate sailors who were shipwrecked on Boon Island in December 1710 and fought to survive for weeks, with no fire, on the frigid, rocky, wave-…
Southport Island's Boy Scout Troop 238 went dog sledding at Heywood Kennels in Augusta on Saturday, March 21. Owners and Maine Guides Lindy Howe and Kevin Quist taught the troop about sled dogs…
Back by popular demand Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC) in Jefferson will offer an introductory Chainsaw Safety class specifically for women on April 18 and 19. This class is part of HVNC’s…
For more than a decade, Midcoast Stewards Program alumni have been contributing time, energy, ideas and enthusiasm to conservation organizations throughout Midcoast…
Boothbay Region Land Trust (BRLT) is not just a nonprofit land conservation organization. It is a community of like-minded citizens who care deeply for the…
This spring Timber Frame Construction workshops are returning to Hidden Valley Nature Center (HVNC). The first class of the year will be held Thursday to Sunday, April 23-26. These perennially…
Spring arrives on March 20 and staff from the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association will be leading a search along the trails of the Marsh River…
Spectrum Generations
Snowshoeing is an ideal winter turning to spring sport because nearly everyone can do it. If you can walk, you can snowshoe. Snowshoeing is so simple, absolute…
Each year the board and staff of the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association show their appreciation for the contributions of the organization's…
A Bird’s Tale
As more of us struggle at this time of year with colds and the flu, it made us think about illnesses and disease in birds and how this might have an impact on their population numbers.
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Tens of thousands of outdoors-minded folks will gather for an entire weekend of everything outdoors March 27, 28 and 29. The 35th Annual State of Maine Sportsman’s Show is not to be missed. This…
It’s been a hard cold winter with snow falling from December to present. For those of us who love to be outside in most any weather, this winter has provided a…
Boothbay Region Elementary School
The snow and ice buildup on roofs, walkways, cars and just about everywhere has been a well-known sight this winter for Mainers. At Boothbay Region Elementary School, the flat roofs covering much…
The spring chorus of frogs will be a welcome sound this year. After months of deep snow and cold, ponds and wetlands will come to life with croaking, singing amphibians.
If you’re fascinated…
Six well-behaved dogs and their humans took a hike at Penny Lake Preserve in Boothbay Harbor on Feb. 27.
The walk, called “Tails on…
A Bird’s Tale
On these bitterly cold days this February we often find our minds drifting to the warm places where so many of “our” summer birds are currently in…
The Boothbay Fire Department recently hosted an event for firefighters at the fire station in Boothbay.
Roger Audette of Pine Point Fire Training & Consulting came to Boothbay on Jan. 21…
There’s more than one way to make the mountains of snow that have been accumulating over the past several weeks disappear.
We can wait for warm, sunny days, to melt it. We can wait for rain…
Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is once again sponsoring an annual trout stocking sale for your home or farm pond. We offer…
Knox-Lincoln Soil Water Conservation District, Merryspring Nature Center, and Knox-Lincoln Cooperative Extension are sponsoring a free workshop and training on Invasive Forest Insect Outreach on…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) will be celebrating winter on Saturday, Feb. 28 with the second annual Winter Fest. The event will still be…
Hunters can apply for the 2015 Maine Moose Permit Lottery at:…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) has issued an invitation for applications for the Midcoast Stewards Program.
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The 2nd Annual Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association Kids' Ice Fishing Derby, scheduled for this coming Saturday, February 21, has been canceled due to…
With the near record snowfall Maine has had this winter, it’s no wonder that news stations have been warning people about roofs collapsing under all that weight. One news station stated that a…
National Weather Service...Knox County Emergency Management Agency...
ROCKLAND —The National Weather Service at noon Sunday, Feb. 15, canceled its blizzard warning for all but southern Maine and points northeast of Hancock County and Downeast, though wind gusts…
With one snowstorm after another, the complaints about the piles on our roofs, the shoveling of walks, and the time we're spending cleaning off cars have become…
Fish & Game Association
The Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association will hold its second annual Kids’ Ice Fishing Derby on Wiley Pond from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, at the…
When people in Boothbay Harbor look out their windows today, they see over 50 inches of snow piled up as far as the eye can see. Massive snowbanks are everywhere; plow trucks, snow shovels and…
A Bird’s Tale
We’ve been thinking lately about the idea of habitat.
Maybe because the recent onslaught of winter storms has left most of us confined to the small habitat inside and near our homes. Birders…
A Bird’s Tale
With the continuing frigid temperatures and mounds of snow, our backyard bird feeders have been hopping with activity.
But as the number of birds at the feeder increases, the frenzy also…
It was 5:15 a.m. and I was teetering 70 feet above the main deck of the world’s last wooden whaling ship.
I struggled to maintain my balance as I…
The Boothbay Railway Village is planning a special exhibit honoring the first 50 years of the Village Museum. This exhibit will take place this summer, and they are looking for photos of people…
The 38th annual Nequasset Lake Fishing Derby, sponsored by the Woolwich Firefighters Association, will be held on Nequasset Lake, Woolwich on Sunday, Feb. 15. Hours are daylight to 3 p.m.
A…
The Boothbay Region Y in partnership with the Central Lincoln County (CLC) YMCA are offering a combined and expanded summer camp experience, with transportation, to give kids and teens in Lincoln…
On Friday, March 6 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. the Sheepscot Valley Conservation Association will host an owl prowl at their Trout Brook Preserve in Alna. Lynne Flaccus, a…
Great Maine Outdoor Weekend
Only a few weeks ago, Hidden Valley Nature Center's annual Liberal Cup Biathlon was postponed due to a lack of snow.
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Winter is a special time of year during which we get to observe the patterns and habits of our animal neighbors as they hunt, breed, nest and struggle to meet the demands of winter.
Their…
The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) invites families to celebrate winter at Winter Fest which will be held Saturday, Feb. 28 from noon to 3 p.m. at Round Top Farm, 3 Round Top Lane,…
Eighth Annual
The eighth annual Karl’s Kids Ski Day fundraiser will be held on Saturday, Feb. 28 at Sugarloaf.
Karl’s Kids honors the late Karl Berger by helping less fortunate children up to the age of…
