Auburn summer program aims to help new Mainers build relationship with the outdoors

Students have practiced outdoor survival skills, like navigation and building fires, in the summer program.

Big, lumbering and elusive: How to find a Maine moose

Moose spotting in Maine isn't easy despite the beast's size and number, but there are ways to increase your chances as prime viewing season begins.

Some Maine moose tours

Mark Fanning, 76, remembered as ‘the godfather’ of falconry in Maine

The Buxton resident and former Bonny Eagle teacher who led the push to legalize falconry in the state died in a car crash in Virginia on Saturday. His wife, Cynthia Fanning, is in the hospital with serious injuries.

Photo: A study in the outdoors

‘No plans, no agendas’ — Maine and Mainers find van life a good fit

'Van life means you can go anywhere and still stay relatively safe and comfortable.'

State parks on pace for another record year

COVID-19 restrictions are largely a thing of the past, but the influx of visitors to Maine State Parks that started as a response to pandemic isolation hasn't slowed.

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.

Long Mountain trail loop closed

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.