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Thousands of years ago, retreating glaciers pulverized rock into silt.
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Winners in three categories are eligible for thousands of dollars in cash and prizes and publication in the magazine.
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Land, Water & Wildlife

Maine’s Complete Conservationist

Well into his 80s, Scott Nearing was still living the good life on his farm.
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History

Denning Up with Bucky Fuller on Bear Island

A half century ago, the futurist was tinkering with a wind machine, writing love poems, and literally dancing to his own beat.
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The legacy of the Grand Laker canoe, a Maine foraging guide, the 100th anniversary of the whoopie pie in Maine, and more!
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The return of our Great Maine Scavenger Hunt, Ben Whalley’s saltwater flies, the secret lives of mudflats, and more.
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In this issue: Maine’s land trusts, a greener future for the Maine coast, locally-sourced menus, and more.
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The Ultimate Southern Maine Beach Guide

Maine’s southern coast offers the American summer vacation at its beach-blanket best. Grab a towel and come with us.
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July 2025

In this issue: state biologist Lee Kantar’s mission to save Maine’s iconic moose, a new book by longtime fisherman and amateur photographer Jeff Dworsky, and more.
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The Great Maine Scavenger Hunt

Twenty-eight excursions all across the state, from classical concerts to mountain sunrises to roadside doughnuts, that add up to one fun-filled Maine summer.
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Land, Water & Wildlife

A Feisty Good Samaritan of the North Woods

For more than three decades, Jerry Elwell took vulnerable wild creatures, including a kamikaze crow, a preemie duck with an identity crisis, and a goose that required mouth-to-beak resuscitation, under her wing.
The Island I was among several steamboats offering service to Squirrel Island.
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Squirrel Island’s First Hundred Years

On the centennial of Maine’s original summer colony, Down East asked Edith Wheeler, the 93-year-old granddaughter of the Squirrel Island Association’s first president, to pen a recollection of the little colony’s early days.
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