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Ron Joseph
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Ron Joseph retired as a Maine wildlife biologist in 2010 following a thirty-three-year career working primarily in the woods of western and northern Maine.
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Land, Water & Wildlife

Remembering Maine’s Failed 1980s Attempt to Reintroduce Caribou

More than 30 years later, the biologist who spearheaded the effort reflects on the challenges — and what might have been.
Hecklers Yelled Ethnic Slurs, But the 1944 Waterville Panthers Became Champs
History

Hecklers Yelled Ethnic Slurs, But the 1944 Waterville Panthers Became Champs

How a basketball team made up of the children of immigrants stunned sports fans.
Theriault Flies
Maine-Made

Theriault Flies

Alvin Theriault was 11 when he tied his first fishing fly. Now 64, Theriault and his wife, Connie, have been making and selling flies for 44 years.
Land, Water & Wildlife

How Maine Black Bears Hibernate

Hibernation is a marvel no matter the creature, but black bears do it best, managing to stay warm, strong, and healthy through months without food or activity. Oh, and their cubs are pretty cute, too.
History

The German POWs Who Tried to Flee Maine for Argentina

During World War II, thousands of German prisoners of war were held in internment camps across Maine. In the winter of 1945, three of them got away.
Land, Water & Wildlife

The Stories Behind Five Classic Maine Fly Patterns

The “Tom Brady of fishing flies,” an overachieving underdog, and more.
Features

The Social Worker Turned Forester Teaching Women to Steward Maine’s Woods

Forester Pam Wells is building a flourishing legacy on a once-ailing woodlot.
biologist assisting with bald eagle restoration Maine pictured with two juvenile birds
Land, Water & Wildlife

Eagle Freaks

The resurgence of Maine’s bald eagle population is one of the state’s most impressive ecological comeback stories. Ron Joseph remembers the big personalities and unorthodox methods that made it work.
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Plenty of Good Water

A grandfather’s lesson: Maine has room for all kinds of neighbors.
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The Great Escape

An evening snowshoe across a frozen lake to see the northern lights turns into a fight for survival.

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