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Land, Water & Wildlife

After Years of Daydreaming, They Bought a Fixer-Upper Sloop

The boat was seaworthy. But were they?

Maine’s Somali Bantus Are Reenvisioning American Farming

On 104 acres in Wales, the farmers of the Little Jubba agrarian commons are demonstrating another model for American agriculture — and replanting what was once uprooted.

How Wild Blueberries Give a Lift to the Land We Love

Wild blueberries, Maine’s cherished native fruit, help sustain the landscape and ensure that it thrives for generations to come.
Bri Dostie, founder of Confluence Collective

Confluence Collective Is Out to Make Fishing More Welcoming

Meet Maine’s Bri Dostie, winner of Orvis’s 2020 Breaking Barriers award.
Mike Baker fishing from his electric-powered kayak

Mike Baker Lands Heavy Fish and Leaves a Light Carbon Footprint

The Arundel guide is an evangelist for electric-powered kayaks.
chef Pone Vattaso of Brunswick's Bangkok Garden and Manchester's Thai Spice

To Chef Pone Vattaso, Maine’s Catfish Are a Real Catch

The little-exalted fish reminds the Laotian-born Mainer of the moose-sized river beasts back home.

The Stories Behind Five Classic Maine Fly Patterns

The “Tom Brady of fishing flies,” an overachieving underdog, and more.
Mainers with a bluefin, circa 1935, from a Portland Press Herald glass negative.

The Bailey Island Fishing Tournament: Monster Tuna, Maine Tradition

For 82 years, the sportfishing competition has been luring fishermen to Harpswell in search of Casco Bay’s big prize.
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In Dreams Begins Responsibility

In her final Room with a View column, Susan Hand Shetterly dreams of Cashes Ledge and what it can teach us.
Maine's Fishin' Physicians

How Maine’s “Fishin’ Physicians” Came Down With Chronic Stripermania

For three University of New England med students, the only cure is the calm and camaraderie of the state's tidal waters.
Know Your Native Maine Fish | Down East Magazine

Know Your Native Maine Fish

A guide to the species that make fishing in Vacationland special.
What Does the Future Hold for Maine and Wildfire?

What Does the Future Hold for Maine and Wildfire?

Drought, climate change, and Western megafires have many Mainers wondering.
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