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Bath
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Breakfast or lunch at Mae’s Café in Bath and a visit to the Maine Maritime Museum make a great day trip.
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Mae’s and the Maritime Museum – a great combination!
Submitted by George Smith on Fri, 05/24/2013 - 09:53
Oxford House Inn - Great Rooms, Great Food, Great View!
Submitted by George Smith on Fri, 05/24/2013 - 09:49
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Fryeburg
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What do you get when you combine a stunning view of Maine’s western mountains, an historic lovingly restored house, and delicious creative cuisine? You get Fryeburg’s Oxford House Inn. And you should get there soon.
Monhegan is a "must see" for Mainers
Submitted by George Smith on Fri, 05/24/2013 - 09:40
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Monhegan
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It’s easy to see why Monhegan has attracted so many artists. The island is a series of stunning visual impressions. And when we visited, colorful birds were everywhere too!
Crossbow Use Likely To Expand
Submitted by George Smith on Fri, 05/24/2013 - 09:32
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The legislature’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee has unanimously endorsed a bill that will increase opportunities to use crossbows in Maine. LD 1015, sponsored by Representative Steve Wood, a member of the F&W Committee, would have allowed crossbows in all seasons.
The Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine, the Maine Bowhunters Association, the Maine Professional Guides Association, and the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife opposed that proposal. Ordinarily that would have been the end of it, but Steve does not discourage easily.
Deer Driving Law Clarified
Submitted by George Smith on Mon, 05/20/2013 - 10:54
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Colonel Joel Wilkinson stepped up to straighten out confusion over Maine’s deer driving law. In April, Captain Chris Cloudier of the Maine Warden Service told the legislature’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee that deer driving is illegal even for two hunters.
For more than a decade, an exception in the deer driving law has provided that, “a group of 3 or more persons may hunt together as long as they do not use noisemaking devices.” Maine game wardens have never liked the law change but have not cited a group of 3 or fewer hunters for driving deer since the exception was added to the law.
SAM's Longest Serving Board Members Resign
Submitted by George Smith on Thu, 05/16/2013 - 17:14
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SAM’s two longest serving board members have resigned. Jim Gorman and Jim Hilly served together for 22 years, longer than any SAM board members in the organization’s history. Gorman cited SAM’s transition “in a new direction” for his resignation.
At the same time, new board member Amos Eno also resigned. Amos founded and directs the Resources First Foundation, described as an organization “founded in 2000 to support and develop conservation programs to strengthen and sustain rural communities, economies and green businesses, and to support private sector conservation initiatives by supporting the multi-faceted conservation needs of private landowners.”
IFW Committee Acts on Moose Bills
Submitted by George Smith on Tue, 05/14/2013 - 15:42
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It was all about moose this afternoon when the legislature’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee met in work session to tackle two moose bills. One was mine, LD 177, sponsored at my request by Senator Tom Saviello. The other, LD 738, was sponsored by Senator Troy Jackson on behalf of a few sporting camp owners.
The committee had asked that Lee Kantar, DIF&W’s moose biologist, attend the work session to answer questions. For the work session, and in response to comments from committee members at earlier work sessions, I prepared an amendment to my bill that directed the department to increase the moose harvest to 10 percent of the total population over the next three years. I will attach my work session memo and amendment to this column.
