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The Atlantic salmon should be named our national fish

By Bob Mallard The United States has numerous official symbols.

Anticosti Island is a deer hunter’s paradise

Revitalized land protection program good for Maine

By BDN Editorial Board Over the last two years, the COVID pandemic prompted many people to change their vacation plans, sometimes delaying travel to distant locales.

I mispronounced my name for 3 decades. Not anymore.

By Matthew Gagnon A couple of years ago, people started noticing something different about me.

Maine moose experiment may help herd thrive

Even with federal funding, broadband expansion requires local organizing

By Andrew Butcher Earlier this month, I was honored and humbled to be unanimously confirmed and sworn in as president of the newly created Maine Connectivity Authority.

Honor the old stories

By Nancy Battick Some of us love winter.

Maine has 2 kinds of eagles and several other pairs of bird species

By Bob Duchesne We interrupt this column for a special bulletin.

Good riddance to presidential debates

By Matthew Gagnon, Bangor Daily News Staff Let me ask you a serious question: Have you ever made a decision about who to vote for based on a debate? Search your mind, and see if you can come up with a single time it has happened.

Spring bear hunt might help deer herd

Are you ready to go ice fishing?

By Bill Graves While minimal snow cover is a detriment to skiing, snowshoeing and snowmobiling, at least some days and most nights offer frigid ice-forming temperatures so local lakes and ponds are freezing to support ice fishing.

No surprise that Maine state parks set another attendance record

By BDN Editorial Board If you weren’t one of the more than 3.

Hey, birders! Our feathered friends aren’t as eager to get a close look at you.

By Bob Duchesne Just so you know, the now-legendary Steller’s sea eagle has spent much of the week around Boothbay, glimpsed by a few people, missed by most.

Winter hiking is difficult, but I still enjoy it more than summer adventures

By Sarah Sindo I couldn’t quite pinpoint what was slowly gnawing at me for the entire month of December.

Maine is keeping unvaccinated health workers at home and allowing some COVID-positive staff to return. You decide if that makes sense.

By Matthew Gagnon In Maine today, you are not allowed to work at a health care facility if you are unvaccinated and perfectly healthy.

Penobscot County crises require significant investments. Now is the time to make them.

By Jennifer Thompson and Scott Pardy As the new year dawns, Penobscot County faces significant crises.

A close shave in the wilderness

Preserving family photos

By Nancy Battick It’s a new year.

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