By Aislinn Sarnacki A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about how to build a campfire in an emergency situation, such as if you’re lost in the woods and have to spend the night in the cold.

MILO — Due to a low number of players, Penquis Valley High School will not have a softball team for the 2024 season.

By Ron Chase We were greeted with another remarkable late-winter day when six of us arose in the bunkhouse at South Branch Pond on the third day of our Baxter State Park expedition.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff The Appalachian Mountain Club and the Atlantic Salmon Federation have formed a partnership to restore salmon and brook trout habitat in Piscataquis County, according to the groups on April 3.

A pair of players from Foxcroft Academy and another from Dexter Regional High School football team have been selected for the 2024 Maine Shrine Lobster Bowl Classic, scheduled for Saturday, July 20 at Lewiston High School.

By Patrick Whittle, The Associated Press Maine’s beloved outdoor trail network could receive millions of dollars of improvements under a proposal conservationists have asked lawmakers to put before voters.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff Late season snow hasn’t bailed out Maine’s beleaguered snowmobile season, as rains and wind melt the state’s white gold.

Guinness Book of World Records confirmed that the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival, Portland Sea Dogs, and Wicked Whoopies achieved the longest line of whoopie pies on June 9, 2023 in Portland.

By Christopher Burns, Bangor Daily News Staff Baxter State Park is among 15 state and national parks that should be on your bucket list.

By Ron Chase Six of us awoke early in the bunkhouse at South Branch Pond Campground on the second day of our recent winter expedition into Baxter State Park with the goal of climbing North Traveler Mountain.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff If you plan to watch the total eclipse on April 8 from your favorite state park or ATV trail, you may want to check first.

A number of players from the region received postseason honors from the Penobscot Valley Conference.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A bill awaiting the governor’s signature will require two of the state’s departments that deal with fisheries to be responsible for a plan to keep invasive species from taking over waters important to native fish.

By Ron Chase Most skiers, ice climbers and mountaineers focus on Chimney Pond with their sights set squarely on Mount Katahdin in Baxter State Park.

Wrestlers from the area’s three teams have been honored by the Penobscot Valley Conference for their performances in the 2023-24 season.

By Tim Obrey, regional fisheries supervisor If you are a frequent reader of these fishing reports, you may recall some of the work we have done on Rainbow Lake to keep landlocked salmon out of this Arctic charr water.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff A $30 million bond request meant to bolster existing and develop new trails could be used to repair damage that multiple storms inflicted on the state’s trail system, according to a Maine Trails Coalition spokesperson on March 14.

By Julie Harris, Bangor Daily News Staff There has been great speculation on social media about whether early ice-outs on lakes and ponds would translate to a sooner open water fishing date in Maine.