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Midcoast Conservancy’s Nature Workshop series continues with three upcoming events. On Saturday, June 12, John Hayden, Entomologist/Pollinator Conservationist will lead a Pollinator Hike at the Riverbrook Preserve in Waldoboro from 10 a.m. to noon...

Intertidal: A nature journal is a great way to chronicle Maine’s unpredictable spring By Susan OlcottIntertidal Share I am writing this a week or so before April 1, so I cannot predict what the weather will be like, only that it will be unpredictable. As we basked in the sun last week, finding shoots emerging from ground freshly exposed by melting ice, it certainly felt like spring had not just officially begun, but that the season had actually turned. But, I remember many times on April 1 w...

Maine Voices: Deer hunting with Robert Frost, or what I’ve found in the woods I haven’t brought home much venison since taking up the pastime at age 45, but it’s brought me closer to nature and my neighbors. By Nat WheelwrightSpecial to the Press Herald Share Now that another deer-hunting season has ended, I’m reminded of the old joke about Robert Frost in heaven. As soon as Frost gets there, he hails three other newcomers. “Where are you from?” he asks the first. “California.�...