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Fishermen who want to launch their boats early in the morning on Saturday, May 12, and for the remainder of the summer season at Sebago Lake State Park will need to purchase an Early Launch Permit. Otherwise, they will have to wait until 9 a.m. for the gate to open in order to access the day use portion of the park in Casco, according to park officials.
Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park in Freeport is offering nature programs at 2 p.m. on weekends and holidays through May 28, weather permitting. Starting at the benches at the end of the second parking lot at the park, these one-hour-long guided programs may include walks, talks, and activities in a beautiful natural setting. No reservations are needed except for group use, and the programs are free with park admission.
Fishermen who want to launch their boats early in the morning on Saturday, May 12, and for the remainder of the summer season at Sebago Lake State Park will need to purchase an Early Launch Permit.
The Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW) is the largest watershed in Maine where the Eastern brook trout is still the top predator fish in the ecosystem. From Telos Dam to Allagash Falls, big brookies rule the lakes and river that makeup the 92-mile-long wilderness waterway. Springtime — May and June — is when brook trout are most active and feed ravenously. They are fairly easy to catch when they are on a feeding frenzy and will hit almost anything. As fishermen, we just need to find that special place where the fish congregate at the right time.
Now in its fifth year, the First Time Campers program will offer 44 lucky families a free weekend of camping this summer at one of 11 Maine state park campgrounds, according to Park Manager Fritz Appleby of Bradbury Mountain State Park in Pownal. Appleby is organizing the popular program for the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL), under the Maine Department of Conservation.
The acquisition today by the State of Maine of more than 5,700 acres south of Millinocket in Piscataquis County, including 2 miles of Seboeis Lake shoreland, is expected to enhance outdoor recreation, tourism, public access and economic development throughout the region, according to state and conservation officials.
The 12th annual meeting of the Friends of Baxter State Park will be held at the Viles Arboretum, 153 Hospital Street in Augusta, on Saturday, April 21, 2012.
Prior to the meeting, there will be a bird walk at 7:30 am. At 8:30 am coffee and muffins will be available and art pertaining to Baxter State Park (BSP) and Katahdin will be on display. The meeting, which runs from 9 am to 12:30 pm, includes a report on the “State of the Park” by BSP Park Resource Director Rick Morrill.
To this end, the Maine Legislature established the Boating Facilities Fund in 1963, administered by the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL), and funded with the state tax on gasoline used by recreational motor boats. BPL uses these funds to acquire, develop and renovate recreational boat access sites and to place and maintain navigational buoys on nearly 50 inland lakes and ponds.
Sebago Lake State Park Campground – Maine’s most popular and largest state campground – will open Friday for the season and Patriot’s Day Weekend, April 14-16. The campground opening is about four weeks earlier than usual, according to officials with the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, under the Maine Department of Conservation.
Wolfe’sNeckWoodsState Park offers nature programs at 2 p.m. on Sundays through April 22 weather permitting. Starting at the benches at the end of the second parking lot, one-hour guided programs may include a walk, short talks, and other activities.
Would you like to canoe the Allagash Wilderness Waterway (AWW)? If your answer to this question is yes, but you don’t have the time to spend an entire week canoeing from Chamberlain Lake to Allagash Village, I want you to know that you have other options.There are several opportunities for shorter Allagash adventures without canoeing the entire 92-mile-long waterway.
It goes by many names. April’s full moon is sometimes referred to as the “pink moon,” because of the herb, moss pink, a ground phlox relative that blooms in spectacular fashion at this time of year in some regions. It’s also called the “sprouting grass moon,” and the “fish moon” among native coastal tribes, as April is the time when shad swim upstream to spawn. If I were tasked with naming the moons, I would call this one the “Hey, Everybody, Winter is Over, So Let’s All Celebrate Spring at Reid State Park” moon!
Like the swallows that return to San Juan Capistrano, Calif., and the buzzards that return to Hinckley, Ohio, the osprey have returned to Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park, Freeport, according to park officials. A male osprey, or fish hawk, landed at Googins Island on Tuesday night, unpacked his bags and made himself at home on his nest, Park Manager Andy Hutchinson announced Wednesday.
Musician and Music Venue Events for May, and Beyond – Keep Checking Back
Theater, Social and Public Events for May 2012 and Beyond – Updated Regularly!
REMINDER: “Always Patsy Cline” with Sally Struthers at Ogunquit Playhouse May 23rd to June 16th
Festival Franco Fun 2012 Celebration Scheduled for June 2nd
A Sure Bet is The Line-up at The Strand Theatre through May 2012
Electricity Maine to be Featured at June Meeting of Winthrop Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce on June 7, 2012
Maine Forest Service: Forest Ranger Discovers Bomber Crash Ejection Seat
10th Annual Meals on Wheels Golf Tournament to be Held June 11, 2012
Developing an Edge in Overseas Markets: Maine Businesses Talk Strategy May 24, 2012
Maine Historical Society Newsletter for the Week of May 21, 2012
