by Roland D. Hallee It’s always a sad time of the year when we have to close up camp. That is a ritual my wife and I do every year on the last weekend of September. While taking a break during last Saturday’s “just gorgeous” day, we started to rehash the last six months. It […]
by Roland D. Hallee The Maine moose hunting season is underway. It has not always been that way. The moose hunting season was reintroduced in 1980 on an experimental basis, when 700 permits were issued to residents. At that time, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife estimated the moose population to be in […]
by Roland D. Hallee There it was. On the deck in front of the barbecue grill. I’d seen something similar before, but that one was brown. This one was a bluish color. A little wracking of the brain produced no results. It was time to ask my contacts at the state level. Allison Kanoti, acting […]
by Roland D. Hallee Is there anything in this world more annoying than a house fly? – well, maybe except for Fran Drescher. We have seen an inordinate infestation of house flies this summer. At camp, they are uninvited guests to outdoor cookouts, and even find their way indoors to, again, annoy us to no […]
by Roland D. Hallee I’ve always been interested in folklore. It is intriguing how older generations and cultures came up with them, with most dealing with nature. While sitting around a campfire with friends last Saturday, we heard a cricket chirp in the distance. One of the friends, we’ll call her Lauri, groaned at the […]
by Roland D. Hallee While browsing through some old emails recently, I noticed one that I had planned to respond to, but as often happens, I was sidetracked and never got back to it. It was an email with photos of cicadas with an inquiry. I apologize to that person for not getting to this […]
by Roland D. Hallee At their August 18 annual meeting, held at the Vassalboro Community School, members of the Webber Pond Association heard about various matters of interest, including water levels and clarity, bacterial infections, increasing the alewife harvest, changing the annual meeting date, and finally, a presentation on ways to deal with the increased […]
by Roland D. Hallee While sitting around a campfire with family last weekend, the conversation, for some insane reason, resorted to bats, and the many myths and misbeliefs attached to them. Bats have long been maligned by humans, a taboo, a creature to be shunned. These little furry animals that fly seemed to be […]
by Roland D. Hallee A friend of mine was asked by an acquaintance if she recognized a certain bug she found hanging around the garden, and boring holes in the yard. My friend suggested the person send the photo to me for identification. With the help of my insider at the Maine Department of Inland […]
by Roland D. Hallee Raccoons and rabies have been in the news again, recently. It seems there has been a measurable increase in the number of reports of animal bites resulting in humans being treated for rabies. A recent news report from WMTW-TV told of a woman who was attacked by a raccoon while walking […]