The Man with a Plan to Save Maine’s Moose Population Lee Kantar, the only dedicated state moose biologist in the country, is charged with everything from managing the hunt to countering the deadly ...

Chris Cash’s Favorite Maine Place The executive director of UMaine’s Lobster Institute feels at home at the Darling Marine Center.

Maine Pizzas You Have to Try From old-school parlors to chi-chi Neapolitan joints to brick ovens on trailers, Vacationland has more and better pie purveyors than ever before.

An Expert on Oakland’s Tool-Making Past, Howard Hardy Has Many Axes to Grind With a collection of more than 300 locally crafted axes and scythes, he's taken a whack at reconstructing the town's ...

Skiers Are Flocking to Saddleback’s New Restaurant, The Nest Located at 3,620 feet, it boasts elevated comfort food and bird’s-eye views.

The Upstream Battle to Preserve Maine’s Lucrative Elver Fishery Some observers suspect that the number of baby eels migrating up Maine rivers is declining. Passamaquoddy fishermen have taken ...

Can Conservationists Save Cobbosseecontee From an Aggressive Lake Weed? As the upstream battle against Eurasian watermilfoil stretches into a sixth year, the long-term health of Cobbosseecontee — and ...

This Classic Maine Mountain Should Be a Skiers’ Paradise Instead, years of ownership issues, deteriorating infrastructure, and unrealized ambitions have reduced Big Moose to a shadow of its former ...

Seal Populations Are Booming, and So Are Rescues by Marine Mammals of Maine With increasingly frequent run-ins between pinnipeds and humans, the nonprofit's passionate crew is constantly on call.

As you follow a meandering dirt road through tall hemlocks toward Monmouth’s Cobbosseecontee Lake, a pair of wooden structures emerges from the forest. A two-story tree house with arched windows and a ...

Chef Lulu Ranta Brings a James Beard Award Home to Monson Ranta’s impeccably warm, welcoming service at The Quarry won her this year’s Outstanding Hospitality prize.

A Perfect Weekend on Chebeague Cruise around the quiet island roads, explore an abandoned summer colony, take in the many ocean vistas, and more.