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2 weeks ago | 
mdislander.com | V. Paul Reynolds
Ask any diehard trout angler what is so special about a brook trout, and you’ll no doubt get different answers. Some will tell you about the vibrant colors of a brookie. Others will tell you that they like the remote pristine waters and wilderness settings that trout inhabit. Still others will tell you how good they are to fry in the pan. The most pious among brook trout acolytes will insist that a wild trout is just too precious to take home and should be released at once.
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3 weeks ago | 
ellsworthamerican.com | V. Paul Reynolds
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1 month ago | 
bangordailynews.com | V. Paul Reynolds
When a recent editorial in the Northwoods Sporting Journal raised the question of whether it was the statutory obligation of Maine’s fish and wildlife commissioner to “break social barriers,” Judy Camuso, the state’s first female commissioner, wrote that her answer was “unequivocally yes.”The issue was raised when the department held a winter event to attract youngsters and others to learn about the outdoors.
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1 month ago | 
ellsworthamerican.com | V. Paul Reynolds
When a recent editorial in the Northwoods Sporting Journal raised the question of whether it was the statutory obligation of Maine’s commissioner of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife to engage in social activism and “break social barriers,” Judy Camuso, the state’s first female commissioner, wrote that her answer was “unequivocally yes.”Then, just last week, the federal government advised Camuso that one of her social barrier initiatives in the hiring process was discriminatory.
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1 month ago | 
observer-me.com | V. Paul Reynolds
By V. Paul ReynoldsWhen a recent editorial in the Northwoods Sporting Journal raised the question of whether it was the statutory obligation of Maine’s fish and wildlife commissioner to engage in social activism and “break social barriers” Judy Camuso, the state’s first female commissioner, wrote that her answer was “unequivocally yes.”The issue was raised when the department held a winter event to attract youngsters to learn about the outdoors.
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1 month ago | 
bangordailynews.com | V. Paul Reynolds
Last fall, not long after deer season ended, a hunter from western Maine telephoned me seeking advice. The conversation went something like this:“I shot a nice buck this fall and it’s all packaged in my freezer,” he said proudly. “There is one problem, though. My wife refuses to eat the meat because of the state consumption advisories that warned about those ‘forever chemicals’ in deer meat.”“Did you kill the deer in one of the consumption advisory areas?,” I asked. “Hell no,” he exclaimed.
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1 month ago | 
ellsworthamerican.com | V. Paul Reynolds
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1 month ago | 
mdislander.com | V. Paul Reynolds
This column was originally published July 11, 2019Have you found that as you grow older the things that are special to you become even more special with the passing years? For me, one of these has been what our family fondly calls “the shack.” Visiting it the other day for the first time in too many months, it began talking to me as soon as it came within sight from the trail that leads to its back door.
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1 month ago | 
observer-me.com | V. Paul Reynolds
By V. Paul ReynoldsThis fall, not long after deer season, a hunter from Western Maine telephoned me seeking advice. “I shot a nice buck this fall and it’s all packaged in my freezer,” he said proudly. “There is one problem, though. My wife refuses to eat the meat because of the state consumption advisories that warned about those ‘forever chemicals’ in deer meat.”“Did you kill the deer in one of the consumption advisory areas?,” I asked.
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1 month ago | 
bangordailynews.com | V. Paul Reynolds
Greenville native and ardent angler Eric Ward is accustomed to hog-wrestling impressive brook trout out of his ice hole and on to the frozen surface of Moosehead Lake. In fact, according to Greenville state fisheries biologist Tim Obrey, who keeps an eagle eye on angling successes on the big lake, Ward has caught eight or nine brook trout weighing more than 3.5 pounds this winter. Those included one at 4 pounds and four or five fish between 5 and 6 pounds.
