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2 weeks ago | 
observer-me.com | V. Paul Reynolds
By V. Paul ReynoldsDuring a recent video-taped interview I did with a filming company working on a documentary on the Maine moose, this question was posed to me, “What does the Maine moose mean to you?”Interesting question, right? And one that really deserves some careful thought. Aside from the fact that our moose is a much sought after big game critter by hunters and moose watchers alike, I see the Maine moose as a Maine icon or totem, not unlike our lobsters and blueberries.
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2 weeks ago | 
bangordailynews.com | V. Paul Reynolds
The Maine Legislature reconstituted the Land Use Regulation Commission in 2011 under Republican Gov. Paul LePage. LURC had planning and zoning authority over Maine’s unorganized territories, as well as townships and plantations. It was replaced by the Land Use Planning Commission, which exists today. The policy aim at that time was to grant local control, to make sure that the appointed regulators serving as commissioners of LUPC represented the areas of the state being zoned and regulated.
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2 weeks ago | 
ellsworthamerican.com | V. Paul Reynolds
During a recent video-taped interview I did with a filming company working on a documentary on the Maine moose, this question was posed to me: “What does the Maine moose mean to you?”Interesting question, right? And one that really deserves some careful thought. Aside from the fact that our moose is a much sought after big game critter by hunters and moose watchers alike, I see the Maine moose as a Maine icon, or totem, not unlike our lobsters and blueberries.
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2 weeks ago | 
ellsworthamerican.com | V. Paul Reynolds
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3 weeks ago | 
observer-me.com | V. Paul Reynolds
VPAULR V. Paul Reynolds By V. Paul ReynoldsIn 2011 under Republican Gov. Paul LePage, the Land Use Regulation Commission, which had planning and zoning authority over Maine’s unorganized territories as well as townships and plantations, was reconstituted by the state legislature. The replacement entity was also renamed the Land Use Planning Commission or LUPC, which exists today.
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3 weeks ago | 
bangordailynews.com | V. Paul Reynolds
For youngsters like me being “brought along” in the Maine outdoors, the 1950s was an era made to order. No cell phones, video games or other electronic gadgets to distract our attention. Fabulous fishing in those days got me hooked at a young age. As a sport fishery, Branch Lake in Ellsworth still offers anglers opportunities at togue, landlocked salmon and smallmouth bass, but despite its historic potential, it is not the fisherman’s nirvana that it once was.
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3 weeks ago | 
mdislander.com | V. Paul Reynolds
For youngsters like me being “brought along” in the Maine outdoors, the 1950s were an era made to order. No cell phones, video games nor other electronic gadgets to distract our attention. Fabulous fishing in those days got me hooked at a young age. As a sport fishery, Branch Lake in Ellsworth still offers anglers opportunities at togue, landlocked salmon and smallmouth bass, but despite its historic potential, it is not the fisherman’s nirvana that it once was.
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3 weeks ago | 
ellsworthamerican.com | V. Paul Reynolds
For youngsters like me being “brought along” in the Maine outdoors, the 1950s were an era made to order. No cell phones, video games nor other electronic gadgets to distract our attention. Fabulous fishing in those days got me hooked at a young age. As a sport fishery, Branch Lake in Ellsworth still offers anglers opportunities at togue, landlocked salmon and smallmouth bass, but despite its historic potential, it is not the fisherman’s nirvana that it once was.
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4 weeks ago | 
observer-me.com | V. Paul Reynolds
By V. Paul ReynoldsFor youngsters like me being “brought along” in the Maine outdoors, the 1950s were an era made to order. No cell phones, video games nor other electronic gadgets to distract our attention. Fabulous fishing in those days got me hooked at a young age. As a sport fishery, Branch Lake in Ellsworth still offers anglers opportunities at togue, landlocked salmon and smallmouth bass, but, despite its historic potential, it is not the fisherman’s nirvana that it once was.
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1 month ago | 
bangordailynews.com | V. Paul Reynolds
Ice fishing shacks, or “bob houses” if you live in Vermont, have certainly evolved over the last half century. As a young ice fisherman, I cut my teeth on a tiny home-built 4-foot by 6-foot plywood “hut,” with one small plexiglass window, a door and Teflon-coated skis. The front had a big, galvanized eye bolt screwed into the frame. As soon as the lake buttoned up with safe ice, you roped your ice home to the old 12-horsepower Ski-Doo and chugged it out onto the ice near the deep hole.
