Category: Blogs
Various columns written by multiple authors about diverse topics.
CRITTER CHATTER: Use caution ‘rescuing’ baby critters in spring
PHOTO: A baby owl at Duck Pond Wildlife Rehab Center. (Duck Pond file photo) By Jayne Winters For wildlife rehabbers, spring brings an increase in…
FIRE SAFETY WITH VICKI: It’s the time of year for wind-driven fires
PHOTO: Maine Forest Ranger Jeremiah Burch investigates and maps the aftermath of a wildfire in Greene in early April. The Maine Forest Service warns that…
CRITTER CHATTER: Warmer temperatures mean more baby critters
PHOTO: A baby fox at Duck Pond Wildlife Center. (Submitted photo) By Jayne Winters By the time you read this month’s column, we will have…
Fire Safety with Vicki: Fun fire facts
PHOTO: Giant Sequoias are one type of tree that benefits from low intensity wildfires (National Park Service photo) By Vicki Schmidt Fire can be very…
CRITTER CHATTER: Maine flying rodents, Part 2
By Jayne Winters As a follow-up to last month’s article about the flying squirrel at Duck Pond Wildlife Care Center, I wanted to share some…
FIRE SAFETY WITH VICKI: Families can support firefighters in many ways
PHOTO: One of many ways you can support firefighters by slowing down and moving over when you’re driving and encounter firetrucks and other emergency vehicles….
CRITTER CHATTER: Maine flying rodents, part 1
PHOTO: A flying squirrel at Duck Wildlife Care Center. (Submitted photo) By Jayne Winters When I stopped by the Wildlife Care Center the other day…
CRITTER CHATTER: A trip down memory lane with Don Cote
PHOTO: Don Cote cares for fawns at Duck Pond Wildlife Care Center in Vassalboro in this Duck Pond archive photo. (Submitted photo) By Jayne Winters…
FIRE SAFETY WITH VICKI: Be fire free in 2023
By Vicki Schmidt A new year will soon be upon us, and there is no better resolution than to ensure a Fire Free ’23 for…
FIRE SAFETY WITH VICKI: Training never ends for Maine’s firefighters
PHOTO: Learning to drive firetrucks takes training. (Submitted photo) By Vicki Schmidt Fire Protection Week 2022 has come and gone, but the training of firefighters…