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…

Continue Reading...

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…

Continue Reading...

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…

Continue Reading...

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…

Continue Reading...

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…

Continue Reading...

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….

Continue Reading...

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…

Continue Reading...

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…

Continue Reading...

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…

Continue Reading...

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…

Continue Reading...