Other highlights include Venus moving into Scorpius, two comets, and the annual Quadrantid meteor shower.

Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.

More than 14 million hunters contribute $45 billion to the U.S. economy annually, including a growing proportion of youth and females.

Inspired in part by Henry David Thoreau’s ‘The Maine Woods,’ the author and two pals explore a remote and frozen wilderness.

From deer hunting and turkey hunting to big-game pursuit of lions, tigers and bears, these classic books will keep you enthralled.

So far, this winter seems to be a poor one for northern finches in Maine, but that could change as seed crops to the north are depleted.

The big things – pack, tent, sleeping bag and such – yes, they’re huge, but a few key small items also border on essential.

Your wildlife questions are answered by Maine Audubon Staff Naturalist Doug Hitchcox.

The season didn’t go as you hoped? Start now with a plan to put in more time and effort and maybe things will turn out better next year

The book details hiking opportunities that include 330 mountains and some 700 trails totaling over 1,600 miles.