Our friends at Gray Ghost Productions are at it again. Hang on for the March 27, 2010 release dates followed by screening scheduled for April. The Good Life is fishing from Florida to Labrador and stops in between.

In Maine’s debate about what to do about predator control, some towns and local sporting clubs have started up coyote hunting contests in hopes of helping to save a deer or two. In places the deer herd is beyond serious trouble, it’s become unsustainable and will be extirpated. The contests have stirred up protests from the usual groups. The Bangor Daily News today in an editorial said, “But a more sophisticated understanding of the role coyotes play in the ecosystem is overdue.”

Just what does that mean? Watch and listen and find out.

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We’ve all been waiting anxiously for the brand new production of the fly fishing movie, “East by Northeast”, created by Carter Davidson and his able staff at Grayghost Productions, LLC.

Due to be released this month, the following movie trailer has been made available to wet our appetites.

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A friend and reader sent this information to me and so I thought it would be worth passing on. The YouTube video relates the history behind a Maine village lost to “progress” due to the building of a dam. I decided to share it here because even if you’re not from Maine, most of what the video and the lyrics to the song say, many of us can easily relate.

Our “Heartlight” read as this:
~Faith in the Future~, by Tim Archer

Have you heard of Flagstaff, Maine? It’s a ghost town now, submerged under the waters of Flagstaff Lake. A dam was built along the Dead River back in 1950, enlarging Flagstaff Lake and burying the town of Flagstaff. In his book “Unfinished Business,” Halford Luccock tells this story:

Our strength is sapped by a lack of faith.

One night at dinner a man, who had spent many summers in Maine, fascinated his companions by telling of his experiences in a little town named Flagstaff. The town was to be flooded, as part of a
large lake for which a dam was being built. In the months before it was to be flooded, all improvements and repairs in the whole town were stopped. What was the use of painting a house if it were to be covered with water in six months? Why repair anything when the whole village was to be wiped out? So, week by week, the whole town became more and more bedraggled, more gone to seed, more woebegone.Then he added by way of explanation: “Where there is no faith inthe future, there is no power in the present.”

“Where there is no faith in the future, there is no power in the present.” In his famous song “Imagine,” John Lennon wrote, “Imagine there’s no heaven. It’s easy if you try. No hell below us. Above us only sky. Imagine all the people. Living for today ….” Lennon somehow had the idea that if people would stop thinking about the future, forget about eternity, they would enjoy the present more. He thought
they would live better lives. He was wrong. “Where there is no faith in the future, there is no power in the present.”

Christians can live the present more fully because we have faith in the future. We know the God that holds the future, and we can face tomorrow without fear. The reality of eternity, the reality of God, the faith we have in the future doesn’t diminish our ability to live well in the present. The hope we have fuels our lives now, letting us experience life more completely than if we lacked such hope. “Where there is no faith in the future, there is no power in the present.”

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Yesterday, I attempted my first ever live broadcast of Open Air With Tom Remington. I didn’t think it was going to happen for most of the morning as it seemed I was having one technical failure after another but I finally pulled it off……as it was.

The show is a bit different than other shows in that there are no breaks for commercials or station IDs during the one-hour plus broadcast. I talked with John Stabley, V.P. of Global Operations for Skinny Moose Media, who is attending the Archery Trade Associations trade show in Indianapolis now through Saturday. He gives us an update on the show and how things are going for him.

Other highlights of the show include discussion of some of the continued budget problems at the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and an introduction to Bill Moore’s radio broadcast on a local Upper Peninsula sports radio station.

I also spend some time discussing the economic impact hunting, fishing and recreation has on this country with its millions of participants, yet never any mention of these topics with presidential candidates.

Plus a couple of surprises.

Below is the audio player where you can click and stream audio right now as you read more of the Black Bear Blog or just browsing about the Internet. And for those of you who may not have the time now, visit the Open Air download page and find every show that has been done. You can stream audio of each show now or download it to your media player and listen at your leisure.

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The other day I brought you a story about some groups wishing to turn northern Maine into a giant national park and or make millions of acres of land designated at National Heritage Areas. Friend and fellow writer, David Crews, pointed me to this video I thought would be appropriate to share with you.

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Raised in the western mountains of Maine on the banks of the Androscoggin River and the village of Bethel, Carter Davidson is an avid fly fisherman, a producer of outdoor adventure television programs, documentaries and most recently executive producer of Gray Ghost Productions fly fishing film titled “The One.” Beginning in 2000, Carter first got his start with Maine PBS, producing and editing a long list of Emmy nominated magazine series and documentaries. Later, he traveled across the globe to locations such as New Zealand, France, Argentina, Chile, and British Columbia to film all sorts of outdoor adventures from extreme skiing, whitewater rafting and kayaking, skydiving, mountain biking and of course fly fishing. In 2007 Carter founded the video production company Gray Ghost Productions and began his search to film and capture the essence of fly fishing.

“Follow the dream team of Gray Ghost Production’s first adventure as they travel through New England, Patagonia and British Colombia in search of The One. Come explore the untouched terrain of Argentina with Michael Jones. Or hop in the jet boat for a wild ride hunting for steelheads. New England’s most prominent trout guru and director of the Green Meanie’s takes us into the back country of Maine and trophy brook trout water. Take a look back in time to rediscover the Rangeley lakes region and the famous trout flies originated in this area. Tag along with Luke Gray and Charlie Davidson as they hear the scream of the reel on some of New England’s large and small tributaries. Join these fly fishing junkies and their quest for, The One.”

Executive Producers: Matt Stanton, Carter Davidson
Producer: Charlie Davidson
Director of Photography: Luke Gray
Narration: Joe Perham and Carter Davidson

Movie trailer:

A movie premier will take place in Bethel in February. The release of the full length movie will be available to the public shortly after that.

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Yesterday aired the fourth Open Air broadcast and I had some fun. I played a bit of a DJ while spinning a few of Maine humorist Joe Perham’s CDs and telling a tale or two of my own. I had fun and I think you will enjoy the stories as well.

Here are your options. You can stream the audio right here by clicking on the player button below or you can go to this link and select the October 4, 2007 show date to either listen to on your own computer’s media player or you can right-click and save it to play at a later time.

Tom Remington

If you missed the show on Skinny Moose Radio today at 3 p.m., you can now listen by streaming the audio right here or going to the Skinny Moose Radio website and downloading it as a podcast or saving it to your computer and listen at your leisure.

My guest today was Kristine Shreve, Director of Marketing for Gun Safety Innovations. We talked extensively about hunting safety and in particular tree stand safety. Gun Safety Innovations has developed a product that will not only allow you to safely raise and lower your weapon from your tree stand and to secure it and prevent it from falling out of your stand.

In addition to tree stand safety, we also discussed outdoor industry networking including bloggers and the impact this is having on hunting and the outdoor sports industry.

Click on the player below to listen to the show or go to the website to download.

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Hey! Don’t forget to tune in to the broadcast of “Open Air with Tom Remington” on Skinny Moose Radio starting at 3 p.m. today. Today my guest was again my son Steve and we talked about a variety of subjects but the main topic of conversation was about wolves in the west and my response to an article I read titled, “Killing Wolves Violates The Public Trust”. The basis of my rebuttal was clarification that the public trust was violated when we the citizens were lied to by our own government and others when wolves were forced upon the people from reintroduction.

I hope you’ll tune in. After the program has aired, we’ll list the show with a link for you to listen to at your leisure.

Tom Remington

If you missed the original broadcast of “Open Air with Tom Remington”, you can get that broadcast right here. The first show featured an interview with my son, President of Skinny Moose Media, Steven Remington. We talked about our media network, the launching of Skinny Moose Radio and related topics, as well as the Skinny Moose bloggers network. Don’t miss the show. It’s filled with lots of information about our plans for the future and how you can become a Skinny Moose Radio personality.

You have two options. You can Download Open Air here, or you can just click on the start button below and play it right here and listen while you browse about and check your mail, etc.

Don’t forget that Skinny Moose Media has our very own tool bar that you can download for your browser. Not only will you get a Skinny Moose Radio network player, you also get direct links to all the latest posts of the Skinny Moose Media blog network. Click here to download the tool bar now. At the top of the page is a sample of the tool bar. Just click on “Download Our Free Toolbar”.

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