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Officially two feet by 4PM on Saturday but the snow was light and dry. Making for some really impressive drifts. It is still snowing a little and the wind blowing at 9PM. Argy and I went out and shoveled a path to the garage to bring in firewood late in the day. We also dug out the outside entrances to the office and mudroom. I had shoveled the dog kennels earlier in the afternoon and even put the dogs out for a few hours (certainly not their idea).

The regular e-newsletter (sign up in the right had column of this post) that I send once a month in the winter and twice a month in the summer is an important part of staying in touch with clients and folks planning a trip. So are this blog, Facebook and Twitter.

I recently wrote about the steep declines in the number of visitors to the North Maine Woods that took part in “nature tourism”. Another alarm was sounded last week when the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife sent a press release announcing that the “Chickadee Checkoff” was in danger of losing its place on the Maine income tax form. The checkoff supports the non game wildlife work of the Fish and Wildlife Department and now generates less than $25,000 annually. Keep in mind that there are individual guides responsible for license sales greater than that.