MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • October 18, 2020
Grouse hunting in far northern Maine has been growing in popularity in recent years – and this could be a banner autumn, in part because the grouse population appears to have boomed because of favorable weather conditions. Up here, that’s bumper to bumper,” said Cowperthwaite. “It is the most I’ve ever seen in 44 years.” A surge in recreational traffic occurred this year in the North Maine Woods because of the pandemic as more people looked to travel to open spaces in the vast forestland, Al Cowperthwaite, the executive director of the North Maine Woods, said.