Matt Dickerson
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Matt Dickerson: A forester and his trails: Remembering Roy Wilkinson
I was at a meeting of outdoor writers down in Arkansas at the start of the summer when I met the editor of Backcountry Journal. The journal is…
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Matt Dickerson: Alabama wildlife refuge sheds light on government role in preservation
My wife Deborah and I stood in shorts and t-shirts on a wildlife viewing platform in the midst of Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge near Gulf Shores, Ala.…
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Matt Dickerson: Fishing Alabama, north to south
Standing on a rocky shore beneath the shadow of a massive dam, I drifted small nymphs in slow-moving water that looked chest deep. A couple fish rose sporadically…
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Matt Dickerson: Beauty, horror and mystery in autumn
The end of our hundred-yard walk carrying our canoe from the parking lot to the lake ended in something between disgust and dismay when we looked down into…
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Matt Dickerson: There’s something about fishing gear
I have a complex relationship with fishing gear. It’s like one of the old status question about whether two people are dating, and the answer is, “It’s complicated.” …
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Matt Dickerson: Where taking second is winning
It began as just some light-hearted Sunday afternoon relaxation and enjoyment. It ended in the painful crush of defeat. OK, actually the defeat wasn’t that painful or crushing.…
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Matt Dickerson: Fire, ice and water in Lake Clark National Park
It was late morning. The fog drifting along the lake surface had mostly burned away, though a few patches still clung to the steep slopes. Replacing the fog…
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Matt Dickerson: Bears, trout and Vermonters in Alaska
My son Mark and his wife, Ellie, both Middlebury residents and Middlebury College alumni, walked alongside me up the gravelly river shoreline in Katmai National Park and Preserve…
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Matt Dickerson: Fun with fish
There have been occasional years when, for one reason or another, I didn’t make it down to the fish hatchery off Route 53 in Salisbury. This was not…
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Matt Dickerson: Of fires and floods, canoeing and casting, and outdoor writing
This is an article about paddling and fishing. Or, to be more alliterative, casting and canoeing. I’ve done much less of both these activities in 2019 than in…
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Matt Dickerson: Canoeing provides outdoor rewards
My wife, Deborah, likes to angle for beavers. No, not in the same way that I angle for trout. She doesn’t try to catch them. She definitely would…
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Outdoors columnist Matthew Dickerson reflects on writing
ADDISON COUNTY — Do you count yourself an avid Addy Indy reader? Then no doubt you recognize Matthew Dickerson’s name — after all, he’s been writing an outdoor column for…