Beginning in 1986, Bob became a familiar voice to radio listeners across eastern and central Maine. His morning show was top rated for most of 17 years. The Country Music Association tapped him as Broadcast Personality of the Year in 1994, and he was inducted into the Country DJ Hall of Fame in Nashville on March 2nd, 2004. Bob became interested in birds in the first grade. Interest grew to passion and today Bob is one of Maine’s top birding experts. He serves on the Maine Audubon Board of Trustees and is Vice President of Audubon’s Penobscot Valley Chapter in the Bangor area. Bob is a frequent field trip leader and has led trips from Atlantic Canada to the Florida Everglades. In 2009, Bob completed development of the Maine Birding Trail and has authored a guidebook for the state, published on Down East Books. He currently writes a weekly birding column for the Bangor Daily News. Bob recently finished four terms as a member of the Maine House of Representatives, where he served on the Environment and Natural Resources Committee and helped to direct state environmental policy.
Bob Duchesne
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: A Ski Slope Back From the Dead [AUDIO]
In this week's edition of Bob Duchesne's Wild Maine, we head to a ski slope, that through the work of a dedicated group, has come back from the dead.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Snowmobile Rentals [AUDIO]
We'll be getting a jump start on snowmobile season this weekend on Wild Maine. If you're new to snowmobiling, then rental sleds may be the way to go.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Christmas Tree Farms [AUDIO]
In this week's Wild Maine, Bob heads to a Christmas tree farm, where he finds out everything he thought he knew about Christmas trees was wrong.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Hunter Ethics [AUDIO]
In this week's Wild Maine, we take a look at hunter ethics with Maine Secretary of State Matt Dunlap. We'll have the real discussion that got lost in the bear hunting referendum debate.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Preparing Wild Game [AUDIO]
You're probably stuffed from your Thanksgiving Day turkey. Is it possible to make a bobcat edible?
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Blood Tracking [AUDIO]
We're blood tracking this weekend with Suzanne Hamilton and her two wire-haired Dachshunds.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Maine Ice Age Trail [AUDIO]
We're time travelling today on Bob Duchesne's Wild Maine. We're going back about 10,000 years to a time when glaciers of the last Ice Age were retreating.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Maine’s Declining Deer Habitat [AUDIO]
Deer wintering habitat has declined in the Northern Maine woods.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: Sorting Out Maine’s Bear Hunting Referendum [AUDIO]
Whenever there is a conflict between science, tradition and ethics, the fur is going to fly.
Bob Duchesne’s Wild Maine: The Best Fall Foliage in Maine [AUDIO]
There's a chill in the air and the first hints of color are tinting the leaves. But how much do you know about leaf-peeping in Maine?