Parents looking to provide an interesting and educational opportunity for their children may want to head to Orland on Sunday for the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery’s annual Spawning Spectacular.

The hatchery, which produces Atlantic salmon, will stage the event from noon until 3 p.m.

The family outing format will let children and parents watch the salmon-spawning process. In addition, the hatchery will be open for tours, and the visitor’s center and museum will be open. Coffee and donuts will be available.

Coyote exhibit opens

The Maine Wildlife Park in Gray is opening its new coyote exhibit today.

The dedication of the park is set for 11 a.m. today.

The new coyote exhibit is an acre in size, and features both forested and opened areas. The enclosure is surrounded by an eight-foot fence where visitors can view the coyotes from along a walkway.

The exhibit was made possible through the donation of mostly private funds to the Friends of the Maine Wildlife Park. Included in those donations were funds created in the memory of Michael Huff, a local teenager who was killed in a snowmobile accident in 2002.

The Maine Wildlife Park will be open until Nov. 11. It will reopen on April 15, 2004.

For more information about hours of operation and admission fees, call 657-4977.

The Maine Wildlife Park is located on Route 26 in Gray, off Exit 11 of the Maine Turnpike. It is operated by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Hunters’ meals scheduled

In the better-late-than-never category, here are a few more hunter’s breakfasts that you may be interested in.

. This morning, the Trenton Volunteer Fire Department will put their organizational skills to work – they stage pancake breakfasts all summer long – at a hunters’ feed that will run from 4-10 a.m.

The breakfast will be held at the Trenton Fire House, which is on the Oak Point Road.

The menu consists of pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, baked beans, biscuits, coffee, mil and juice. Adults will pay $5 while children 12 and under pay $2.

. On Nov. 8, The parents and friends of Highview Christian Academy’s athletes will hold a hunter’s breakfast from 4:30-10:30 a.m. at the Charleston Town Hall.

An all-you-can-eat buffet will be served and door prizes will be up for grabs. Adults will pay $5.75 and children under 10 will eat for $3.75. Children under 3 get in free.

. On Nov. 15, a Hunter and Family Breakfast will be held at the Brooksville Community Center on Cornfield Hill Road in South Brooksville.

The all-you-can-eat buffet features bacon, sausage, eggs (scrambled or fried), baked beans, French toast, muffins, homefries, corned beef hash, and a beverage.

The fee is $5 for adults and $3 for kids under 12.

In addition, the following meals that were mentioned in last week’s Outdoor Notebook are on tap today:

. At Milo, the 36th annual Hunters’ Breakfast at Penquis Valley High School is set for 4:30-8:30 a.m.

. At Dedham, the Ultimate Hunters’ Breakfast will be held at the Dedham School Gym, Route 1A from 4-9 a.m.

. At Eddington, a Hunters Breakfast at the Eddington Salmon Club will run from 4-9 a.m.

. At Bangor, the 5th Annual Young Hunter’s Breakfast will be held at the Elks Club is scheduled for 4-8 a.m. Free hats will be given to the young hunters and a door prize consisting of a youth model .410 shotgun will be given away.

. At Troy, Troy’s a Harvest Supper will run from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Troy Grange Hall.

Fly-tying symposium on tap

The Penobscot Fly Fishers will hold their annual Fly Tying Symposium on Sunday at the Bangor Parks and Recreation building on Main Street.

The event will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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