Nadia went to the dogs at the age of 29 and currently races and trains a kennel of 28 Alaskan Huskies. She works at the family-owned Harraseeket Inn in Freeport, and is a registered Maine master guide. She lives on a remote, off-grid northern Maine homestead. nadianichols@aol.com.

She'll never abandon the land
Chronically low cattle prices and her father's skyrocketing medical bills may have forced Jessie Weaver to sell the ranch that's been in her family since the mid-1800s, but no way will she let developers wreak havoc with her glorious Montana mountains. So she writes conservation restrictions into the deed of sale-even though that means taking a huge loss in land value.
Even though Guthrie Sloane, her boyfriend, thinks she's dead wrong and it will mean the end of them as a couple.
He'll never abandon her
Hotheaded and old-fashioned, Guthrie may have disagreed with Jessie's dreams for her land and stormed off to Alaska in protest, but no way can he quit her.