MDIFW Fisheries Staff Surveys Remote Ponds

October 13, 2017 at 2:29 pm

[caption id="attachment_2504" align="alignright" width="300"] Photo 1: Some roads are questionable[/caption] By IFW Fisheries Biologist Merry Gallagher The Native Fish Conservation Group, a section of the Fisheries division that focuses on conservation and restoration of native fish, has completed another successful season of surveying some of Maine’s remote and

Sedgey's Travels End, But Learning From Nature Continues

October 11, 2017 at 9:28 pm

For those of you who have followed Sedgey’s travels over the last year and a half, he died on September 25th in North Carolina. Our research partner, John Brzorad from 1000 Herons, was able to locate and collect his remains to be examined by me and a few other biologists and veterinarians to determine the cause of death. The average lifespan of a great blue heron is 15 years.