Press Releases

May 3, 2012 - MDIFW News: WMD 9 Opens for Turkey Hunting

May 2, 2012 - MDIFW: Endangered Piping Plover nesting season underway in Maine

March 21, 2012 - MDIFW: Woodcock Names Rafferty to Head Division of Public Information and Education

March 14, 2012 - MDIFW: Preliminary 2011 Deer Harvest Numbers Released

March 12, 2012 - MDIFW: Maine Moose Permit Lottery odds of winning get better every year

January 26, 2012 - MDIFW News: Crystal Lake Ice Fishing Derby POSTPONED

December 19, 2011 - New 2012 Birder Bands Available From MDIFW

December 13, 2011 - MDIFW Reminds Hunters Of Transport Law

November 11, 2011 - Statement From Maine Warden Service Colonel Joel Wilkinson

November 4, 2011 - MDIFW: Hunter Education Instructors Recognized For Service

October 27, 2011 - MDIFW: Public Invited To Provide Feedback On Proposed Fishing Regulations

October 26, 2011 - MDIFW: 2011 Deer Hunt Focuses On Species' Growth

October 24, 2011 - Landowners Recognized At Landowners/Land Users Banquet

October 7, 2011 - MDIFW: Mark Latti Named New Landowner Relations Coordinator

October 4, 2011 - New Law Prohibits Future Ownership Of Wolf Hybrids In Maine

September 21, 2011 - MDIFW Commissioner Woodcock Presents Governor LePage With New Hunting Booklet

August 30, 2011 - MDIFW Opens Marsh Island Area To Expanded Archery

August 29, 2011 - MDIFW Urges Bear Hunters To Exercise Caution Following Storm

July 28, 2011 - MDIFW: Four Eaglets On Swan Island Mark A Maine First

July 21, 2011 - Watch Out for Endangered Piping Plover Chicks on Maine's Beaches, Urge MDIF&W and Maine Audubon

July 14, 2011 - Maine Warden Service, Maine Marine Patrol Join Gov. LePage in Urging Water Safety

July 7, 2011 - MDIF&W Commissioner Woodcock: Improvements Slated for Moose Lottery, Deer Number Concerns

June 30, 2011 - Maine Warden Service Provides Statewide Search and Rescue Services

June 24, 2011 - Operation Dry Water: Maine Warden Service on Lookout For Impaired Boaters

June 23, 2011 - MDIF&W: 2011 Any-Deer Permit Applications Now Available Online

June 23, 2011 - 2011 Maine Moose Lottery One for the Record Books; Next Year's Event in Rangeley

June 9, 2011 - 2011 Maine Moose Permit Lottery is June 18 at Cabela's in Scarborough

June 8, 2011 - MDIF&W: Birders Excited About Launch of Maine's New eBird Server

June 8, 2011 - MDIF&W: Brook Trout Anglers Wanted to Survey Remote Ponds

June 8, 2011 - MDIF&W WIldlife Biologist Sandra Ritchie Honored by Legislature, Wildlife Society

June 4, 2011 - MDIF&W: Road Signs to Help Maine's Endangered Turtles

June 4, 2011 - MDIF&W, Veterans Services Plan 2011 Disabled Veterans Controlled Moose Hunt Lottery

June 1, 2011 - MDIF&W: Wildlife Biologists Monitoring Peregrine Falcons in Portland

May 27, 2011 - MDIF&W Offers Tips on Living Among Wildlife

May 26, 2011 - Latest MDIF&W magazine, Maine Fish & Wildlife, now online!

May 26, 2011 - MDIF&W Sets Controlled Moose Hunt for Eastern Aroostook County

May 25, 2011 - MDIF&W: Family Free Fishing Days June 4-5

May 24, 2011 - MDIF&W: Bat Disease, White-Nose Syndrome, Confirmed in Maine; Not Harmful to Humans, But Deadly to Bats

May 24, 2011 - Media Advisory: Phone Press Conference on Bat Disease, White-Nose Syndrome, Today at 11 a.m.

May 11, 2011 - MDIF&W: Tips for Minimizing Nuisance Bears

May 4, 2011 - Maine Wildlife Park Presents Bear Bonanza on Saturday, May 7

May 3, 2011 - Enter Now! Maine Moose Permit Lottery Deadline is May 13

April 28, 2011 - Maine Warden Service Honors Scott Martin as 'Warden of the Year'

April 25, 2011 - 2011 Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Season Begins May 2; Youth Day is April 30

April 13, 2011 - Drivers Urged to Heed New Roadside Warning Signs and Watch Out for Deer

April 12, 2011 - Hollis Center Artist Wins MDIF&W's Waterfowl Stamp Contest

April 12, 2011 - Maine Wildlife Park in Gray Opens This Friday, April 15

April 12, 2011 - MDIF&W Proposes Reduction in Antlerless Deer Permits to Increase Deer Herd

March 30, 2011 - Maine Warden Service Pilot Daryl R. Gordon Remembered for Public Service

March 25, 2011 - Maine Warden Service Pilot Gordon Dies in Plane Crash

March 25, 2011 - Maine Warden Service Pilot Dies in Plane Crash

March 21, 2011 - MDIF&W Commissioner Woodcock Appoints Three to Leadership Posts

March 4, 2011 - MDIF&W: Preliminary 2010 Deer Harvest Numbers Show Increase

February 17, 2011 - Free Fishing Days Feb. 19-20. Bring a child fishing!

February 4, 2011 - Attention Moose Lottery Applicants: What You Need to Know When Entering the Lottery

February 3, 2011 - Maine Warden Service: Two Skiers from Oxford Rescued from Back Side of Sugarloaf Mountain

January 26, 2011 - 2011 Maine Moose Permit Lottery Applications Now Available Online! Fill Out Yours Today!

January 25, 2011 - MDIF&W: Illegal Hunting Investigation Nets Arrests, Summonses

January 21, 2011 - MDIF&W: Moose Befriended on Facebook Dies

January 20, 2011 - Maine Warden Service: Chester Man Sentenced for May 2010 Hunting-Related Shooting Incident

January 20, 2011 - MWS: Orono Man Rescued from Back Side of Sugarloaf Mountain

January 18, 2011 - MDIF&W, Brookfield Renewable Power Partner To Urge Safety on Maine's Waterways

January 2, 2011 - Casco Man Critically Hurt in Snowmobile Incident, says Maine Warden Service

December 31, 2010 - Maine's Winter Fishing Season is Here! Read MDIF&W fisheries biologists' annual preview online!

December 15, 2010 - 2011 Maine Hunting and Fishing Licenses Now Available

December 7, 2010 - MDIF&W to Begin Aerial (Helicopter) Survey for Deer

November 29, 2010 - MDIF&W: Latest Maine Fish and Wildlife magazine now online!

November 29, 2010 - MDIF&W: Nominations Being Accepted for Legendary Maine Guide Award

November 22, 2010 - MDIF&W Article: Yearling Deer Showing Signs of Strength

November 17, 2010 - MDIF&W: Maine's Sporting License Sales Remain Strong

November 16, 2010 - Maine Warden Service Summons Limerick Man for Filing a False Report

November 12, 2010 - MDIF&W: Starks Resident Catches Record Rainbow Trout

October 29, 2010 - MDIF&W: Maine's Deer Hunting Season Starts Saturday, Oct. 30

October 29, 2010 - MDIF&W: John Boland Named Director of Bureau of Resource Management

October 28, 2010 - MDIF&W, Partners Complete Chemical Reclamation of Big Reed Pond in Piscataquis County

October 22, 2010 - MDIF&W: First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Maine's Trapping Regulations

October 19, 2010 - MDIF&W: Landowners Recognized for Allowing Outdoor Enthusiasts Public Access to Their Lands

October 19, 2010 - Maine Warden Service Remembers Its 14 Fallen Officers

October 18, 2010 - 3rd Annual Maine Warden Service Fallen Officers Memorial Run Today

October 12, 2010 - MDIF&W Reminds Waterfowl Hunters They Need A State Permit

October 12, 2010 - MDIF&W Commissioner Approves Cumberland Mills Dam Fishway Plan

September 10, 2010 - MDIF&W Conducts Any-Deer Permit Lottery; Posts Results Online

September 10, 2010 - MDIF&W: 2010 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Season Dates Set

September 7, 2010 - MDIF&W: Becoming an Outdoors Woman Introductory Skills Weekend Set

August 31, 2010 - MDIF&W: Ages of Bears Harvested in 2009 Available

August 31, 2010 - Latest Maine Fish & Wildlife magazine now online; take fish quiz

July 28, 2010 - MDIFW: Five Disabled Maine Veterans Get Controlled Moose Hunt Permits

July 27, 2010 - MDIFW: Illegal Pacu Captured in Limestone Brook; Man Charged

July 27, 2010 - MDIFW: Paper Applications for Any-Deer Permit Lottery Due Friday, July 30; Online Entries Due Aug. 16

June 28, 2010 - MDIFW: It's Time to Apply for Any Deer Permit Lottery; It's Easy to Do Online!

June 23, 2010 - Maine Warden Service, Maine Marine Patrol to Increase Boating Law Enforcement June 25-27 in Operation Dry Water

June 23, 2010 - Princeton Man’s Body Recovered from Big Lake This Morning (June 23)

June 17, 2010 - MDIFW, L.L.Bean Partner for Annual Moose Permit Lottery Today in Freeport

June 14, 2010 - Tim Sample & MDIFW Day: A Special Combination on Saturday, June 19, at Maine Wildlife Park in Gray

June 11, 2010 - Dr. Kenneth Elowe, state's lead fish and wildlife biologist, to leave MDIF&W for federal post

June 9, 2010 - Maine Maintains Outdoor Heritage Through License Sales

June 4, 2010 - Latest Maine Fish & Wildlife magazine now online

June 3, 2010 - MDIF&W's Family Free Fishing Days This Weekend -- June 5-6

May 24, 2010 - MDIF&W's 2010 Moose Lottery Permit Drawing Set for June 17 at L.L.Bean

May 19, 2010 - IF&W Free Fishing Days June 5-6; Correction to Dates Listed in New Fishing Rule Book

May 17, 2010 - Controlled Moose Hunt Set for Eastern Aroostook County

May 11, 2010 - LaGrange Man Suffers Serious Injuries While Turkey Hunting

May 11, 2010 - Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Director Honored by The Wildlife Society

May 10, 2010 - Online Applications for MDIF&W's 2010 Moose Permit Lottery Due Friday, May 14; Drawing is June 17

April 28, 2010 - IF&W: 2010 Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Season Begins May 3; Youth Day is May 1

April 28, 2010 - Damariscotta Resident Catches Record Yellow Perch, confirms Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

April 12, 2010 - IF&W Presents Legendary Maine Guide Awards; Names Honor After Wilmot "Wiggie" Robinson

April 12, 2010 - Maine "Lake and River Protection Sticker" Now Required on Seaplanes

April 9, 2010 - Maine Wildlife Park in Gray Opens Thursday, April 15

April 5, 2010 - "The Maine Fishing Guide" a New Online Tool for Planning Fishing Trips

March 25, 2010 - Open Water Fishing Season Opens Early

March 23, 2010 - Old Orchard Beach Man Faces Two State Charges In Gaboon Viper Incident

March 19, 2010 - Paper Applications for 2010 Moose Permit Lottery Due by April 1 at Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

March 7, 2010 - Four Injured, Two Seriously, in Separate Snowmobile Incidents

March 6, 2010 - Maine Warden Service: Snowmobiler Dies at The Forks; Fire Chief En Route to Scene Dies

March 3, 2010 - Maine Warden Service: Ice Continues to Thin Throughout Maine; Statewide Ice Fishing Derby for March 6-7 is Cancelled

March 1, 2010 - Maine Warden Service: Four Snowboarders Rescued from Sugarloaf Mountain

February 26, 2010 - Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Forest Landowners Endorse Deer Wintering Area Management Guidelines

February 12, 2010 - Free Fishing Days This Weekend

February 12, 2010 - Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Releases Preliminary 2009 Deer Harvest Numbers

February 5, 2010 - "Chickadee Check-Off" on State Tax Forms Supports Endangered, Nongame Wildlife Fund

February 5, 2010 - Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Promotes Free Fishing Days Feb. 13-14

February 3, 2010 - IF&W's Maine Wildlife Park Earns Governor's "Commitment to Tourism Growth" Award

January 28, 2010 - Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Announces Results of Annual Mid-winter Waterfowl Survey

January 27, 2010 - 2010 Moose Permit Lottery Applications Now Available. Apply Online!

January 27, 2010 - Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Now Accepting 2010 Moose Permit Auction Bids; Benefits Youth Conservation Education Fund

January 25, 2010 - Maine Warden Service: Storm Will Thin Ice; Be Safe

January 25, 2010 - Skowhegan Resident Catches Record Rainbow Trout, confirms Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

January 15, 2010 - Maine Warden Service Arrests, Summonses Eight Aroostook County Residents on Hunting, Fishing Violations

January 7, 2010 - Maine Warden Service Suspends Search for Missing China Snowmobiler; Issues Ice Warning

December 30, 2009 - Gov. Baldacci, Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife promote snowmobile season, safety

December 23, 2009 - Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Previews Ice Fishing Season

December 18, 2009 - 2010 Hunting, Fishing Licenses Now Available from Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

December 17, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Says 'Stay Off the Ice'

December 9, 2009 - MWS: Dover-Foxcroft Man Fined Nearly $3,000 for Illegal Fishing Violations

December 1, 2009 - Maine's Hunting Season Still Underway

November 23, 2009 - IF&W Wrap-Up: 2009 Marsh Island Deer Reduction Effort

November 20, 2009 - IF&W Reminds Hunters To Keep Chronic Wasting Disease Out of Maine

November 20, 2009 - Bare Facts on Ages of Bears Harvested in 2008 Now Available

November 20, 2009 - Maine Wildlife Park in Gray Experiences Increase in Visitors

November 16, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Promotes Two to Rank of Lieutenant

November 12, 2009 - United States District Court Upholds Maine's Trapping Regulations

October 26, 2009 - Maine IF&W Names Marketing, Promotions Representative

October 26, 2009 - Landowners Recognized for Allowing Outdoor Enthusiasts to Access Their Land

October 23, 2009 - IF&W Advises Hunters on Upcoming Deer Season, including EEE and Chronic Wasting Disease Precautions

October 21, 2009 - Maine Fish and Wildlife magazine fall edition now online

September 14, 2009 - 2009 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Season Dates Set

September 14, 2009 - Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Surveying Anglers on Maine's Wild Brook Trout Fishing

August 11, 2009 - IF&W Commissioner Roland "Danny" Martin Updates List of Unrestricted Fish and Wildlife Species

August 10, 2009 - Deadline Nears for Online Any-Deer Permit Applications

July 29, 2009 - Maine Fish and Wildlife magazine summer issue now online

May 28, 2009 - IF&W Sponsors Family Free Fishing Days May 30-31

May 22, 2009 - IF&W's "What Would You Do? An Outdoors Skills Quiz" available online; great tool for children, educators

May 8, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Names Warden of the Year, Gives Annual Honors

May 6, 2009 - Maine Wildlife Park Named a 2009 Editors' Choice by Yankee Magazine

April 29, 2009 - Conservation Partners, Towns Team to Ensure Safe Piping Plover Nesting Season

April 28, 2009 - IF&W Encourages Anglers To Not Use Soft Plastic Lures, Choose Biodegradables

April 28, 2009 - IF&W: Spring Wild Turkey Season Opens May 4; Youth Only Day is Saturday

April 15, 2009 - IF&W, Partners Add 46 Acres to Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area

April 9, 2009 - 2009 Maine Moose Permit Lottery on June 18 in Fort Kent

February 11, 2009 - Freedom Man Catches Record-Setting White Perch

February 11, 2009 - IF&W Announces 2009 Moose Permit Auction

February 11, 2009 - IF&W's Free Fishing Days This Weekend, Feb. 14-15

January 12, 2009 - Snowmobiler hits tree branch; dies at hospital

January 12, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Urges Caution on Ice

January 9, 2009 - Maine Fish and Wildlife magazine available online

December 28, 2008 - Teen Dies in Portage-area Snowmobile Incident

December 17, 2008 - Marsh Island Deer Harvest Ends

December 17, 2008 - 2009 Hunting and Fishing Licenses Now Available For Purchase Online

November 26, 2008 - Maine Warden Service Says 'Stay Off The Ice'

November 26, 2008 - Maine Warden Service: Four men face 25 poaching, drug charges

November 10, 2008 - Maine Warden Service recovers body of missing boater

October 30, 2008 - Nov. 1 Marks Beginning of Firearms Deer Season

October 23, 2008 - IF&W Honors Landowners for Allowing Outdoor Enthusiasts Acces to Their Land

October 23, 2008 - IF&W Advisory Council Approves Limited Deer Reduction Season in Old Town

October 23, 2008 - Waterfowl Hunters Reminded They Need State Permit

September 17, 2008 - L.L. Bean Honors Former IF&W Employee

September 17, 2008 - IF&W Retrieves Illegal Koi from Pickerel Pond in Limerick

September 12, 2008 - IF&W: Mapleton Youth Catches Record-Setting Arctic Charr

September 12, 2008 - IF&W Announces Any-Deer Permit Holders

September 12, 2008 - Maine Wildlife Park, IF&W to hold free open house Saturday, Sept. 13 in Gray

July 16, 2008 - "Loon Plate" holders can visit most state parks for free this weekend

July 9, 2008 - IF&W Comm. Martin named Chair of Baxter State Park Authority

June 30, 2008 - Maine Warden Service to Increase Patrols This Fourth of July Weekend

June 30, 2008 - IF&W: Endangered Piping Plovers at all-time low

June 25, 2008 - IF&W, BMV Remind Motorists to be Watchful of Wildlife on Roadways

May 13, 2008 - IF&W Commissioner names Maine Warden Service Colonel

May 17, 2007 - Rick Charette Concert from 11am-12noon, rain or shine!

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