[caption id="attachment_2851" align="alignright" width="441"] A healthy Aziscohos salmon which was trapnetted and released this past fall.[/caption] By MDIFW Fisheries Biologist Dave Howatt Anglers planning a fishing trip to Aziscohos Lake in the northwestern Maine should be aware of new regulations designed to improve the health of the fishery and provide anglers with a

By MDIFW Wildlife Biologist Tom Schaeffer [caption id="attachment_2840" align="alignright" width="436"] Figure 1.

[caption id="attachment_2831" align="alignright" width="330"] MDIFW Wildlife Biologist holds the rescued bear cub as they get ready to bring the cub to a new wintering den.[/caption] It still is a little early in northern Maine for black bears to be leaving their den, but one sow and her cub were already out early last week looking for food along Route 1 in Caribou when the adult bear was struck and killed by a p

Foggy morning on the Foxhole. Photo courtesy of Dan Legere.

By Shawn Haskell, MDIFW Wildlife Biologist We all like to see deer…until you are swerving your vehicle to avoid striking that one you just now see.  Sometimes they seem to almost want to kill themselves by running into the side of a vehicle.  Yes, we could probably all stand to pay attention more to our outdoor surroundings while driving, but it is not always our faul