By Corporal John MacDonald, Maine Warden Service Seven of Maine’s nine Warden Service K9 teams spent the past two weeks in Otisfield, becoming trained and certified in the unique discipline of human remains detection (HRD). For game wardens in Maine, search, rescue and recovery missions are the heart of their work.

By Doug Hithcox As we head through April the window opens for a new group of early nesting species in Maine. This post highlights most of the species that have safe dates beginning in April. Dont forget to keep looking for breeding activity from species that started breeding in March, including: Great Horned Owls, Bald Eagles, Rock Pigeons, House Sparrows, and Peregrine Falcons.

Not all great blue herons migrate, but most of Maine’s breeders choose to spend the winter months in warmer climes at the southern end of the U.S. (Florida) or in another country altogether (Cuba, Bahamas, Haiti). In 2016, we fitted solar-powered GPS transmitters to 5 great blue herons that automatically record GPS locations and transmit data to a website making it extremely convenient for biologists to track the movements of such individuals.

[caption id="attachment_2884" align="alignright" width="290"] At the Grand Lake Stream Hatchery, high school students, college students, and volunteers assist Fisheries Biologists and Fish Culturists in the clipping process.[/caption] By IFW Fisheries Biologist Kevin Dunham Springtime is when fish culturists at the state’s hatcheries are busy preparing to stock lakes and rivers for ang

By MDIFW Wildlife Biologist Sarah Boyden It’s been a cold spring with late season snow storms keeping parts of the state covered in snow.  As the temperature slowly warms, bats appear on the landscape returning to their summer habitat.  Five species of bats are year-round residents in Maine.

The Maine Warden Service and first responders in northern Maine received a new airboat to deploy during emergencies and natural disasters. This is the only airboat asset in all of northern Maine, an area the size of both New Jersey and Connecticut. The area encompasses all of Aroostook County and parts of northern Piscataquis and Penobscot Counties. The airboat was purchased new earlier this year from Diamondback Airboats located in Florida.