By IFW Fisheries Biologist Jacob Scoville [caption id="attachment_3018" align="alignright" width="309"] A brook trout leaps over the falls in the fish way seeking the deeper, cooler water of West Grand Lake.[/caption] On June 22^nd fisheries biologists in the Downeast Region opened the fishway at the West Grand Lake dam in Grand Lake Stream to allow

By Game Warden Megan Miller On Wednesday, July 18, several local game wardens responded to the lower end of Mattawamkeag Lake, to search for two young boys who had wandered away from their family’s camp. Because the search area included large tracts of woods,  Maine Warden Service aircraft were also sent to aid in the search.

By Regional Wildlife Biologist Scott McLellan [caption id="attachment_3002" align="alignright" width="492"] In the center of this photo is a frigga frittillary butterfly.[/caption] The life of a regional wildlife biologist involves wearing many hats, and can require working with a diversity of species within a short period of time.  One can respond to the call of a dead mo

By Doug Hitchcox Fellow birders, I am asking you to participate in a very specialevent this week. As many of you mayalready know, Bruce Barker has beenfighting a tough battle against a rare and very aggressive cancer.Sadly, treatmentshave been unsuccessful and he is currently in home hospice and not able to havevisitors.

Two years after five of Maine’s great blue herons were outfitted with high-tech GPS transmitters, IFW once again worked closely with teachers and students from Nokomis Regional High School in Newport, Center Drive School in Orrington, and Haworth Academic Center in Bangor to re-deploy two of the tags on new herons.

By Corporal John MacDonald, Maine Warden Service The Maine Warden Service and Reggie's Kawasaki & Ski-Doo in Leeds teamed up once again this year to provide three new recreational vehicles and two trailers for law enforcement and search and rescue.