Chesuncook Lake Salmon Fishery Update

June 28, 2022 by Regional Fisheries Supervisor Tim Obrey

We’ve invested a lot of time since implementing a new management strategy on Chesuncook Lake back in 2018. We are getting close to our harvest goal, and the fish are starting to respond.

While You Were Sleeping, We Were Electrofishing!

June 23, 2022 by Fisheries Resource Biologist Nick Kalejs

Electrofishing is a highly effective way to non-lethally sample a population and is very efficient for studying bass during their May-June spawning season.

Penobscot County Conservation Association Honored with 2021 Maine Warden Service Colonel’s Award

June 23, 2022 by Colonel Dan Scott

The Penobscot County Conservation Association was honored with the 2021 Maine Warden Service Colonel’s Award on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, by Maine Warden Service Colonel Dan Scott. This award may be presented annually to an individual or individuals who the Colonel has determined have provided distinguished support and/or service to the Maine Warden Service and/or its mission.

Boasting Maine’s Black Bears

June 17, 2022 by Wildlife Outreach Coordinator Lauren McPherson

Many don’t realize it, but at some point or another, you’ve likely been in the presence of a bear in the Maine woods. Here are some facts about our state’s bears!

Big Atlas Weekend 2022 - June 24-26

June 17, 2022 by By Doug Hitchcox

This exciting annual event is a fun way for birders from across the state to document breeding birds and come together as a birding community.

Happy Father's Day!

This Father’s Day we’re shining the light on some wildly awesome dads out there!

Skip the bread. Just watch instead!

June 9, 2022 by Social Media Coordinator Laura Kintz

Malnutrition, disease, habitat degradation, and habituation are serious consequences of feeding ducks and geese.

BEE on the Lookout for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee

June 2, 2022 by Wildlife Biologist Beth Swartz

Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is looking for the federally Endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee and we need more eyes!

MDIFW Fish Health Lab Case Study: Webber Pond Largemouth Bass Fish Kill, May of 2022

May 26, 2022 by David R. Russell, MDIFW Fish Pathologist and Joe Overlock, MDIFW Fisheries Management Supervisor

The recent fish kill of adult largemouth bass seen in Webber Pond is an example of a fish kill with natural causes exacerbated by stressors of seasonally low dissolved oxygen, excessive levels of common protozoan parasites and a pathogen specifically harmful to just one species of fish. 

Mapping Maine’s Salamanders, Frogs, Turtles, and Snakes

May 5, 2022 by Social Media Coordinator Laura Kintz

Maine’s wildlife biologists rely on community members to share their observations, including you!