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Landowner Relations Program Provides Kits to Maine Forest Rangers
The Maine Warden Service has been using the Landowner Relations Relief kits for almost two years now. In many landowner based complaints, the district warden has almost everything in their kit to correct, or help in resolving landowner’s problems with misuse and abuse.
Providing Access Into Wildlife Management Areas Is A Balancing Act
Road construction on Wildlife Management Areas is by nature a delicate balancing act. A great deal of thought goes into the location and length of a road since once it has been constructed it will likely remain a gap in the landscape in perpetuity, but is necessary both for access and also for habitat work. Road construction on Wildlife Management Areas serves two purposes. The first i
IFW, Students to Capture and Track Radio-tagged Heron
Students and teachers from several schools across the state, in conjunction with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, are capturing and radio tagging great blue herons to learn more about herons and their habitats. The student’s jobs, equipped with binoculars, minnow traps, and fish ID cards, is to locate a foraging heron in their area and then catch fish to use as bait to keep the herons comi
Butler Island Wildlife Management Area
By Regional Wildlife Biologist Amanda DeMusz [caption id="attachment_1537" align="alignleft" width="300"] One of the smaller pools on the mainland in Compartment 1[/caption] Butler Island, located in Ashland, is a small WMA of approximately 295 acres of Aroostook River floodplain and riparian area. The area is split into 2 compartments; the larger of the 2 compartments includes an 86 acre island referred to lo
Brook Trout Flourish In Little Moxie Pond After Removing Suckers, Shiners
[caption id="attachment_1524" align="alignright" width="578"] Removing the suckers and shiners from a native trout pond allow the brook trout to flourish.[/caption] Wonder what can happen when you remove nearly two tons of suckers and shiners from a small, 73-acre native trout pond? Brook trout flourish. Fisheries management can take many different forms.
Bud Leavitt Wildlife Management Area
[caption id="attachment_1513" align="alignleft" width="300"] View from Bud Leavitt WMA towards the western mountains[/caption] By Mark Caron, Regional Wildlife Biologist The Bud Leavitt Wildlife Management Area comprises 6,530 acres across portions of four towns including Dover-Foxcroft, Atkinson, Garland, and Charleston (Delorme Atlas, Map 32). The W
Training Drill Prepares Biologists For Multiple Crisis Scenarios
[caption id="attachment_1496" align="alignright" width="410"] Biologists locate, capture and assess oiled wildlife in a mock oil spill scenario.[/caption] The Department’s mission is to “protect, conserve and enhance” Maine’s fish and wildlife resources.
Searching for Maine's Moose Calves
By Scott McLellan, IFW Wildlife Biologist As part of the moose survival study that the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) initiated in 2014, it is important to u
Maine Warden Service: Notes from the Field
Division A (Gray): Game Warden Mike Pierre began watercraft patrol on Sebago Lake. He has seen early season success with lake trout and salmon anglers. He issued several warnings for misinterpretation of the early open water season rules, where anglers were killing salmon from Sebago in violation. Division B (Sidney): Game Warden Doug Kulis was one of several airboat operators who attended an Air
Working with Partners to Create Wildlife Habitat
By Sarah Spencer, Region C Wildlife Biologist In the Downeast Region, biologists frequently work with partners to accomplish tasks aligned with the Department’s mission. A recent example of this collaboration came in mid-April when Region C Wildlife Biologists participated in an effort that was organized by the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge of the U.S.
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