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Recent Promotions in the Maine Warden Service
Lieutenant Aaron Cross
Lieutenant Aaron Cross began his career with the Maine Warden Service in 2007 as a district warden and was soon promoted
K9 School: Hasty Air Scent Search
As we progress in training, we have begun to introduce new search techniques to the dogs. This past week we introduced the concept of an air scent search or “hasty” search. Unlike tracking, air scent searches are done off lead and are used to search large areas or if the last known point of the missing person isn’t exact.
Brook Trout Protection - Blog One
By Tim Obrey, Regional Fisheries Supervisor, Moosehead Lake Region
Brook Trout Protection - Blog Two
We had two focal areas as we discussed the current Moosehead Lake brook trout fishery:
The Legends of Lily Bay - Blog Three
By Tim Obrey, Regional Fisheries Supervisor, Moosehead Lake Region
Brook Trout Protection – We All Play a Role - Blog Four
By Tim Obrey, Regional Fisheries Supervisor, Moosehead Lake Region
The deer hunting seasons are fast approaching!
By Wildlife Biologist, Deer Specialist, Nathan Bieber
Maine’s Dynamic Moose Study: An Overview of Maine’s Seasonal Moose Research
Year round, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife biologists are going above via helicopters and beyond on ATVs, boats, snowmobiles and foot to implement several adaptive methods of population monitoring for Maine’s beloved and iconic mammal, the moose.
K9 School: Advanced Tracking
The last couple of weeks Gordon and I have been fine tuning our tracking skills and have moved into more advance tracking. We started with tracking on pavement then transitioned to tracking onto grass. It was interesting to watch his first track that went from pavement to grass. Gordon started on the track on pavement and was tracking perfectly. When he reached the transition from pavement to grass it blew his mind. It was something brand new to him and he went back and forth on the pavement trying to find the odor he was used to. When the track hit the grass, it created a whole diffe
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