Join Judy Outside: Solstice Edition

By Commissioner Judy Camuso

This year I opted to celebrate the winter solstice by watching the sun rise over the ocean off Prouts Neck in Scarborough.  The scene was incredible and no matter how many times I watch the sunrise, I am always rewarded with nature’s beauty and solace and glad I dragged myself out of bed at 3:30 am. 

How Anglers Harvested Their Way to Bigger Salmon at Lake Saint George

By Regional Fisheries Biologist Jason Seiders

My First Christmas Bird Count

By Wildlife Biologist Sarah Spencer

I have a confession to make: I’ve never participated in Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC)…until now. I don’t have a good excuse why I never before donned my binoculars to collect data during this nationwide event that occurs every December, I just never prioritized it. That all changed on a recent warm, rainy, Saturday in December.

Is winter weather changing in northern and central Maine?

By Regional Wildlife Biologist Shawn Haskell

Fisheries Biologists Involved with Hydropower Renewal Projects in Maine

By Assistant Regional Fisheries Biologist Nick Kalejs

Join Judy Outside: Opting Out Every Day

By Commissioner Judy Camuso

Monitoring Maine's deer population is a community effort

By Assistant Regional Wildlife Biologist, Sarah Boyden

Managing for a Rare Butterfly at Frye Mountain WMA

By Natural Resources Manager Jack Chappen

Training Held to Promote Economical Ways to Win with Beaver

By Regional Wildlife Biologist Chuck Hulsey

Maine’s Threatened and Endangered Freshwater Fishes

By Native Fish Conservation Biologist Merry Gallagher

Maine is home to two freshwater fish species that are listed under Maine’s Endangered Species Act. 

The Swamp Darter (Etheostoma fusiforme) is listed as Threatened and received that designation in 1997. Darters are known to occur in seven locations within two river drainages in Southern Maine. It is very unlikely that you will ever encounter one!