Big Fish and Kids Opportunities Highlight Rangeley Area Ice Fishing Season

[caption id="attachment_1381" align="aligncenter" width="842"] New opportunities for young anglers in the Rangeley Lakes Region had many kids out ice fishing this past winter.[/caption] By IFW Fisheries Biologist Dave Howatt

Gordon Manuel WMA Offers Fishing, Hunting, Canoeing and Much More

[caption id="attachment_1356" align="alignright" width="448"] The Gordon Manuel WMA is a wonderful area to visit in the spring for a variety of activities.[/caption] By Rich Hoppe, Wildlife Biologist The Lt.

Wildlife and Waterfowl Abound East of Baxter State Park at Francis Dunn WMA

[caption id="attachment_1338" align="alignright" width="402"] Canoeing on the Sawtelle Deadwater in the Dunn WMA may provide you with the opportunity to see a moose.[/caption] By Allen Starr, IFW Wildlife Biologist The Francis D.

Maine Warden Service: Notes from the Field

Maine Warden Service Notes From The Field: February 2016 Division A (Gray): Game Warden Pierre has been working ice fishing activity and reports that ice conditions are poor at best; note photograph depicting anglers on Sebago Lake in a watercraft. Division B (Sidney): Several Division B game wardens and many others attended this year’s Special Olympics held at

Moose Mortalities Providing Clues About Moose Survival

By Scott McClellan, IFW Wildlife Biologist [caption id="attachment_1316" align="alignright" width="572"] Biologist Scott McLellan counts ticks during a moose necropsy.

Waterfowl Nest Boxes: Getting By With A Little Help From Our Friends

By Chuck Hulsey, Regional Wildlife Biologist When you see a wooden box on a post over shallow water, with a hole in the front, you know that it is a nest box for wood ducks.  Did you know Maine has other duck species which need tree cavities in order to nest and rear young? Though developed for wood ducks, they are commonly used by Hooded mergansers and American goldeneyes. “Wood duck boxes” may be the most recognizable wildlife management technique of all. According to the Ducks Unlimited website: “In 1937, the U.S. Biological Survey (now the U.S.

IFW Fisheries Biologists Improve Downeast Fishery

[caption id="attachment_1304" align="alignright" width="519"] A nice Molasses Pond brown trout that was caught this winter.[/caption] by Greg Burr, Regional Fisheries Biologist, Downeast Region

  In the fall of 2010, fisheries biologists scientifically sampled Molasses Pond, a 1,252-acre water

Butch Vickerson Recognized For Work at Maine Wildlife Park

By Lisa Kane, Maine Wildlife Park Supervisor and Curt Johnson, Wildlife Park Superintendent On Friday, January 29, Commissioner Chandler Woodcock presented recently retired Butch Vickerson, a Correctional Trade Instructor with the Dept. of Corrections, with a Commissioner’s print.

CANCELLED Ice Fishing Derby to Benefit Camp North Woods Planned for March

DUE TO UNSAFE ICE CONDITIONS, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 2016! Join us on March 12 at Range Pond State Park for a fun day on the ice! New to ice fishing? Not a problem! Department staff and volunteers will be on hand to provide instruction. You can still enter the derby for a chance to win some great prize!All proceeds will help fund scholarships for Camp North Woods. Derby tickets are just $10 for adults and $5 for children 15 and under.

Upcoming Game Cooking Workshops

Foodies Gone Wild…Game! Southern Maine Community College (SMCC), in partnership with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW), bring exciting and delicious courses to the table.  Each will offer a cooking demonstration and tasting with SMCC culinary faculty Geoffrey Boardman and information and educational discussion with IFW experts in the field. Saturdays, 9 a