Month: August 2018
Technology Aids In Identifying Maine Snakes
By Assistant Regional Wildlife Biologist Kendall Marden “Its brown and black with diamond patterns on its back and it is a couple of feet long!” That’s the usual statement received by MDIFW Biologists and Game Wardens from concerned callers who have come across an unidentified snake. The first step to trying to answer the caller’s […]
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View Full ArticleBeal Pond Offers Fantastic Fall Fly Fishing For Quality Size Brook Trout
By MDIFW Fisheries Biologist Liz Thorndike The nights are getting cooler as fall is approaching (if you don’t believe me, Dunkin’ Donuts is already serving pumpkin spice coffee!) and sportsmen’s thoughts are shifting from fishing towards hunting. However, don’t be so quick to put your fishing pole away for the season. As water temperatures start […]
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View Full ArticlePrivate Landowners Key To Success Of Wildlife And Fisheries
By Assistant Regional Wildlife Biologist Brad Zitske Working as a wildlife biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife in the busiest region in the state means I spend a lot of time talking with people. In fact, we tend to work with people more than we work with wildlife itself. Many wildlife […]
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View Full ArticleMDIFW Undertakes 3,139 Shrub Plantings for Wildlife Habitat in Scarborough Marsh WMA
By Jeremy Clark, Resource Manager – Lands Program Since Fall 2016, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) Regional Biologists and Resource Managers from the Lands Program have planted over 3,100 shrubs to bolsterwildlife habitat at Scarborough Marsh Wildlife Management Area. The Scarborough planting project aims to fast-track the succession of once-maintained fields to […]
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View Full ArticleMaranacook – Central Maine’s healthy, but vulnerable trout and salmon fishery
By Assitant Regional Fisheries Biologist Wes Ashe Maranacook Lake is an 1800-acre water in Kennebec County, and is one of the jewels in the Winthrop lakes region. Maranacook is almost like two lakes, with its northern basin that is relatively shallow and approximately 700 acres, and the 1,000 acre south basin that reaches depths of […]
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View Full ArticleIn One Month, Over 100 Years Of Expertise Exits MDIFW
Yesterday, The Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said good bye to the third of three biologists who have retired in in the past month. Combined, this trio amassed over 100 years of experience with Maine’s woods and waters, protecting and enhancing the inland fisheries and wildlife resources of the state. They all will be […]
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