Month: January 2020
Working Together to Help the New England Cottontail
By Regional Wildlife Biologist Cory Stearns Managing and attempting to restore endangered species is a very difficult task. Most endangered species are rare due to multiple factors, such as the loss and fragmentation of habitat, the proliferation of in…
View Full ArticleJoin Judy Outside: Local Hotspots
By Commissioner Judy Camuso Working as a Wildlife Biologist in the Gray office for 7 years, I visited many properties in the Region, and got to know some of them very well. One of my responsibilities was to track winter severity for deer on MDIFW…
View Full ArticleChecking in on Maine’s Bats
By Wildlife Promotional Coordinator Lauren McPherson As we Mainers forge our way through winter, enduring extreme colds and extended darkness, we often ponder things we miss about summer. For many, it’s the longing for warmth, or the memory of a long d…
View Full ArticleMoose survival study continues with a focus on winter tick
By Wildlife Promotional Coordinator Lauren McPherson For five years, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has been conducting aerial surveys to better understand the health of Maine’s moose population. This aerial survey data is combin…
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