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Join Judy Outside: Opening Day
By Commissioner Judy Camuso Over the past year, Covid 19 has changed almost every aspect of my life; from where and how I work, getting groceries, working out and most of all how often I get outside. I am an outdoor person, and I have always used the o…
View Full ArticleEnd of Watch: November 15, 1922
By Maine Game Warden Steve Milton The Maine Game Warden Class of 2020 was given the honorable task of developing a way to memorialize two fallen Maine Game Wardens: David F. Brown and Mertley F. Johnson. The story behind the two wardens and how they di…
View Full ArticleSurveying Spawning Fish Across Maine
By Fisheries Resource Biologist Nick Kalejs For fisheries biologists in Maine, fall means many things—cooler water temperatures, colorful spawning fish, and the last few times taking the boat out for the season. One of the management techniques that al…
View Full ArticleMighty Mini Owls
By Wildlife Promotional Coordinator Lauren McPherson Though calm in appearance, a feisty female saw-whet owl snapped her beak repeatedly, warning us of her very sharp, curved upper beak. With zygodactyl feet, two toes are usually in the front and two i…
View Full ArticleRequired Moose Stations and Vital Data Collection
By Wildlife Promotional Coordinator Lauren McPherson While leaf peepers are out in the masses from late September to late October, so are moose hunters. 3,135 permits were allocated for the Maine moose hunt this year, each one requiring a drawn permit …
View Full ArticleBoasting about Bats
By Wildlife Promotional Coordinator Lauren McPherson In celebration of bat week, coinciding perfectly during the week of Halloween, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is exposing some of the scary truths about Maine’s bats. While some ma…
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