Stories about Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Bears on the air: Den camera sheds light on Maine bruins
Lugnut the Bear doesn’t do much this time of year. Sometimes she lies on her left side. Other times she lies on her right side. She sleeps. And snores. And every once in a while, she shakes off the semislumber to make sure her two cubs are still present, accounted ...
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife hires Brown, Connolly
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife announced Wednesday that Michael Brown has been named director of its Fisheries Division, while James Connolly has been named director of the Wildlife Division. Brown, who previously served for 23 years at the Maine Department of Marine Resources, began ...
Maine Warden Service spokeswoman resigns
By Terry Karkos, Sun Journal on Dec. 24, 2011, at 11:01 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — News was spreading like wildfire this week on Maine sportsmen’s blogs that Gov. Paul LePage had forced Maine Warden Service spokeswoman Edith Smith to resign. Smith confirmed Friday that she had resigned. She was also director of information and education for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries ...
Oil cleaned up, two birds treated after Portland Jetport spill
PORTLAND, Maine — The cleanup of 600 gallons of heating oil that spilled Thursday at the Portland Jetport went about as well as anyone could have hoped, according to the Department of Environmental Protection. Crews will be at the site again on Saturday to make sure their work is complete. ...
State, snowmobile association honor landowners at annual banquet
on Oct. 24, 2011, at 11:35 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — A host of corporate and private landowners from across the state were honored last week as the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Maine Snowmobile Association recognized their efforts during an annual Landowner/Land User Recognition banquet, according to a DIF&W press release. The Pingree ...
Longtime Maine outdoorsman tells about failed Maine caribou project in memoirs
By GLENN ADAMS, The Associated Press on Oct. 22, 2011, at 1:39 p.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Helicopters bore down on the fleeting caribou herd as sharp-eyed biologists took careful aim with their tranquilizer guns. Over a couple of days, 27 of the animals would be dropped and airlifted to the edge of a southeastern Newfoundland barren and prepared for a nearly 800-mile trip ...
Prognosis for bats ‘grim’ as researchers in Maine, Northeast study killer fungus
As winter approaches and many animals prepare to enter hibernation, biologists in Maine and throughout the Northeast are gearing up once again to monitor for a bat-killing fungus that scientists fear could wipe out some bat species in the region. Since 2006, biologists have watched with alarm as white-nose syndrome ...
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Former guide’s book shares tales of falling in love with the Maine woods
Paul J. Fournier spent much of his adult life in Maine’s wild places, first as a bush pilot, guide and sporting camp owner, later, for 20 years, as the public information officer for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. It’s no surprise, then, that Fournier amassed a sizable ...
Teenager helps two injured in Searsport ATV accident
SEARSPORT, Maine — Authorities said that a teenage boy helped two people who were injured this week while riding an ATV in a local gravel pit. Phil Warman, 46, and Michelle Kendall, 48, both of Stockton Springs, were riding Tuesday afternoon in the pit off Sandy Ridge Lane when their ...
Maine Bug Watch poster targets hunters, fishermen
on Sept. 28, 2011, at 12:25 p.m.
AUGUSTA — A case of “poster envy” has led to an expansion of the Maine Bug Watch’s efforts to warn more Maine residents and visitors about the dangers of importing out-of-state firewood, now illegal in Maine. A new poster aimed at Maine’s hunting community reminds outdoor recreationists not to bring ...
Four injured in weekend ATV crashes in Maine
on Sept. 25, 2011, at 12:18 p.m.
Two ATV crashes on Saturday in eastern and western Maine sent four people to the hospital — several with serious injuries — and prompted state officials to urge riders to use caution and wear helmets on the trails. The first incident happened at around 6 p.m. Saturday in Robbinston, a ...
Bear sighting in Topsham prompts police warning
By Darcie Moore, Times Record on Sept. 21, 2011, at 3:25 p.m.
TOPSHAM, Maine — Topsham police warn residents who encounter a black bear reportedly seen in the Bridge Street area not to approach or corner the animal. Lt. Christopher Lewis said a black bear sighting in the Bridge Street area was reported to police Monday night. A second sighting occurred Tuesday ...
Any-deer lottery results available
If you just can’t wait to find out if you’ll be permitted to target deer without antlers during the upcoming hunting season, today’s your lucky day. The results of this year’s any-deer permit lottery, which is administered by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, are available now. Mark ...
DIFW opens Marsh Island to bow hunting
The Associated Press on Aug. 31, 2011, at 7:28 a.m.
AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is opening the Marsh Island area in Old Town and Orono to archery hunting for white-tailed deer during this year’s season. The plan approved by the department’s Advisory Council opens the area during any hunting season that allows the use ...
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Seabirds declining as eagles in Maine recover
GREAT DUCK ISLAND, Maine — According to researchers on this uninhabited, remote island, each attack is accompanied by distinctive, high-pitched screams. The cry goes up as the adults realize their young are in danger. They take flight, warning each other and their offspring of the marauding intruder and hoping to ...
52 miles of Kennebec River shoreline blocked from development
By From BDN and Wire Reports on Aug. 03, 2011, at 8:47 p.m.
INDIAN STREAM TOWNSHIP, Maine — Maine officials say the state has been granted a conservation easement on Indian Pond at the headwaters of the Kennebec River. According to Gov. Paul LePage’s office, FPL Energy Maine Hydro LLC granted the easement as part of a settlement in relicensing Harris Dam, located ...
Wardens recover body of missing Massachusetts swimmer
HIRAM, Maine – Maine Warden Service divers have foiund and recovered the body of a Massachusetts woman who was reported missing after she failed to return from a swim on Stanley Pond. Kathleen Whitehouse, 47, of Malden, Mass., was found about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Edie Smith, spokeswoman for the Maine ...
Cool, damp spring gave bears an edge over biologists
In Randy Cross’ world, some days you beat the bears. You snare two or three, fit them with radio or GPS collars, take some other measurements and send them on their way. Life is good. And some days, despite your best effort to enlist new bruins into the state’s ongoing ...
Two teens suffer serious injuries in LaGrange ATV crash
LAGRANGE, Maine — Investigators from the Maine Warden Service cited speed and driver inexperience as factors in an ATV accident Wednesday afternoon that sent two teenage girls to the hospital with serious injuries. The girls, ages 13 and 14, both were taken to Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor, where ...
Teenage Jet Skiers charged with operating while drunk on Sebago Lake
WINDHAM, Maine — Two teenagers were charged Friday with operating their Jet Skis while intoxicated after one of them reportedly struck a rock while on Sebago Lake and had to be rescued by the Maine Warden Service. William Hanson, 19, of Raymond and Patrick Ciez, 19, of Windham were arrested ...
3-year-old Baileyville girl leaves home, walks nearly a mile to the store
27-pound lobster caught off Rockland
Hampden postal plant employees told that staff will be cut from 183 to 13
Three face charges related to prostitution
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No. 8 Houlton stuns No. 1 Orono, will face Stearns in semifinal
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Scarborough boy, 11, rocking open mike nights at Lewiston restaurant
Maine inspires chefs and foodies nationwide
Photos of Mainers who served in Vietnam War needed for national center
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