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Officials investigating oversize salmon catch reportedly shared on Facebook
MACHIAS, Maine — If you’re going to poach North Atlantic salmon, it’s probably wise not to boast about it on Facebook. The Maine Warden Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are jointly investigating a report that an oversize salmon was illegally taken by an ice fisherman on Second ...
Downeast Salmon Federation imports restocking advice from afar
EAST MACHIAS, Maine — When it comes to restoring Atlantic salmon habitats, apparently size matters. That’s among the lessons learned by the Downeast Salmon Federation during three days of consulting this week with Peter Gray, 70, a Scotsman who is a world expert on restoring wild salmon populations to coastal ...
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 ...
American eel considered for endangered species status
MACHIAS, Maine — Late each winter, elver nets appear in the Machias River, as they do in scores of Maine rivers. Harvesters capture the eels while they are in the juvenile stage and sell them to Asian brokers, who then grow the eels in captivity to adult size and sell ...
Loggerhead sea turtles remain threatened on East Coast
The Associated Press on Sept. 16, 2011, at 4:06 p.m.
NEW ORLEANS — U.S. agencies say loggerhead turtles found off the West Coast are in danger of extinction, but those along the East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico remain threatened rather than endangered. The National Marine Fisheries Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must now look at ...
Necropsy to be performed on Conn. mountain lion
The Associated Press on June 22, 2011, at 9:05 p.m.
BURLINGTON, Conn. — Wildlife experts are hoping that a necropsy on a mountain lion will help unravel the mystery of how the big cat ended up roaming the suburbs of Connecticut. Experts from the state Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are set to perform ...
Calais man pleads guilty to trespassing on Moosehorn by using spur road
BANGOR, Maine — A man from the Milltown section of Calais pleaded guilty Friday to trespassing on the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge by using a spur road through the federally owned preserve in Washington County without permission. Philip L. Clark, 60, agreed to pay a $300 fine and donate $1,000 ...
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Protection of wolves in Maine debated
AUGUSTA, Maine — A federal proposal to remove wolves in Midwestern states from the Endangered Species Act is causing alarm in Maine among wildlife advocates who fear the delisting also could end legal protections for wolves in the Northeast — if they exist, that is. Earlier this spring, the U.S. ...
National agency questions how many birds die near Vinalhaven turbines
VINALHAVEN, Maine — A recently released study that concluded fewer than 10 birds die yearly from the three wind turbines on this Maine island paints too rosey a picture, according to biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. “We concluded that this project would represent a ‘substantial risk’ to ...
NH agreement reached to preserve endangered rabbit
The Associated Press on April 22, 2011, at 10:54 a.m.
CONCORD, N.H. — Just in time for Easter, an agreement has been reached between New Hampshire and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to restore habitat for the endangered New England cottontail. The range of the species has declined by 86 percent during the last 50 years because of habitat ...
Judge blocks deal on protections for wolves
The Associated Press on April 10, 2011, at 6:12 a.m.
BOISE, Idaho — A federal judge has blocked a proposal to lift the endangered species protections for wolves in Montana and Idaho that had been hammered out by U.S. wildlife officials and conservation groups. The plan could have led to public hunting of some 1,300 wolves in the two states. ...
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