May 9, 2016 at 10:36 am
Division A (Gray): Game Warden Mike Pierre began watercraft patrol on Sebago Lake. He has seen early season success with lake trout and salmon anglers. He issued several warnings for misinterpretation of the early open water season rules, where anglers were killing salmon from Sebago in violation.
Division B (Sidney): Game Warden Doug Kulis was one of several airboat operators who attended an Air Boat Operator Module Course put on by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The training took place on Umbagog Lake at the Nation Wildlife Refuge in Erroll, NH. This was a joint training opportunity with NH Gish and Game. The Maine Warden Service brought three airboats to use during the training. While the Maine Warden Service has an active airboat team, NH Fish and Game is attempting to start up a similar group of operators in their state.
Division C (Bangor): Game Warden Scott Osgood spoke to all area 4th graders at Cherryfield Foods Annual Safety Day. He spoke about preventing being lost in the woods, what to do if they ever become lost, and demonstrated shelter building and fire building techniques.
Division D (Greenville): The largest ice fishing trap probably used on Moosehead Lake was seen in April. Athletic Director of Erskine Academy, Mr. Strout, standing at 6’5” tall was given this ice fishing trap by his former basketball coach that recently passed away. The trap was built 7’6’’ tall, the height of Basketball Player Yao Ming. Mr. Strout was proud to have caught his first fish on the trap this week; a 16 inch salmon!
Division E (Ashland): Game Warden Corporal Andy Glidden submitted this photo from the archives of retired Game Warden Elmer Knowlton snowmobiling on top of Mount Katahdin circa 1960’s; we bet that was a fun ride!
Maine Warden Service K-9 Team: Corporal Merrifield attended a *MESARD training at Camp Wavus in Jefferson. The guest speaker presented information about K9 care & conditioning and preventing injuries in working dogs. Corporal Merrifield held a multi-day MWS K9 training in Otisfield. The K9 Team completed seven, 40-acre area searches for certification, night tracks, 2-day-old evidence scenes, 12-hour-old tracks, scent discrimination tracks (multi-person tracks), air scent searches with challenging victim finds at the end, cadaver search, night time hasty searches, and more. Photos are from the training in Otisfield.
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*The Maine Association for Search and Rescue (MASAR) is a non-profit organization that promotes and develops search and rescue resources for the state of Maine. MASAR provides training and certification for search and rescue volunteers using nationally-recognized standards. See mainesearchandrescue.org for more information.
Division B (Sidney): Game Warden Doug Kulis was one of several airboat operators who attended an Air Boat Operator Module Course put on by the U.S. Department of the Interior. The training took place on Umbagog Lake at the Nation Wildlife Refuge in Erroll, NH. This was a joint training opportunity with NH Gish and Game. The Maine Warden Service brought three airboats to use during the training. While the Maine Warden Service has an active airboat team, NH Fish and Game is attempting to start up a similar group of operators in their state.
Division C (Bangor): Game Warden Scott Osgood spoke to all area 4th graders at Cherryfield Foods Annual Safety Day. He spoke about preventing being lost in the woods, what to do if they ever become lost, and demonstrated shelter building and fire building techniques.
Division D (Greenville): The largest ice fishing trap probably used on Moosehead Lake was seen in April. Athletic Director of Erskine Academy, Mr. Strout, standing at 6’5” tall was given this ice fishing trap by his former basketball coach that recently passed away. The trap was built 7’6’’ tall, the height of Basketball Player Yao Ming. Mr. Strout was proud to have caught his first fish on the trap this week; a 16 inch salmon!
Division E (Ashland): Game Warden Corporal Andy Glidden submitted this photo from the archives of retired Game Warden Elmer Knowlton snowmobiling on top of Mount Katahdin circa 1960’s; we bet that was a fun ride!
Maine Warden Service K-9 Team: Corporal Merrifield attended a *MESARD training at Camp Wavus in Jefferson. The guest speaker presented information about K9 care & conditioning and preventing injuries in working dogs. Corporal Merrifield held a multi-day MWS K9 training in Otisfield. The K9 Team completed seven, 40-acre area searches for certification, night tracks, 2-day-old evidence scenes, 12-hour-old tracks, scent discrimination tracks (multi-person tracks), air scent searches with challenging victim finds at the end, cadaver search, night time hasty searches, and more. Photos are from the training in Otisfield.
[gallery size="medium" columns="2" ids="1469,1461,1468,1470"]
*The Maine Association for Search and Rescue (MASAR) is a non-profit organization that promotes and develops search and rescue resources for the state of Maine. MASAR provides training and certification for search and rescue volunteers using nationally-recognized standards. See mainesearchandrescue.org for more information.Categories