Checking in on Maine's Bats

By Wildlife Promotional Coordinator Lauren McPherson

Moose survival study continues with a focus on winter tick

January 2, 2020 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 combined with reproductive data from female moose (ovaries) and age data from moose teeth (removed at registration stations during hunting season) to give biologists more information about Maine’s moose population than ever before.

New Year’s Resolution: Eat more Lake Trout

By Fisheries Biologist Jacob Scoville

Join Judy Outside: Solstice Edition

By Commissioner Judy Camuso

This year I opted to celebrate the winter solstice by watching the sun rise over the ocean off Prouts Neck in Scarborough.  The scene was incredible and no matter how many times I watch the sunrise, I am always rewarded with nature’s beauty and solace and glad I dragged myself out of bed at 3:30 am. 

How Anglers Harvested Their Way to Bigger Salmon at Lake Saint George

By Regional Fisheries Biologist Jason Seiders

My First Christmas Bird Count

By Wildlife Biologist Sarah Spencer

I have a confession to make: I’ve never participated in Audubon’s Christmas Bird Count (CBC)…until now. I don’t have a good excuse why I never before donned my binoculars to collect data during this nationwide event that occurs every December, I just never prioritized it. That all changed on a recent warm, rainy, Saturday in December.

Is winter weather changing in northern and central Maine?

By Regional Wildlife Biologist Shawn Haskell

Fisheries Biologists Involved with Hydropower Renewal Projects in Maine

By Assistant Regional Fisheries Biologist Nick Kalejs

Join Judy Outside: Opting Out Every Day

By Commissioner Judy Camuso

Monitoring Maine's deer population is a community effort

By Assistant Regional Wildlife Biologist, Sarah Boyden