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Winterberries for holiday decorations & songbird snacks
Native Ilex verticillata shrubs, commonly called winterberry, stands out this time of year with its bright red fruit in wetland areas along roadsides. It's used in a variety of holiday decorations around the house -both inside and out.
Survival...You Alone in the Maine Woods (#tbt)
In honor of "Throwback Thursday" let's take a look back at an article written by Thomas Chamberlain that was featured in the Fall 1973 issue of Maine Fish and Game Magazine. You Alone in the Maine Woods is still available for free from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.
Landlocked Salmon Receive An Assist In Spawning
[caption id="attachment_138" align="alignright" width="300"] Salmon congregate in the raceways after traveling up the Jordan River[/caption] The sheltered, concrete raceway may not be the pristine, pebbled waters that salmon normally seek
Aging Fish
[caption id="attachment_346" align="alignright" width="300"] A scale from a 5 year old landlocked salmon.
Short Videos Offer Glimpse Of Wildlife Biologists In The Field
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgr_-RBMc6c Chuck Hulsey is a wildlife biologist with an eye for detail and a knack for stories. That’s what makes this new feature on the IFW Website so compelling. “In The Wildlife Biologist’s Footsteps” is Chuck Hulsey taking two passions, video filming and wildlife, and creating memorable video stories of wildlife biologists working in the field.
Nets of the Trade
[caption id="attachment_351" align="alignleft" width="300"] A trap net set for salmon and trout.
Why Do We Band Ducks?
[caption id="attachment_73" align="alignright" width="300"] The numbered band on this duck will allow biologists to track this duck and provide valuable i
Duck Box Maintenance
[caption id="attachment_357" align="alignleft" width="225"] One of the duck boxes on the Gregg Sanborn (Brownfield) WMA[/caption] Wildlife biologists are taking advantage of the thick ice and cooler temperatures this time of year to investigate activity that may have occurred
Did you know...
[caption id="attachment_589" align="alignleft" width="306"] Black bear with cub[/caption] Bears are not true hibernators? A true hibernator, like a chipmunk, enters a state of hibernation and then will not wake until their biological clock tells them to, regardless of external stimuli. Bears do not hibernate.
Big Reed and Wadleigh Reclamation Updates
[caption id="attachment_245" align="alignright" width="240"] In the spring of 2010, fisheries biologists used trap nets to help determine the severity of the situation at Wadleigh Pond.
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