Remove potential meals so bears don't become a nuisance
Nuisance bear calls are on the increase this spring, and the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is reminding homeowners to remove potential bear attractants from their yard. “Maine has a growing bear population, and this time of year, hungry bears are out looking for food,” says Jen Vashon, IFW’s bear
The Maine Bumble Bee Atlas Takes Flight by IFW wildlife biologist Beth Swartz
By Beth Swartz IFW Wildlife Biologist Bumble bees, with their bold yellow and black stripes, large furry bodies and relatively docile dispositions, are a familiar backyard insect to most people. The important role they play in our environment, however, often goes unrecognized.
The Legacy of One Bear – Sara (ID 225) - Written by Randy Cross, Biologist
[caption id="attachment_576" align="alignright" width="315"] This is one of Sara’s great granddaughters who now is wearing a collar of her own.[/caption] Wildlife biologists have been monitoring black bears in Maine since 1975. Over the course of this monitoring program, a few bears have been monitored for over 20 years.
IFW Wildlife Biologists Are Also Winter Weather Watchers
When the National Weather Service in Maine announced that this was the coldest February on record, they simply affirmed what we already knew…February was freezing. [caption id="attachment_530" align="alignright" width="300"] IFW
2015 Maine Birder Band Is Now Available
The 2015 Maine Birder Band is now available! Maine’s Birder band is instrumental in helping protect birds, conserve habitat and provide access for birders throughout the state.
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.
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.
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.
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