Creating Food and Habitat with Flame
The morning of August 24th rolled into Brownfield with blue skies, a few clouds, and only occasional wisps of wind; it was a perfect morning for setting the woods on fire in IFW’s Brownfield Wildlife Management Area (WMA). The Maine Forest Service, the USDA Forest Service, IFW, The Nature Conservancy, NOAA, and the Maine Army National Guard all congregated for the prescribed burn.
Maine's Moose are on the Loose!
Historically, Maine has been the premier moose hunting and viewing destination in the lower 48 states. Along with a healthy moose population comes the task of managing it at levels that are socially acceptable; this can be done effectively only if you know how many animals you have in the population. However, this objective is often significantly more difficult than you might think. There are a variety of methods that could be used to count individuals; most have been employed by Maine IFW biologists at some point to determine our beloved moose population.
Resident Canada Goose Banding
[caption id="attachment_387" align="alignleft" width="300"] Corralling geese into the pen[/caption] About a month ago I had the opportunity to go out with our wildlife biologists when they were banding Canada geese.
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