Chesuncook Lake Salmon Fishery Update
We’ve invested a lot of time since implementing a new management strategy on Chesuncook Lake back in 2018. We are getting close to our harvest goal, and the fish are starting to respond.
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While You Were Sleeping, We Were Electrofishing!
Electrofishing is a highly effective way to non-lethally sample a population and is very efficient for studying bass during their May-June spawning season.
Deer Isle Mariner is Latest GPS-Tagged Great Blue Heron
Meet “Mariner,” the newly GPS-tagged great blue heron from Deer Isle. On June 3rd, Mariner became the 11th great blue heron in Maine to be added to the Heron Tracking Project that began in 2016.
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Boasting Maine’s Black Bears
Many don’t realize it, but at some point or another, you’ve likely been in the presence of a bear in the Maine woods. Here are some facts about our state’s bears!
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Big Atlas Weekend 2022 - June 24-26
This exciting annual event is a fun way for birders from across the state to document breeding birds and come together as a birding community.
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Happy Father's Day!
This Father’s Day we’re shining the light on some wildly awesome dads out there!
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Skip the bread. Just watch instead!
Malnutrition, disease, habitat degradation, and habituation are serious consequences of feeding ducks and geese.
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BEE on the Lookout for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is looking for the federally Endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee and we need more eyes!
![gray treefrog](https://www.maine.gov/ifw/blogs/sites/maine.gov.ifw.blogs/files/styles/post_thumbnail/public/2022-05/Gray%20Treefrog_2_Trevor%20Persons_0.jpg?itok=4bZ9U7Ih)
Mapping Maine’s Salamanders, Frogs, Turtles, and Snakes
Maine’s wildlife biologists rely on community members to share their observations, including you!
![beaver with kit](https://www.maine.gov/ifw/blogs/sites/maine.gov.ifw.blogs/files/styles/post_thumbnail/public/2022-05/shutterstock_1867467148_2.jpg?itok=GphMTO22)
Happy Mother’s Day!
It only takes a quick look into the animal kingdom to see that motherhood comes in many forms.
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