Recreational Opportunities

Provided by Lands Managed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife

  • Boating and Canoeing: B = Boating, C = Canoeing
  • Hunting: B = Big game, S = Small game, U = Upland game, W = Waterfowl
  • Inland Fishing: C = Cold water species, W = Warm water species
  • Wildlife Watching: E = Eagles and osprey, D = Deer, M = Moose, W = Water birds

NOTE: In Region A, there are two wildlife sanctuaries that overlap with a portion of Wildlife Management Area land.  While almost all Wildlife Management Areas [WMAs] allow hunting and trapping (please see the exceptions below), Sanctuaries most often do not allow hunting or trapping.  Hunting and trapping within the portion of WMAs covered by Wildlife Sanctuaries are not open to hunting or trapping.  In Region A, the following apply:

  1. The Limington, Hollis and Waterboro Sanctuary overlaps with part of the Killick Pond WMA land and the Little Ossipee River WMA land.
  2. The Standish Sanctuary overlaps with part of the Steeps Falls Wildlife Management Area.

In both sanctuaries mentioned above, a loaded firearm is not allowed on the roads that create the boundaries of the sanctuaries or the Maine Central Railroad right-of-way that bounds the Standish Game Sanctuary.

For more information on Sanctuary boundaries please view Title 12 on the Maine Legislature website.

Region A

Wildlife Management Areas Boating Canoeing Fur Trapping Ice Fishing Hunting Inland Fishing Saltwater Fishing Wildlife Watching
B,C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
E,D,W
No
Yes
No
B,S,U
C
No
D
B,C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W,*
C,W
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W,*
C,W
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
No
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
E,D,W
B,C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
W
Yes
E,D,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W,*
C,W
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
D,W
Cold Rain Pond
B,C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
C
No
E,D,W

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Region B

Wildlife Management Areas Boating Canoeing Fur Trapping Ice Fishing Hunting Inland Fishing Saltwater Fishing Wildlife Watching
C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U
C,W
No
D,W
B,C,
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
E,D,W
No
Yes
No
B,S,U
No
No
D
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
Yes
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
W
No
E,D,W
No
Yes
No
B,S,U
C
No
D
No
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
No
No
E,D,W
B,C,
Yes
No
W
No
No
E,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
No
No
E,D,W
B,C,
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
W
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
W
No
E,D,W
B,C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
W
Yes
E,D,W
No
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
No
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
W
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
W
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
W
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U
No
No
E,D
B,C
No
No

W

Note: Waterfowl hunting limited to below the high water mark. No hunting allowed in Maxwell Cove.

No
Yes
E,D,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U
No
No
E,D
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
No
Yes
E,D,W

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Region C

Wildlife Management Areas Boating Canoeing Fur Trapping Ice Fishing Hunting Inland Fishing Saltwater Fishing Wildlife Watching
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
Yes
Yes
E,D,W
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
No
Yes
E,D,W
B,C,
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
W
No
E,D,M,W
No
Yes
No
B,S,U
No
No
D,M
C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
E,D,M,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
E,D,M,W
B,C
Yes
Yes
W
C,W
No
E,D,W
B,C
Yes
Yes
W
C,W
No
E,D,W
No
Yes
No
B,S,U
No
No
E,D
Englishman River Lot B, C Yes No B, S, U, W C Yes E, D, W
Mill River C Yes No B, S, W C Yes B, S, W
Pleasant Bay C Yes No B, S, U, W C Yes E, D, W

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Region D

Wildlife Management Areas Boating Canoeing Fur Trapping Ice Fishing Hunting Inland Fishing Saltwater Fishing Wildlife Watching
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
C
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
W
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
E,D,W
C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
W
No
E,D,M,W
No
Yes
No
B,S,U
No
No
E,D
C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
W
No
E,D,M,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
C
No
E,D,M,W

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Region E

Wildlife Management Areas Boating Canoeing Fur Trapping Ice Fishing Hunting Inland Fishing Saltwater Fishing Wildlife Watching
B, C
Yes
No
B, S, U, W
C
No
D, M, W
Blanchard-AuClair (Roach River)
No
Yes
No
 B, S, U, W
C
No
D, M, W

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Region F

Wildlife Management Areas Boating Canoeing Fur Trapping Ice Fishing Hunting Inland Fishing Saltwater Fishing Wildlife Watching
No
Yes
No
B,S,U
No
No
E,D
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
No
No
D,W
No
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
No
No
E,D,W
B,C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
D,M,W
B,C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
C
No
E,D,M,W
B,C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
E,D,M,W
B,C
Yes
Yes
W
W
No
E,D,M,W

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Region G

Wildlife Management Areas Boating Canoeing Fur Trapping Ice Fishing Hunting Inland Fishing Saltwater Fishing Wildlife Watching
No
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
E,D,M,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
C
No
E,D,M,W
B,C
Yes
Yes
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
E,D,M,W
C
Yes
No
B,S,U,W
C,W
No
E,D,M,W

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