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2023-2024 Beaver Trapping Closures
By Wildlife Management Districts (WMDs)
Please refer to beaver trapping season dates for specific WMD dates.
WMD 1
No closures
WMD 2
No closures
WMD 3
No closures
WMD 4
No closures
WMD 5
The following town shall be closed but with the excepted part of the town open:
- Trout Brook Twp., except north of Trout Brook.
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Ashland, except unnamed brook on land owned by Artemus and Rosemary Coffin located north of Goding Road and west of Route 11.
WMD 6
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Ashland, except section of Nowland Brook on land owned by Ronald Rushinal adjacent to the Nowland Road.
- Castle Hill, except unnamed tributary to North Branch Presque Isle Stream on land owned by Melvin Johnson. Land located on east side of Haystack Mountain and south of Route 163.
- Fort Fairfield, except the property of Jane and Mark Stanford at 122 West Limestone Road containing a portion of Hacker Brook.
WMD 7
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Twp. 6 North of Weld, except Mud Pond and outlet.
- Upton, except section of B Brook from the confluence with B Pond, downstream to the first road crossing.
WMD 8
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Blake Gore, except Capehorn Pond.
- Forsythe Twp., except Turner Pond.
- Holeb Twp., except Fish Pond and tributaries.
- Johnson Mountain Twp., except Markham and outlet to Route 201.
- Prentiss Twp., except Capehorn Pond.
- Tomhegan Game Sanctuary, the Pittston Farm Game Sanctuary, the Moosehead Lake Game Sanctuary and Somerset Game Sanctuary shall all be open.
WMD 9
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed.
T2 R12 WELS, except for the property of Ben Bailey located from the intersection of the Sias Hill/Greenville Road and the western boundary of the T2 R12 WELS township line south to the T1 R12 WELS township line east along the southern boundary of T2 R12 WELS to the intersection the T2 R12 WELS southern boundary and Gulliver Brook. From this intersection the property line follows Gulliver Brook northwest to Big Fisher Pond where the property line runs west to east across the middle of the pond where it then continues along the road at the outlet of Big Fisher Pond in a south then northwest direction to the Sias Hill/ Greenville Road where the property line follows the Sias Hill/Greenville road in a southwesterly line to the western T2 R12 WELS township line boundary.
WMD 10
No closures
WMD 11
No closures
WMD 12
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Gilead, except Carlton Brook.
- Hartford, except part of the west tributary to Little Bear Pond that runs through the property owned by Sylvia Mahoney. The closed beaver flowage is located on the northeast side of the Mahoney Road.
- Twp. 6 North of Weld, except Mud Pond and outlet.
WMD 13
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Concord Twp., except Owen’s Marsh and outlet to Route 16.
WMD 14
No closures
WMD 15
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Brownfield, except Shuther Brook from Peary Mt. Road downstream to Shepards River.
- Cornish, except that portion of “the heath”, and eastern tributary of Brown Brook, one-half mile eastward from Watson Hill Road.
- Porter, except Thurston Brook from Kennard Hill Road to Bickford Pond and Mill Brook from Maine/New Hampshire border to Bickford Pond.
- Waterford, except portion of Kedar Brook upstream of Route 37.
- Otisfield, except Coon Swamp and tributaries.
WMD 16
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Mercer, except the land of David P. Van Burgel and Kathy J. Scott, which is located between the Hampshire Hill Road and the Rome Road and includes a portion of Hilton Brook.
WMD 17
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Atkinson, except the flowage located on the east side of the Dorr Road and within the Bud Leavitt Wildlife Management Area.
- Charleston, except the wetland located down the hill from the Charleston Correctional Facility and bordered by Route 15 and the Whiting Road, and completely within the Bud Leavitt Wildlife Management Area.
- Hartland, except tributaries to Thompson Brook west and north of Route 23 that are on the property owned by John Studt.
- Hermon, except the land of Herbert Bates bordered on the north by the Fuller Road, on the east by the New Boston Road, on the south by Route 2/100, and to the west by the Billings Road.
WMD 18
No closures
WMD 19
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- T3 ND, except Duck Lake Brook.
- T4 ND, except Duck Lake Brook.
WMD 20
No closures
WMD 21
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Pownal, except tributary to Chandler River between Allen Road and Chadsey Road, and Chandler River between Poland Range Road and Lawrence Road.
WMD 22
The following town shall be completely closed with no part of the town open:
- Perkins Twp. (Swan Island)
WMD 23
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Montville, except the parcel of land owned by the Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance located north of the Burnham Hill Road, west of the Howard Road, south of the Penny Road, and east of the Halldale Road.
- Montville, except land owned by the Sheepscot Wellspring Land Alliance located north of the Burnham Hill Road between Herb Jackson Road and the Mountain Road.
- Searsmont, except the land owned by Ravenwood Collective Inc. c/o Lily Fessenden located south of the Barrett Road, between the town lines of Montville on the west, Morrill on the east, and encompassing Thompson Brook.
- Waldo, except the wetlands located on the property of Jeffrey S. Peters at 80 East Waldo Road in the town of Waldo
WMD 24
No closures
WMD 25
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Bristol, except unnamed tributary to the Pemaquid River that passes through the land owned by James Deucher, north of the Rock Schoolhouse Road (Fire Road B 31-1).
- Bristol, except Johnson’s Meadow on Trout Brook, so called, to the Chamberlain Post Office.
- Edgecomb, except the property of Lloyd Lawrence east of Parson's creek, and west of Parson's Point Road.
- Edgecomb, except Charles and Constance Schmid Land Preserve, a private land preserve that encompasses 766 acres located off of the Middle Road, Old County Road and Mount Hunger Road East, and Mount Hunger Road North.
- Jefferson, except south of the Atkins Road, west of Route 215 to the town line, and west of the Egypt road to the Jefferson /Whitefield town line.
- Northport, except the land of Ovid Santoro located east of State Route 52, north of the Northport/Lincolnville town line, north of Pitcher Pond, west of the thread of Sucker Brook, and south of Pitcher Road.
- Rockport, except for the waterbodies known as “reflection ponds” located north of Park Street, on both the east and west side of Whitetail Drive, and on both the north and south side of Reflection Pond Road. All waterbodies within this subdivision shall be closed.
- South Thomaston, except the land of C. M. Waterman, so called Towers Brook, west and north of Route 73, and south of the Grierson Road.
- Whitefield, except east of the Weary Pond Road to the Jefferson/Whitefield Town line, east of Hollywood Boulevard to the Jefferson/Whitefield Town Line, and south of the Hilton Road.
Note: Land in the Jefferson-Whitefield Sanctuary that is in the town of Whitefield will be open to beaver trapping except for the areas described above. - Woolwich, except the flowage located on the property of Yvonne Stanton east of Hockomock Road and South of Murphy’s Corner Road.
WMD 26
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Searsport, except flowage on the property of Richard and Joyce Stevens located south and east of the junction of the Mt. Ephraim road and the Nickels Road.
- Stonington, except the land of Richards Marital Trust and Richards Community Property Trust, including Ames Pond and a portion of its inlet.
WMD 27
No closures
WMD 28
No closures
WMD 29
The following towns shall be open but with the excepted part of the town closed:
- Frenchboro, except Long Island.