Category: Wildlife
Invasive Plants – Trouble for Maine’s Wildlife
By Wildlife Biologist Sarah Spencer While driving along Maine’s roads in early spring, have you ever noticed a shrub in the forest which seems to be green before any other trees or shrubs leaf-out? If you answered yes, then you’ve likely seen the…
View Full ArticleMussels on the move!
By Wildlife Biologist Sarah Boyden While surveying for geese the other day, I launched my canoe at the Muddy Brook boat launch on the Sandy River, in New Sharon and noticed scrawling lines along the bottom of the river. Some were short paths, some wer…
View Full ArticleMaine Amphibian and Reptile Atlas Project
By Wildlife Biologist Scott McLellan As a regional wildlife biologist for the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW), we are expected to be knowledgeable about a wide diversity of species and habitats. There are no two days tha…
View Full ArticleSights of Early Morning Paddling – Waterfowl Brood Surveys
By Wildlife Biologist Carl Tugend There are about 150 species of waterfowl worldwide, with 34 of these species utilizing habitats in Maine, including dabbling ducks, diving ducks, sea ducks, and geese species. The species present in Maine provide oppor…
View Full ArticleMDIFW moves forward with efforts to assess Maine’s wild turkey population
By Wildlife Biologist Kelsey Sullivan As a result of recommendations in the recently completed Big Game Species Plan, the Department has been working to generate a data rich method of estimating the size of our wild turkey population to best inform hun…
View Full ArticleTechnology Aids In Identifying Maine Snakes
By Assistant Regional Wildlife Biologist Kendall Marden “Its brown and black with diamond patterns on its back and it is a couple of feet long!” That’s the usual statement received by MDIFW Biologists and Game Wardens from concerned callers who have come across an unidentified snake. The first step to trying to answer the caller’s […]
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