Have you heard about “Sedgey,” one of five GPS-tagged great blue herons that IFW and students across Maine are tracking? Sedgey is a male tagged last spring on Sedgeunkedunk Stream in Orrington. He was named by the middle school students at Center Drive School, who helped biologists attract him to a trapping location.

National Safe Boating Week is a great way to kick off what will be a fun and safe summer on the water. From May 20 - 26, 2017, the Maine Warden Service, Maine Marine Patrol and the U.S. Coast Guard ask boaters to pay EXTRA attention to their boating safety behaviors, and to especially ALWAYS wear their lifejackets.

[caption id="attachment_2341" align="alignright" width="1024"] Black racers are Maine's largest snakes.

[caption id="attachment_2334" align="alignright" width="586"] This radio-tagge brook trout is preparing to spawn in Socatean Stream. The white radio antenna is visible behind the ventral fin. (Photo courtesy of Bill Hansen[/caption] By Tim Obrey, IFW Fisheries Biologist As my grandfather, the incredible Mr.

We receive lots of questions regarding fish stocking in Maine. Why do we stock? Why don't we stock more? What species do we stock and why? Why do we stock varying sizes and ages of fish? Read on to learn more about Maine's fish stocking program. Maine stocks well over a million fish each year. Most of these fish are six inches or larger when released into the wild.