Previous Press Releases for 2010

December 31, 2010 - Maine’s Winter Fishing Season is Here! Be Aware of Thin Ice, Carry Your Lawbook, and Check Out Our Winter Fishing Preview Now Online!

December 16, 2010 - Aerial Deer Surveys Underway Today

December 15, 2010 - Maine 2011 Hunting and Fishing Licenses Now Available

December 12, 2010 - Muzzleloader Hunter Rescued After Overnight Search

December 7, 2010 - MDIF&W To Begin Aerial (Helicopter) Survey for Deer

November 29, 2010 - Nominations Being Accepted for Legendary Maine Guide Award

November 18, 2010 - Maine Warden Service Searching for Missing Rockwood Man

November 17, 2010 - Maine’s Sporting License Sales Remain Strong

November 16, 2010 - Conn. Man Found Safe After Search

November 16, 2010 - Maine Warden Service Summons Limerick Man for Filing a False Report

November 12, 2010 - Starks Resident Catches Record Rainbow Trout

October 29, 2010 - Maine’s Deer Hunting Season Starts Saturday, Oct. 30

October 29, 2010 - John Boland Promoted to MDIF&W Director of the Bureau of Resource Management

October 28, 2010 - MDIF&W, Partners Complete Chemical Reclamation of Big Reed Pond in Piscataquis County

October 23, 2010 - Amity Man Dies In ATV Incident

October 19, 2010 - Landowners Recognized for Allowing Outdoor Enthusiasts to Access Their Land

October 18, 2010 - Injured Black Bear Recovered from Downtown Bangor; Later Euthanized

October 12, 2010 - Waterfowl Hunters Reminded They Need State Permit

October 12, 2010 - Commissioner Approves Cumberland Mills Dam Fishway

October 10, 2010 - Two Seriously Injured in Otisfield ATV Incident

October 9, 2010 - Hunter Hit by Birdshot on Friday

September 21, 2010 - Extended Fall Fishing Opportunity in the St. John River Drainage

September 18, 2010 - Peru Man Injured When Gun Lever Explodes

September 13, 2010 - Hunter Charged, Biten by Bear

September 10, 2010 - 2010 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Season Dates Set

Sept. 10, 2010 - MDIF&W Conducts Any-Deer Permit Lottery; Posts Results Online

August 31, 2010 - Bare Facts on Ages of Bears Harvested in 2009

August 31, 2010 - Latest Maine Fish and Wildlife magazine now online! Take our fish quiz!

August 30, 2010 - Bare Facts on Ages of Bears Harvested in 2009

August 18, 2010 - Massachusetts man critically injured in ATV incident

August 15, 2010 - Two Critically Hurt in Danforth ATV Incident

August 15, 2010 - Blue Hill Woman Seriously Hurt on ATV

July 28, 2010 - Five Disabled Maine Veterans Get Controlled Moose Hunt Permits

July 27, 2010 - Illegal Pacu Captured in Limestone, Aroostook County; Man Charged

July 27, 2010 - Deadline for Any-Deer Permit PAPER Applications is Friday

July 8, 2010 - Statement of Maine Warden Service Col. Joel Wilkinson, Chief Game Warden, On Togus Veterans Affairs Medical Center Incident

July 5, 2010 - Sidney Man Dies After Dirt Bike Incident

June 28, 2010 - Any-Deer Permit Lottery Applications Now Available

June 27, 2010 - Delaware Teen Dies In ATV Incident

June 23, 2010 - Maine Warden Service, Maine Marine Patrol To Increase OUI-Boating Enforcement This Weekend

June 23, 2010 - Princeton Man’s Body Recovered from Big Lake This Morning

June 21, 2010 - Durham Teen Drowns While Swimming in Sewell Pond

June 21, 2010 - Search for Missing Boater on Big Lake Suspended for the Night

June 20, 2010 - Search Underway on Big Lake for Missing Angler

June 14, 2010 - Tim Sample and MDIFW Day – A Special Combination on Saturday, June 19

June 11, 2010 - Dr. Kenneth Elowe Accepts Position at U.S. Fish and Wildlife Regional Office

June 9, 2010 - Maine Maintains Outdoor Heritage Through License Sales

June 4, 2010 - Two St. Albans Teens Seriously Injured in ATV Incident

June 4, 2010 - Maine Fish & Wildlife magazine spring edition now online!

May 24, 2010 - 2010 Maine Moose Permit Lottery Drawing Set For June 17

May 19, 2010 - Free Fishing Days June 5-6; Correction to Dates Listed in New Fishing Rule Book

May 18, 2010 - Controlled Moose Hunt Set for Eastern Aroostook County

May 12, 2010 - Missing Union Man Found by Surveyors

May 11, 2010 - Dr. Kenneth Elowe Honored by The Wildlife Society

May 10, 2010 - Moose Permit Lottery ONLINE Applications Due Friday, May 14

April 28, 2010 - 2010 Spring Wild Turkey Hunting Season Begins May 3

April 28, 2010 - Damariscotta Resident Catches Record Yellow Perch

April 25, 2010 - Guilford Man Dies in Watercraft-Related Incident

April 13, 2010 - Snowmobiler Missing Since January Found in China Lake

April 12, 2010 - Department Presents Legendary Maine Guide Awards

April 12, 2010 - “Lake and River Protection Sticker” Now Required on Seaplanes

April 5, 2010 - Maryland Teen Injured in ATV Incident

April 5, 2010 - “The Maine Fishing Guide:” A New Online Tool to Plan Outings

April 5, 2010 - Two Seriously Injured in ATV Incident

April 3, 2010 - Two Anglers Rescued From Parker Pond

March 28, 2010 - Missing 15-Year-Old Bradford Boy Found in LaGrange

March 28, 2010 - 15-Year-Old Boy Missing in Bradford

March 25, 2010 - Open Water Fishing Season Now Open

March 23, 2010 - Old Orchard Beach Man Faces Two State Charges In Gaboon Viper Incident

March 19, 2010 - Deadline for Moose Lottery Paper Applications is April 1

March 7, 2010 - Two snowmobilers injured, one seriously, at Rangeley Lake;
One snowmobiler seriously hurt at Moosehead Lake;
One snowmobiler hurt in head-on collision in Bradstreet Township

March 6, 2010 - West Gardner Snowmobiler Dies in The Forks; Fire Chief En Route to Scene Dies

March 5, 2010 - U.S. Congressman Michael Michaud Joins Hydro Photon, Inc. and Elscott Manufacturing to Present Maine Warden Service with Supply of U.S.-Manufactured SteriPEN® Handheld Water Purifiers

March 3, 2010 - Maine Warden Service: Ice Continues to Thin Throughout Maine

March 1, 2010 - Four Snowboarders Rescued From Sugarloaf Mountain Update

March 1, 2010 - Four Snowboarders Rescued From Sugarloaf Mountain

February 26, 2010 - Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Forest Landowners Endorse Deer Wintering Area Management Guidelines

February 25, 2010 - Two Snowmobilers Go Through Open Water on Moosehead Lake

February 22, 2010 - Wales Man in Critical Condition after Snowmobile Incident

February 21, 2010 - Two Vehicles Go Through Ice In Two Separate Incidents

February 20, 2010 - Car Goes Through Ice on Damariscotta Lake; Driver Not Hurt

February 20, 2010 - Maine Warden Service Telling People to Stay Off Sebago Lake, Other Waterways

February 19, 2010 - Game Warden Safe After Going Through Ice on Sebago Lake

February 12, 2010 - Preliminary 2009 Deer Harvest Numbers Released

February 7, 2010 - Missing Seven-Year-Old Boy Found Asleep In Woods

February 7, 2010 - Leeds Man Safe After Truck Goes Through Thin Ice

February 6, 2010 - Poland Man Seriously Hurt When Hit by Snowmobile

February 5, 2010 - Residents Encouraged to Make Donation to Endangered and Nongame Wildlife Fund
“Chickadee Check-Off” on State Tax Forms a Great Option

February 5, 2010 - Free Fishing Days Feb. 13-14

February 3, 2010 - Maine Wildlife Park Earns A Governor’s Tourism Award

January 27, 2010 - Moose Lottery Permit Applications Now Available. Apply Online!

January 25, 2010 - Maine Warden Service: Storm Will Thin Ice; Be Safe

January 22, 2010 - Skowhegan Resident Catches Record-Setting Rainbow Trout

January 16, 2010 - Berwick Man Seriously Hurt in Snowmobile Incident

January 15, 2010 - Waterboro Resident Catches Record Brook Trout

January 15, 2010 - Six-Month Special Investigation by Maine Warden Service Leads to Arrests, Summonses

January 14, 2010 - Waldoboro Man Dies in Snowmobile Incident on Damariscotta Lake

January 7, 2010 - Maine Warden Service Suspends Search for Missing China Snowmobiler; Issues Ice Warning

January 6, 2010 - Maine Warden Service Urges Snowmobilers to Stay Off Ice on Parts of China Lake

January 5, 2010- Maine Warden Service: Search Continues for Missing Snowmobiler

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Previous Press Releases for 2010