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Warden Service Press Releases

May 16, 2013 - Boater Recovered

May 16, 2013 - West Grand Lake Boat Crash

May 15, 2013 - Bodies Recovered - Rangeley Lake

May 8, 2013 - May and June Most Common Months for Car-Moose Collisions

April 30, 2013 - Maine Warden Service CISM Team Recognized

April 3, 2013 - Man Located Alive After Overnight Search

April 3, 2013 - Warden Service Awards

April 2, 2013 - New Game Warden Major

March 19, 2013 - Warden Service Holding Fur Tagging Event on Saturday

March 15, 2013 - Missing Man Found Deceased by Game Wardens

March 8, 2013 - Fatal Snowmobile Crash

March 5, 2013 - Search Details - Nicholas Joy

March 5, 2013 - Nicholas Joy Located - Sugarloaf

March 4, 2013 - Teen Skier Missing - Sugarloaf Mountain

February 28, 2013 - UPDATE: Rangeley Lake Recovery

February 25, 2013 - Rangeley Lake Recovery Efforts - Press Conference

February 23, 2013 - Johnson Mt. Twp. snowmobile crash

February 22, 2013 - Turner Man Sentenced for Wildlife Crimes

February 7, 2013 - DATE CHANGE FOR CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR MAJOR GREGORY SANBORN

February 6, 2013 - Obituary - Major Gregory Sanborn

February 4, 2013 - CAUTION: Maine Ice Conditions

January 26, 2013 - Snowmobiler Drives Into St John River - St Francis

January 18, 2013 - Maine Game Warden Honored by Air National Guard

January 14, 2013 - Rangeley Lake Update

January 13, 2013 - Game Wardens Respond to Weekend Snowmobile Crashes

January 10, 2013 - Wales Hunting Related Shooting Incident - Christopher Austin indicted

January 8, 2013 - Rangeley Lake Recovery Effort Update

January 4, 2013 - Rangeley Lake Recovery

January 3, 2013 - Rangeley Recovery Update

January 3, 2013 - Recovery Efforts Begin On Rangeley Lake

Januaruy 2, 2013 - SEARCH/RECOVERY EFFORTS - SNOWMOBILING STATS

December 31, 2012 - Missing Snowmobilers/Rangeley

December 31, 2012 - Snowmobile Through Ice/Missing Snowmobilers - Western Maine

December 5, 2012 - Oxford Man Dies As a Result of Falling Through Thin Ice

November 21, 2012 - Update: Wardens Investigate a Hunting Related Shooting in Wales

November 21, 2012 - Wardens Investigate a Hunting Related Shooting in Wales

November 18, 2012 - Hunter Shoots Self in Foot in Mercer

November 15, 2012 - Wardens located the body of Eugene Koehler, age 75, from Riverside, Pennsylvania

October 30, 2012 - Maine Game Warden Rick Stone

October 26, 2012 - UPDATE: Ripley Deer Poaching Case

October 22, 2012 - Canton Maine Search

October 11, 2012 - Game Wardens Asking For Help - Deer Poaching - Ripley, Maine

September 17, 2012 - Man Dies in ATV Related Incident

September 9, 2012 - Personal Watercraft Explodes Injuting One Man

September 7, 2012 - Infant Injured in Durham ATV Incident

September 3, 2012 - ATV Incident Injures Two in Livermore

August 27, 2012 - Game Wardens Recover Body of Swimmer

August 21, 2012 - Six New Maine Game Wardens Graduate Today

August 14, 2012 - Hikers found after getting lost on Reed Mountain

August 11, 2012 - Mount Vernon Man Indicted on more than 50 Counts of Fish and Wildlife Related Crimes

August 8, 2012 - Child has Died - ATV Incident/Shin Pond

August 6, 2012 - Child Injured in ATV Related Incident

August 5, 2012 - Orland Jet Ski Fatality

August 5, 2012 - Phillips ATV accident injures one

July 28, 2012 - Body of Swimmer Recovered from Hanson Lake

July 27, 2012 - ATV Fatality - Search for Swimmer - Hanson Lake - Mapleton

July 20, 2012 - Two Subjects Survive Canoing Incident

July 20, 2012 - Hiker Located - Alder Stream Township

July 17, 2012 - Missing Skowhegan Man Found Alive By Maine Game Wardens

July 13, 2012 - Man Summonsed for Intrustion of Piping Plover Nesting Area

July 10, 2012 - Kezar Lake Boating Crash

July 7, 2012 - A.T. Carry Out for Injured Hiker

July 7, 2012 - Missing Machias Man Found Alive by Game Wardens

June 29, 2012 - Boy Rescued from Sebec River

June 27, 2012 - Carry-Out for Injured Hiker

June 22, 2012 - ATV Crash in Riley Tsp. Injurs Two Riders

June 20, 2012 - Overdue Boater Found by Wardens

June 20, 2012 - Body Recovered from Sebago Lake drowning

June 20, 2012 - Game Wardens - Sheriff's Deputies Investigate Suspected Drowning in Sebago Lake

June 19, 2012 - Body of Tye Feihel Recovered from China Lake

June 19, 2012 - Search for missing swimmer - China, Maine

June 17, 2012 - Maine Game Wardens investigate a second weekend drowning

June 15, 2012 - Appalacian Trail though-hiker drowns in Pierce Pond

May 31, 2012 - William Briggs Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter

May 26, 2012 - ATV Crash Sends Three to the Hospital

May 23, 2012 - West Bath - Serious ATV Crash

May 17, 2012 - Cora Marley's Body Recovered This Morning

May 14, 2012 - Weekend ATV Incident

May 10, 2012 - Missing 8 Year Old Boy Located

May 2, 2012 - Search Last Evening Locates a Mother and Her Two Children

April 30, 2012 - Turkey Hunting Incident

April 30, 2012 - Turkey Hunting Incident

April 24, 2012 - Body Recovered of Missing Boater - Blake Lake

April 6, 2012 - Maine Warden Service 2012 Annual Awards

March 25, 2012 - Missing Teenager - Stockton Springs

March 19, 2012 - Missing 5 Year Old Girl Located - Other News From Maine Warden Service

March 16, 2012 - Two-Person Snowmobile Crash - One Injured, One Charged with OUI

March 15, 2012 - Micah Thomas Located Alive by Searchers

March 15, 2012 - Report of Missing Child in Dresden

March 13, 2012 - Promotion of Sergeant Jason Luce

March 9, 2012 - Remote Snowmobile Crash with Injuries

March 5, 2012 - Fatal Snowmobile Crash This Weekend

February 28, 2012 - A Busy Night For Maine Game Wardens

November 11, 2011 - Statement from Colonel Joel Wilkinson of the Maine Warden Service

November 7, 2011 - Man Summonsed by Maine Warden Service

November 6, 2011 - Madison Man Injured in ATV Crash

November 6, 2011 - Man Fatally Wounded in Hunting Incident in Sebago

November 4, 2011 - Two Shooting Incidents Result in Injuries

November 4, 2011 - Hunter Education Instructors Recognized For Service

November 3, 2011 - Man Summonsed By Maine Warden Service

October 29, 2011 - New Sweden Man Dies in ATV Accident in Stockholm

October 25, 2011 - Members of Maine Warden Service Run For Fallen Officers

October 23, 2011 - 12 Year Old In Good Condition After Accidentally Shooting Himself In The Foot

October 23, 2011 - Maine Warden Service Leads Carry-out and Rescue of Injured Hiker 

September 2, 2011 - Dramatic Rescue of Hiker Today on Appalachian Trail

August 25, 2011 - Maine Marine Patrol and Maine Warden Service Send Out Joint Warning on Safety During Hurricane

July 14, 2011 - Life Jackets, Preparation Essential When Sea Kayaking, Boating

June 30, 2011 - Maine Warden Service Provides Statewide Search and Rescue Services

June 24, 2011 - OPERATION DRY WATER: Maine Warden Service On Lookout For Impaired Boaters

May 26, 2011 - Harmony Woman Located after Night-Long Search

May 3, 2011 - Missing Smithfield Man Found Deceased

May 2, 2011 - Search Underway for missing Smithfield Man

May 2, 2011 - Sanford Man Shot While Wild Turkey Hunting

April 29, 2011 - Scene & Heard: 'I can help' (reprinted with permission)

April 28, 2011 - Maine Warden Service Honors Scott Martin as “Warden of the Year”

March 25, 2011 - Maine Warden Service Pilot Dies in Plane Crash

March 25, 2011 - Maine Warden Service Pilot Dies in Plane Crash

March 14, 2011 - Freeport Man Critically Injured in ATV Incident

February 26, 2011 - New Hampshire Man Dies in Snowmobile Incident

February 17, 2011 - Two Snowmobilers Critically Injured in Snowmobile Collision

February 13, 2011 - Massachusetts Man Seriously Injured in Snowmobile Incident

February 12, 2011 - Madison Man Dies in Snowmobile Incident

February 3, 2011 - Two Skiers from Oxford Rescued from Back Side of Sugarloaf Mountain

January 28, 2011 - New Limerick Man Dies After Hitting Moose While Snowmobiling

January 25, 2011 - Maine Warden Service, Pennsylvania Game Commission, USF&WS Execute Search Warrants; Four People Arrested And/Or Summonsed for Illegal Hunting Activities

January 23, 2011 - Chester Man Critically Injured in Snowmobile Incident

January 20, 2011 - Chester Man Sentenced for May 2010 Hunting-Related Shooting Incident

January 6, 2011 - Thin Ice Conditions Continue Statewide; 3 Anglers Go Through Ice in Northern Maine

January 4, 2011 - Glenburn Teen Injured Putting Snowmobile in Garage

January 2, 2011 - Casco Man Critically Injured in Snowmobile Incident

December 12, 2010 - Muzzleloader Hunter Rescued After Overnight Search

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

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

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

October 23, 2010 - Amity Man Dies In ATV Incident

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

October 9, 2010 - Hunter Hit by Birdshot on Friday

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

September 13, 2010 - Hunter Charged, Biten by Bear

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

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

May 12, 2010 - Missing Union Man Found by Surveyors

May 11, 2010 - LaGrange Man Suffers Serious Injuries While Turkey Hunting

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

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

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

April 5, 2010 - Maryland Teen Injured in ATV Incident

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

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 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 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

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

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

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

December 20, 2009 - Maine Warden Service: Bowdoin Teen Seriously Injured in Snowmobile Incident

December 17, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Says ‘Stay Off The Ice’

December 9, 2009 - Dover–Foxcroft Man Fined Nearly $3,000 for Illegal Fishing Violations

November 16, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Promotes Two to Rank of Lieutenant

November 5, 2009 - 81-year-old Sangerville Man Located at Hospital

Nov. 1, 2009 - Old Town teen located after night in woods

October 27, 2009 - Four Men Rescued from Moosehead Lake

October 17, 2009 - Pheasant Hunter Hit by Shotgun Pellet

Oct. 17, 2009 - Sidney Man Hit By Pellets While Bird Hunting

Oct. 16, 2009 - Orrington Man Dies in ATV Incident

Oct. 16, 2009 - Bowerbank Township Man Finds His Way Home

Oct. 12, 2009 - Pennsylvania Teen Injured While Rabbit Hunting With Family

Oct. 11, 2009 - Mapleton Man Out Duck Hunting Hit by Bird Shot

September 10, 2009 - Body of St. Agatha Man Recovered from Long Lake

September 9, 2009 - Man Missing in Long Lake (St. Agatha)

September 6, 2009 - Farmingdale Man Dies as Result of Canoe Incident

August 26, 2009 - Morrill Teen Seriously Injured in ATV Incident

August 22, 2009 - Missing Swimmer Found in Androscoggin River

August 19, 2009 - Delaware Teen Seriously Injured in ATV Incident

July 29, 2009 - Calais Woman Injured in ATV Incident

July 25, 2009 - 15-Year-Old Girl Suffering from Bee Sting Carried Off Trail

July 25, 2009 - Missing 19-year-old Clammer Found Deceased

July 19, 2009 - Woman, 5-Year-Old Seriously Injured in ATV Incident

July 13, 2009 - 88-Year-Old Brewer Man Safe Near Byron

July 12, 2009 - Portland Man Dies in Swimming Incident

July 11, 2009 - 16-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl Safe After Traveling Down Penobscot River

July 10, 2009 - Baileyville Woman Seriously Hurt in ATV Incident

July 2, 2009 - Gorham Man Dies from ATV Incident

June 22, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Recovers Body of Missing Angler

June 21, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Suspends for the Night Search for Missing Angler

June 13, 2009 - Morrill Man Dies in Fishing Incident

May 25, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Arrests Operator of Boat in Shapleigh Incident

May 15, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Annual Boating Safety Press Conference

May 11, 2009 - Man working on Census seriously injured in ATV incident

May 8, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Presents Annual Honors

May 7, 2009 - “Missing” Hiker from Pennsylvania Located in Pennsylvania

May 7, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Initiating Search for Missing Pennsylvania Hiker

April 18, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Locates Vehicle of Missing Auburn Man; Search Underway

April 12, 2009 - Presque Isle Man Dies in Snowmobile Incident

April 11, 2009 - Limerick Man Arrested on Felony Charge from 2007 Hit-and-Run Snowmobile Incident

April 11, 2009 - 80-Year-Old Machias Man Found after Trek on Porcupine Mountain

April 10, 2009 - South Portland Woman Located on Kokadjo Snowmobile Trail

April 10, 2009 - New Vineyard Woman Dies From Injuries Suffered in ATV Accident

April 9, 2009 - New Vineyard Woman Seriously Injured in ATV Accident

April 9, 2009 - 65-Year-Old Woman Seriously Hurt in ATV Accident

April 8, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Aerial Photographs

April 8, 2009 - Attached are photos taken by the Maine Warden Service of ice jams in Aroostook County.

April 7, 2009 - MAINE WARDEN SERVICE – Media Advisory

March 28, 2009 - Warren Man Seriously Injured in Snowmobile Incident

March 26, 2009 - Body of Missing Hampden Teen is Found

March 26, 2009 - Body of Male Teenager Located in Hampden

March 23, 2009 - Pennsylvania Couple Dies in Moosehead Lake

March 23, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Searching for Pennsylvania Couple

March 21, 2009 - Cape Elizabeth Man Seriously Injured in Snowmobile Incident

March 17, 2009 - Rumford Man Injured After Hitting Tree

March 16, 2009 - Livermore Man Sentenced for Snowmobile Hit-And-Run

March 14, 2009 - Missing Snowmobiler Found; Two Injured in Separate Incidents

March 12, 2009 - Presque Isle Man Seriously Hurt in Snowmobile Incident

March 8, 2009 - Maine Warden Service Locates Missing Snowmobiler

March 5, 2009 - Man Found After 3-Hour Search

February 27, 2009 - Massachusetts Man Seriously Injured in Snowmobile Incident

February 24, 2009 - Lily Bay Man Dies From Injuries Suffered in Snowmobile Incident

February 24, 2009 - Westport Island Man Rescued from Icy Waters

February 24, 2009 - Snowmobiler Reported Missing After Three Days Calls Friend

February 23, 2009 - Two Glenburn Men Rescued from Snowmobile Trail During Storm

February 19, 2009 - Ice Fishermen Become Disoriented; Truck Sinks in Webb Lake

February 13, 2009 - Friends Pull Snowmobiler from Sebec Lake

February 4, 2009 - 12-Year-Old Lisbon Falls Girl Dies in Snowmobile Incident

January 31, 2009 - Rumford Snowmobiler Goes Through Ice

January 28, 2009 - Maine Warden Service: Chief Medical Examiner’s Office Rules Hunter’s Death an Accident

January 22, 2009 - Poland Man Dies in Snowmobile Incident

January 12, 2009 - Snowmobiler Hits Tree Branch; Dies at Hospital