With a turkey population estimated between 50,000 and 60,000, Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is searching for ways to kill more turkeys. This is the third in my series of columns on Maine’s new big game management plans. Today we’ll talk turkeys. The plan notes that “Beginning around 2010 and on a nearly […]
Are you concerned about the impact that invasive fish are having on Maine’s native fish? I sure am. And I’ll be talking about this at 7 pm on May 30 at Mount Vernon’s Community Center. The talk is sponsored by the 30 Mile Watershed Association and open to the public. I expect to lead a […]
Awesome family gathering
It’s time to stop arguing about whether or not climate change is happening and do something about it. Today I’m going to share some of the things that have already happened because our climate is changing. Lyme disease is a huge new problem here in Maine. We never had deer ticks when I was a […]
Moth and Wasp, Soil and Ocean by Sigri Schmalzer takes us back to the 1960s when scientist Pu Zhelong was teaching farmers in China to give up pesticides and replace them with parasitic wasps. And Sigri knows a lot about this because she lived in China and got her doctorate in Chinese history and science. […]
Management of wildlife habitats is mostly left to the discretion of private landowners, which makes management of our big game animals a challenge for Maine’s Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. The agency’s new big game management plan notes that white-tailed deer are the only species that receives habitat protection. 200,000 acres of Maine forest […]
Given that I have ALS, you might expect I would not enjoy Buck Tilton’s book, How To Die Down East, but I did. This is a very funny book, focusing on “50 ways to kick the bucket in Maine.” Those ways range from being “battered by a bear” to “murdered by mosquito.” You could be […]
So near and not so far away. While Linda and I have visited a number of places in Maine featured in Lois Stailing’s book, Nearaway Places, I was surprised by how many we’d never seen. Time to get to those wonderful places! Lois focuses on scenic and historical places, both of which are plentiful in […]
Two years in the making, DIFW’s new big game management plan will be of interest to everyone, even if they don’t hunt. And for hunters, your future will be determined by these plans. There is a ton of information in the plan which focuses on deer, moose, bear, and turkeys. For the next several weeks […]
Michigan sponsors lots of fish and wildlife projects that would be good to have in Maine. For example, they just awarded $100,000 in 11 grants for deer habitat improvements on private land. The Deer Habitat Improvement Partnership Initiative is a competitive grant program designed to enhance deer habitat on non-state lands in the Upper Peninsula. […]
