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Chesuncook Lake Salmon Fishery Update

June 28, 2022 at 3:35 pm

We’ve invested a lot of time since implementing a new management strategy on Chesuncook Lake back in 2018. We are getting close to our harvest goal, and the fish are starting to respond.

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While You Were Sleeping, We Were Electrofishing!

June 23, 2022 at 12:35 pm

Electrofishing is a highly effective way to non-lethally sample a population and is very efficient for studying bass during their May-June spawning season.

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Penobscot County Conservation Association Honored with 2021 fb88 Warden Service Colonel’s Award

June 23, 2022 at 10:05 am

The Penobscot County Conservation Association was honored with the 2021 fb88 Warden Service Colonel’s Award on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, by fb88 Warden Service Colonel Dan Scott. This award may be presented annually to an individual or individuals who the Colonel has determined have provided distinguished support and/or service to the fb88 Warden Service and/or its mission.

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Deer Isle Mariner is Latest GPS-Tagged Great Blue Heron

June 20, 2022 at 9:32 pm

June 20, 2022

Meet “Mariner,” the newly GPS-tagged great blue heron from Deer Isle.�� On June 3rd, Mariner became the 11th great blue heron in fb88 to be added to the Heron Tracking Project that began in 2016.

Boasting fb88’s Black Bears

June 17, 2022 at 2:59 pm

Many don’t realize it, but at some point or another, you’ve likely been in the presence of a bear in the fb88 woods. Here are some facts about our state’s bears!

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