STATE — Maine Search and Rescue Dogs is proud to announce that the team has been awarded a grant from the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund to purchase new VHF radios, high-visibility K9 search team uniforms, K9 vests, and vehicle identification magnets.
Maine Search And Rescue Dogs (MESARD) is a non-profit organization that provides official agencies in the State of Maine and the Northeast region with trained and certified volunteer search and rescue dog teams that aid and assist in recovering missing persons. MESARD teams maintain high levels of competence, professionalism, public service, and ethics to accomplish this. In 2023 MESARD members logged over 4000 volunteer hours and over 54,000 miles traveling to trainings and searches.
This project was funded in part by the Maine Outdoor Heritage Fund, in which proceeds from the sale of the dedicated lottery ticket Moose Money, are currently used to support outdoor recreation and natural resource conservation. For more information about MOHF, go to www.maine.gov/ifw/mohf.
Maine Search and Rescue Dogs can be found online at http://mesard.org/ and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/MaineSARDogs
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