MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — When Lindsay Whalen retires from the WNBA at the end of this season, the gritty Minnesota Lynx point guard won’t have trouble figuring out what to do next. She’s already started the next stage, after all, as the head coach at her alma mater. Even before she was hired in the spring […]
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For local vet, lynx is ‘just another day at the office’
AUBURN — A local veterinarian is no stranger to cats, but one of his Wednesday patients was a little bigger — and wilder — than the others. And there’s a Facebook photo to prove it. Officials from the Maine Wildlife Park in Gray brought a 4-year-old Canadian lynx to Stephen Kinney’s Auburn Animal Center this […]
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U.S. says snow-loving lynx no longer need special protection
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Wildlife officials in the United States declared Canada lynx recovered on Thursday and said the snow-loving wild cats no longer need special protections following steps to preserve their habitat. The Fish and Wildlife Service said it will begin drafting a rule to revoke the lynx’s threatened listing across the Lower 48 […]
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Men's basketball: NHTI hands CMCC first loss
AUBURN — The calendar says November, but the way Central Maine Community College and NHTI, Concord’s Community College, were playing Thursday night it might as well have said February. The top two teams in the Yankee Small College Conference entering play battled like it was a playoff matchup, and it was the Lynx who handed […]
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Women's basketball: CMCC wears out NHTI in win
CMCC’s Brooke Reynolds is fouled by NHTI’s Camryn Burr during the first half of Thursday night’s women’s basketball game in Auburn. (Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal) AUBURN — NHTI, Concord’s Community College, stayed with Central Maine Community College for 27 minutes Thursday night. Unfortunately for the Lynx, women’s college basketball games last 40 minutes. The Mustangs converted on […]
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H.S. football roundup: Mountain Valley run over Mattanawcook; Oak Hill falls
LINCOLN — Jacob Blanchard ran for a pair of touchdowns and Mountain Valley scored 32 unanswered points in the second half to pull away from Mattanawcook Academy, 46-14, in a Class D crossover matchup Friday night. Blanchard scored on touchdown runs of 24 and 71 yards, the latter putting the Falcons (2-2) in front to […]
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Outdoors in Maine: The plight of the panther
A common mistake we make when dealing with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is to judge its decision-making by normative standards. That is to say, we should have learned by now not to expect much of what USFWS does to make much sense. This large bureaucratic organization is, after all, part of the […]
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New lynx estimate will help Maine, federal wildlife agencies deal with trapping concerns
BANGOR — When state wildlife officials petitioned to allow trapping for fisher and pine marten in areas where threatened Canada lynx live, they were required to formulate a plan that would minimize the chances of lynx being accidentally captured in those traps. That petition was approved in November. However, on Monday, the Department of Inland […]
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State shuts down most trapping in northern Maine after 2 lynx killed
AUGUSTA — The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has ordered the halt of all above-ground trapping in the northern half of the state in response to the death of two Canada lynx that were killed in traps this fall. According to a DIF&W press release, effective immediately, lethal traps that are commonly used […]
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Feds permit Maine for incidental lynx capture
SEBOOMOOK LAKE (AP) — State and federal officials say the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is granting a permit to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for the incidental capture of Canada lynx associated with state-regulated trapping programs. The permit makes Maine the first state to have an incidental capture plan for Canada […]