The Maine Warden Service on Tuesday blamed poor decision making and a lack of planning by a group of hunters for their getting stuck in a New Gloucester bog Monday evening. They were later rescued. Cpl. John MacDonald, spokesman for the warden service, said in an email that wardens interviewed three men in their 20s […]
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Maryland man seriously injured in snowmobile crash on Rangeley Lake
RANGELEY — A Maryland man was seriously injured Wednesday when he was thrown from his snowmobile when it hit a pressure ridge on Rangeley Lake, Cpl. John MacDonald of the Maine Warden Service said in a news release. Mark Chase, 46, of Baldwin, Maryland was operating a 2017 Polaris Switchback 800 snowmobile near Hunter Cove […]
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Warden Service hosts international game wardens
Recently, the Maine Warden Service assisted the U.S. Department of State in hosting a group of international game wardens participating in the Multi-Regional International Visitor Leadership program titled Wildlife Conservation: Anti-Trafficking. Goals for the project included assessing: * U.S. efforts to deter poaching and trafficking of wildlife resources through wildlife protection. * Law enforcement and […]
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Couple charged by moose under investigation
ACKMAN (AP) — A New Hampshire husband and wife charged by a moose while snowmobiling in Maine are under investigation for possibly following the animal. The Maine Warden Service says it is examining video of the encounter last week in Jackman that was posted on YouTube by Janis and Bob Powell of Belmont, N.H. Cpl. […]
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Maine is now prepared to use a hovercraft for search and rescue missions
ROCKLAND (AP) — Maine agencies that conduct search and rescue missions say they are prepared to use a hovercraft on coastal and inland waterways during ice out this spring. A Department of Marine Resources spokesman says members of the state’s Marine Patrol and Warden Service have trained for two years to use the hovercraft in […]
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Eight Aroostook County residents face poaching charges
ALLAGASH (AP) — Maine authorities have charged eight Aroostook County residents in a crackdown on illegal hunting in the region. Seven residents of Allagash and one Palermo man were charged Thursday with various poaching offenses from hunting with a suspended license to possession of a moose killed at night. The Maine Warden Service said the […]
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In aviation, simple mistakes have consequences
There was probably tension in the cabin of a Cessna T41C last April when it made a surprise landing on the Maine Turnpike in Litchfield, but no one has said so. “I heard the engine quit, and then I heard the sound of wind over the wings,” Randall Greenleaf, who was on the ground, told […]