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Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Bureau of Resource Management, provides management and research resources for Maine's freshwater fisheries and wildlife. [3] Bureau of Warden Service, enforces and conducts investigations relating to fisheries, wildlife, and off-road recreation laws. [4]
Maine Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are state owned lands managed by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.The WMAs comprise approximately 100,000 acres and contain a diverse array of habitats, from wetland flowages critical to waterfowl production to the spruce-fir forests of northern Maine on which Canada Lynx, moose and wintering deer are dependent.
Maine's game wardens strive to protect the state's fishing and hunting resources, Enforcing strict limits on the activities listed above to keep animal populations stable. Maine's Warden Service is operationally part of Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, it is the oldest conservation law enforcement agency in the United States.
Scarborough Marsh is a 3,200-acre saltwater marsh owned by the state of Maine and managed by the state's Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife as a wildlife management area. [1] It is situated in southern Maine, in the town of Scarborough, in Cumberland County. [2] Scarborough Marsh
Gene Letourneau (Frye Mountain) Wildlife Management Area is a 5241-acre (2120.96 ha) Maine Wildlife Management Area (WMA) operated and managed by the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW) located in the towns of Montville, Knox and part of Morrill in Waldo County, ME about 12 miles west of Belfast. [1]
Maine is considered the last stronghold for large lake dwelling and sea-run brook trout according to the Native Fish Coalition, these brook trout provide an important sports fishery throughout the state. Other native sports fish species include Lake Trout, Arctic Char, Burbot, Rainbow Smelt, Lake Whitefish, White Perch and Striped Bass.
The complex spans more than 250 miles (400 km) of Maine coastline and includes five national wildlife refuges—Petit Manan, Cross Island, Franklin Island, Seal Island, and Pond Island. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages the refuge complex as part of the National Wildlife Refuge System.
The Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge is a 9,125-acre (37 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge made up of several parcels of land along 50 miles (80 km) of Maine's southern coast. Created in 1966, it is named for environmentalist and author Rachel Carson , whose book Silent Spring raised public awareness of the effects of DDT on migratory ...