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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.
The James Dorso Wildlife Management Area, or Ruffingham Meadow, is a 674-acre (273 ha) Wildlife Management Area in the U.S. state of Maine, located in Searsmont and Montville and formed in the 1950s by damming Bartlett Stream near Maine State Route 3 to flood an old existing basin. In the late-1960s, a Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and ...
Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Town of Milford, Penobscot County, Maine, approximately fourteen miles north of Bangor.The refuge was established in 1988 to ensure the ecological integrity of the Sunkhaze Meadows peat bog and the continued availability of its wetland, stream, forest and wildlife resources to the citizens of the United States.
This list includes 35 state parks, public reserved lands, and state historic sites in the U.S. state of Maine.They are operated by the Maine Department of Conservation, with the exceptions of Baxter State Park, which is operated by the Baxter State Park Authority, and Peacock Beach, which is under local management.
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 ...
UTC−4 (EDT) Congressional district. 2nd. Website. washingtoncountymaine.com. Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of the 2020 census, its population was 31,095, [1] making it the third-least populous county in Maine. Its county seat is Machias. [2] The county was established on June 25, 1789.
Scarborough Marsh. Coordinates: 43°33′3″N 70°20′1″W. 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.
Castine (/ k æ s ˈ t iː n / kas-TEEN) is a town in Hancock County in eastern Maine, United States. [2] [3] The population was 1,320 at the 2020 census. [4]Castine is the home of Maine Maritime Academy, a four-year institution that graduates officers and engineers for the United States Merchant Marine and marine related industries.