The latest edition of the “Insider” newsletter from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is now available for your viewing and/or download. Follow this link.

This edition contains an update of IFW’s efforts to get a handle on how many “Any Deer” permits it will issue by Wildlife Management District for next fall’s deer hunting season. IFW reminds hunters that following the harsh winter of 2007-2008 a “lag period” exists in which it will take a few years to rebound the deer herd losses. Officials state that 9 WMDs in the south central part of the state are at or near population objectives.

IFW will participate in the Spill of National Significance drill to be held in Portland, Maine in 2010. Portland is the second largest oil importing port on the east coast and all involved parties are encouraged to take part in the drill.

The “Insider” reminds moose hunting enthusiasts that this year’s lottery will be held June 18th at the University of Maine at Fort Kent campus. Skinny Moose Media and the Black Bear Blog are in the planning stages and hope to attend the event and broadcast live online. More information to follow.

Richard Hoppe, regional biologist files a report on the effort to capture and release wild turkey’s into Aroostook County in Northern Maine.

This edition of the Insider also has some great information on how to manage, maintain and protect your bird feeder. This contains information on how to prevent birds at your feeder from getting sick and dying.

And, this issue also includes the first segment of this year’s open water fishing report.

Don’t miss out on what’s going on the “Insider”. All of this and more can be found there.

Tom Remington

The April edition of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s “Insider” magazine is available for reading. What was once a hunting, fishing or outdoor report, is now nicely formatted as a magazine and made available in a pdf format, complete with color photos.

In this month’s edition you’ll find a story of Maine biologist Charlie Todd receiving an award from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for his work on bald eagles in Maine.

10 year old Odin Jubinville, works with Baxter State Park personnel to earn a scouting merit badge and the announcement of a new website by MDIFW that will list all registered boat ramps and access sites, can also be found in this month’s addition. Plus, MDIFW officials work to trap and transfer wild turkeys into parts of northern Maine and tons of other stories and information.

Click this link to view your edition of “Insider”.

Tom Remington