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Maine seeking plan to manage growing black bear population

by PATRICK WHITTLE December 26, 2018December 26, 2018

Maine is home to more than 35,000 of the bears, up from just 23,000 less than 15 years ago.

It’s part of his sentence for a scheme to illegally kill hundreds of deer.

by LIZ GOTTHELF December 11, 2018

Officials are looking at whether to restrict hunting within 300 feet of city parks and trails.

Hundreds of hunters from out of state are drawn by the solitude and the size of Maine’s bucks, despite being limited to one a season.

by Associated Press November 5, 2018November 5, 2018

The rest of the state’s major fall hunting seasons, deer, moose and bear, are still going on.

Fayette man, who was walking dogs along Richmond Mills Road, was not badly injured.

Sue Laffely’s equine vests reduce the chance that hunters will mistake the animals for deer.

Authorities say the blue-green plants in freshwater lakes and ponds can emit neurotoxins.

The state plans to give out 84,745 ‘any deer’ permits this year, 28 percent more than last year.

The harvest was a 15% increase over 2016.