The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (IFW) was established to ensure that all species of wildlife and aquatic resources in the State of Maine are maintained and perpetuated for their intrinsic and ecological values, for their economic contribution, and for their recreational, scientific, and educational use by the people of the State. In addition, the Department is responsible for the establishment and enforcement of rules and regulations governing fishing, hunting, and trapping, propagation and stocking of fish, acquisition of wildlife management areas, the registration of snowmobiles, watercraft, and all-terrain vehicles, safety programs for hunters, snowmobiles, and watercraft, and the issuing of licenses (hunting, fishing, trapping, guide, etc.) and permits.
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Submissions from 2022
Submissions from 2019
Submissions from 2016
Maine's Endangered Wildlife, 2016, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2016
Submissions from 2015
Contribution of Fall-Stocked Brown Trout to a Winter Fishery: A Comparison of Trout Stocked in October and December, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and WIldlife and Francis C. Brautigam
Contribution of Fall-Stocked Brown Trout to a Winter Fishery: A Comparison of Trout Stocked in October and December 2015, Francis C. Brautigam and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Maine Hunting & Trapping. 2015-16 State of Maine Summary of Hunting & Trapping Laws and Rules, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Maine's Brook Trout Stream Monitoring Project: Trends in Abundance and Size Quality of Stream-Dwelling Brook Trout, 1990-2014, Wes Ashe and Dana DeGraaf
Maine's Wildlife Action Plan, 2015, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2015
Submissions from 2014
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 14-2 Rapid River Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, David Howatt, and David Boucher
Frequently Asked Questions About Trapping or Hunting Bears With Bait and Hounds 2014, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Magalloway River Fishery Management 2014, David Howatt, Dave Boucher, and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Maine Hunting & Trapping: 2014-2015 State of Maine Summary of Hunting & Trapping Laws and Rules, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Mooselookmeguntic Lake Fishery Management 2014, David Howatt, Jason Seiders, and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Rapid River Fishery Management 2014, David Howatt, Dave Boucher, and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Richardson Lakes Fishery Management 2014, David Howatt, Jason Seiders, and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
The Response of a Native Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) Population to the Removal of Competing Species in LIttle Moxie Pond 2014, Timothy C. Obrey and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Upper Dam Pool Fishery Management 2014, David Howatt, Jason Seiders, and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2014
Submissions from 2013
Habitat Variables Influencing the Return of Hatchery-Reared Fall-Yearling Brook Trout in Maine Waters 2013, Wes Ashe, Jason Seiders, Scott Davis, Fisheries and Hatcheries Division, and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Sebec Lake Fishery Management. Fishery Progress Report Series No. 13-02 2013, Timothy C. Obrey and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2013
Submissions from 2012
Beginning with Habitat : Conserving Maine’s Natural Landscape for Plants, Animals, and People
Report of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Before the Joint Standing Committee on Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Regarding L.D. 1569 Sec. 10 An Act To Restore the White-tailed Deer Population and Improve Maine’s Wildlife Economy and Heritage; Predator Control, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2012
Submissions from 2011
Maine's Game Plan for Deer : A Plan to Increase Maine's Northern, Eastern and Western Deer Herd, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2011
Submissions from 2010
Guidelines for Wildlife: Managing Deer Wintering Areas in Northern, Western and Eastern Maine 2010, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2010
Submissions from 2009
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 09-01: Sandy River Restoration Project, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2009
Submissions from 2008
Fishery Final Report Series No. 08-01: Seasonal Movements and Habitat Use of Brook Trout in the Magalloway River, Maine, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, David P. Boucher, and Diane Timmins
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 08-01: McIntire Pond Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 08-02: South Bog Stream Brook Trout Habitat Restoration, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 08-04: Rapid River Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and David P. Boucher
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 08-05: Upper Dam Pool Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and David P. Boucher
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 08-06: Magalloway River Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and David P. Boucher
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 08-07: Status of Western Maine Stream Restoration Projects, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 08-08: South Bog Stream Brook Trout Habitat Restoration, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2008
Submissions from 2007
Fishery Final Report Series No. 07-02: Rainbow Trout Experimental Stocking Program: Rainbow Trout and Brook Trout Field Comparisons, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and James C. Pellerin
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 07-04: Biological Survey of Allagash Stream, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 07-05: Sandy River Restoration Project, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 07-06: C Pond Smallmouth Bass Investigations, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and David P. Boucher
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 07-1: Rangeley Lake Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 07-2: Cupsuptic River Restoration Project, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 07-3: Cold Stream Pond Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Nels Kramer
Hatchery Final Report Series No. 08-01: Experimental Rainbow Trout Stocking Program: Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout and Brook Trout Hatchery Comparisons, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Jamie J. Bray
Public Recreation, Access, and Wildlife Management Areas (WMA's), Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Squaretails : Biology and Management of Maine's Brook Trout, Forrest Bonney
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2007
Submissions from 2006
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 06-01: Biological Survey of South Bog Stream, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 06-02: Biological Survey of the Cupsuptic River, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 06-03: Rangely Lake Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Forrest R. Bonney, and David Howatt
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 06-04: Richardson Lakes Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 06-05: Penobscot River Smallmouth Bass Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Gordon Kramer
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 06-06: C Pond Smallmouth Bass Investigations, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and David P. Boucher
Maine Brook Trout : Biology, Conservation, and Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest Bonney
Maine Landlocked Salmon : Life History, Ecology, and Management, David Boucher and Kendall Warner
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2006
Submissions from 2005
A Baseline Atlas and Conservation Assessment of the Butterflies of Maine, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Reginald P. Webster Ph.D, and Phillip G. deMaynadier Ph.D
Fishery Final Report Series No. 05-01: Factors Affecting the Overwinter Survival of Bass Fry, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Richard M. Jordan
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 05-01: Biological Survey of Cold Stream, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 05-02: Magalloway River Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and David P. Boucher
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 05-03 (Revised): Upper Dam Pool Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and David P. Boucher
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 05-03: Upper Dam Pool Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and David P. Boucher
Fishery Interim Summary Series No. 05-02 (Revised): Magalloway River Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and David P. Boucher
Maine Bass Waters, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and WIldlife
The Maine Warden Service and the State of Maine : A Contemporary and Historical Overview, Timothy E. Peabody
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2005
Submissions from 2004
CWD Fact Sheet : What Mainers Should Know About Chronic Wasting Disease, June 2004, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 04-1: Rangely Lake Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Series No. 04-2: Biological Survey of the South Branch of the Dead River, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Progress Report Series No. 04-2: Mooselookmeguntic Lake Salmonid Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2004
Submissions from 2003
Fisheries & Hatcheries Research and Management Report, 2003
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 03-02: Magalloway River Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and David P. Boucher
Fishery Progress Report Series No. 03-1: Aziscohos Lake Salmonid Fishery, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Maine's Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, Mark A. McCollough, Charlie Todd, Beth I. Swartz, Phillip G. deMaynadier Ph.D, and Heather Givens
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2003
Submissions from 2002
Analysis of Impacts Related to the Introduction of Anadromous Alewives into a Small Freshwater Lake in Central Maine, USA, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and WIldlife, Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Department of Marine Resources, Frederick W. Kircheis, Joan G. Trial, David P. Boucher, Barry Mower, Tom Squires, Nate Gray, and James Stahlnecker
Final Report No. 02-02: Comparative Performance of Two Genetic Groups of Stocked Brook Trout in Maine Lakes, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Final Report No. 02-1: An Assessment of Trout Fry and Fingerlings Stocked in Small Southern Maine Streams, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, John Boland, Francis Brautigam, and Jim Pellerin
Fisheries & Hatcheries Research and Management Report, 2002
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 02-1: Rangeley Lake Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 02-2: The Distribution of Fishless Habitat and Chaoborus in Northwestern Maine, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Tim Obrey
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 02-3: Biological Survey of South Bog Stream, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 02-6: Biological Survey of the Magalloway River, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 02-7: Annual Update of Winter Fishing Activities in Central Maine, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and James S. Lucas
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 02-9: Volume and Occurrence of Food Items in Salmonid Stomachs, Moosehead Lake, Maine, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Scott A. Roy
Fishery Progress Report Series No. 002-2: Meduxnekeag River Salmonid Fisheries Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Frank O. Frost
Fishery Progress Report Series No. 02-1: Evaluation of a Liberalized Harvest Regulation on a Lake Trout in Four Western Maine Lakes, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, David P. Boucher, and David Howatt
Interagency Report Series No. 02-1: Analysis of Impacts Related to the Introduction of Anadromous Alewives into a Small Freshwater Lake in Central Maine, USA, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Maine Sport Fishing : Good, and Getting Better!, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Peter Bourque
Minor Sportfish Management Plan 2002, James Lucas and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Wildlife Division Research and Management Report, 2002
Submissions from 2001
Final Report No. 01-1: Results of a Pilot Study to Evaluate Effects of Hooking and Handling on Fall-Angled Salmonids, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and G. Russell Danner
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 01-1: Rangely Lake Fishery Management, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and Forrest R. Bonney
Fishery Interim Summary Report Series No. 01-4: Annual Update of Winter Fishing Activity in Central Maine, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and James S. Lucas