Millie was something of a celebrity after first being spotted in June in Great Pond and elsewhere, but interest in her escalated last weekend on reports of a motorboat striking Millie.
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Posted inOutdoors, Sports
Winter ticks intensify their assault on moose in northwestern Maine
A radio-collar study conducted by state biologists this winter showed 86 percent calf mortality – the highest incidence yet in Maine since their research started in 2014.
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Posted inLocal & State, News
Maine teen kills rampaging moose
The 17-year-old and his father encountered the moose at their St. David home when they returned from a training run with the boy’s sled dog team.
Posted inNation & World, Outdoors
Warmer summers worsen tick infestations for U.S. moose, study finds
Tick infestation is a leading cause of recent population declines in the Northeast, where summer temperatures have been surging more than in the Upper Midwest.
Posted inAmerican Journal, Lakes Region Weekly, Local & State, Northern Forecaster
Maine Wildlife Park, visitors mourn death of Annie the moose
Visitors from across the country share their memories of 12-year-old Annie who died of natural causes last weekend.
Posted inLocal & State
Skowhegan girl gets 125-pound deer on Youth Hunting Day
Kaylee Blodgett, 15, is no novice, having been hunting since she was 10, and she has shot five deer and a moose during her lifetime.
Posted inLocal & State, News
State trooper’s cruiser hits moose in Aroostook County
Trooper Noah Castonguay suffered only minor injuries, but his cruiser was totaled in the collision.
Posted inAnimals, Local & State, News, Outdoors
State biologists to capture and collar 130 moose in research effort
It’s the centerpiece of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s six-year moose survival study.
Posted inAnimals, Local & State, News, Sports
A moose walks into a pizza place … and even in Dover-Foxcroft that’s a surprise
The moose, which had been seen around town in the previous few days, broke through the window of the abandoned restaurant early Friday.
Posted inLocal & State, Outdoors
State biologists propose increasing moose permits 11 percent to 2,820
The final number of permits will be determined in May.