Department of Conservation Press Releases

Press Releases for 2012

Logging Contractor Settles Forest Practices Violations with Maine Forest Service

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands to Hold Public Meetings on Allagash Wilderness Waterway Plan

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park Offers Free, Daily Nature Programs

Maine Forest Service: New Poster by Student Spreads the Word about Maine’s Out-of-State Firewood Ban

Third Stakeholder Meeting Scheduled for New Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Camden Hills State Park Recognized by TripAdvisor

Maine Department of Conservation: Loon Plate Weekend on July 14-15 Offers Free Admission to Maine State Parks

Maine Forest Service: Landowner Settles Forest Practices Violations

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: New Nature Center at Ferry Beach State Park to Hold Grand Opening

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Fireworks Prohibited at State Parks, Historic Sites and Public Lands

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park Offers Free, Daily Nature Programs

Agriculture Commissioner Whitcomb Appoints New Deputy Commissioner

State Collaborative Science Team to Begin Seafloor Mapping with OSV Bold

Commissioners Hear Stakeholders Comments on New Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Department

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Songo Lock to Open Saturday to Boat Traffic

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Roque Bluffs State Park to Feature Sculpture Dedication, Summer Solstice Celebration

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Holbrook Island Sanctuary to Hold Summer Activities

Land Use Regulation Commission Initiates Recreational Lodging Facilities Rule Review

Mainers to Enjoy Free State Park Admission on Sunday, June 17

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Aroostook State Park to Host Fourth Annual Birding Festival

Maine Forest Service and Army National Guard to Move the Norway Fire Tower to the Ashland Logging Museum, Ashland;

Merger of New Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry Under Way

Maine Forest Service: Winter Moth Invasive Found in Harpswell

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Beach Lifeguard Positions Available at Two Parks

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: First Time Campers Raffle Deadline Approaching on May 31

Maine Forest Service Warns of Fire Safety for Memorial Day Holiday Weekend

Maine Forest Service: MFS Forest Rangers Organize Houlton Cleanup

Maine Department of Conservation: Morrill Nursery Owners Receive Frank Knight Community Service Award during Arbor Week Celebration

Maine Forest Service: Forest Ranger Discovers Bomber Crash Ejection Seat

Governor Signs Major Land-Use Planning Bill

Maine Forest Service: New French edition of “Best Management Practices” Now Available

Maine Department of Conservation: Statements on the Passing of Frank Knight, Noted Maine Forester

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park Offers May Nature Programs

Maine Geological Survey: Joint Study Shows Adequate Water Supply in Freeport; Creates New Water Study Model

Maine Forest Service: Local Cases Heard in Maine District Court in Houlton

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: First Time Campers Raffle Offers Free Weekend of Camping to Maine Families

Land Use Regulation Commission: Two New Commissioners Sworn into Office

State of Maine Acquires Important Seboeis Lake Acreage

Feathers over Freeport -- A Bird-watching Weekend for All Ages;

Maine Forest Service: Forest Rangers Charge Alleged Northern Maine Mudders

Maine Forest Service: Forest Rangers Charge Presque Isle Man in Suspicious Wildfires

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Boating Facilities Division Seeks Grant Proposals to Enhance Public Recreational Boat Access

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Sebago Lake State Park Campground to Open This Weekend

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: “Feathers Over Freeport” Offers Birding Fun for All Ages

Maine Forest Service: Firefighters, Forest Rangers Fight Gilead Mountain Blaze

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park Offers April Sunday Programs

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: An Invitation to a Full Moon Watch

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Boating Facilities Program Seeks Public Input through New Surveys

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Osprey Makes Annual Spring Return to Wolfe’s Neck Woods State Park

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: AWW Rangers Report Deteriorating Ice Conditions

Maine Forest Service: Invasive Forest Insect Spreads; Time for Landowners to Be Aware of Bug Movement

Maine Forest Service: 103 Fire Departments Receive 2011 Volunteer Fire Assistance Grants

Maine Forest Service: Hardwood Inventory Forecast Predicts Opportunities, Challenges

Maine Natural Resource Agencies Call Attention to National Invasive Species Awareness Week, Feb. 26-March 3

Waterville Logger Pleads Guilty in Tree-Cutting Case

Maine State Parks Join “Great Maine Outdoor Weekend,” March 2-4

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid on Mount Desert Island – A Maine Forest Service presentation

Mount Blue State Park’s Winter Family Fun Day Draws Crowd

Maine Forest Service to Begin Down East Survey for Invasive Insect

Maine Forest Service: Bark-Peeling Effort Shows No Sign of Invasive Insect

State Park Campground Reservations to Open Feb. 1 For Sebago Lake State Park

Two Federal Grants Announced for Maine Forest Projects

Maine Cooperative Snow Survey Reports Historic Lack of Snow

Maine Forest Service to Hold Bark-Peeling Sessions

Boating Facilities Division Warns about Lake Navigational Buoys

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Offers Winter Family Fun Days

LURC Director Joins Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands

Maine State Parks “First Day Hikes” to become Regular New Year’s Day Event

Press Releases for 2011

Maine State Parks Offer New Year’s Fun with Four “First Day Hikes”

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Chief of Planning Receives Land Trust Stewardship Award

AWW Winter Campground Registration to Open Dec. 10

Maine Department of Conservation: Maine State Park Passes Make Great Holiday Gifts

LURC Reform Commission to Hold Bangor Session

Maine Forest Service Bug Traps Clean of Invasive Species

Project Canopy Director Receives Arbor Award

LURC Reform Commission to hold Calais Session

Greenville LURC Staff to Hold Open House

LURC Reform Commission to Hold Aroostook Session

Maine Forest Service Forest Rangers Seek Public Help for “Landowner Appreciation Day”

LURC Reform Commission to Hold Public Listening Sessions

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: 10 Fall Foliage Events Scheduled

LURC Reform Commission Meets in Bangor

Living History Re-enactors to Camp This Weekend at Historic Colburn House

Maine Forest Service: Forest Ranger Team to Organize Landowner Appreciation Clean-up Day

Maine Department of Conservation: Acting Division Manager for Permitting and Compliance Named for Land Use Regulation Commission

Maine Department of Conservation: Calling All Leaf Peepers! Fall Foliage Reports About to Begin

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Sebago Lake State Park Campground to Open Friday; Day Use on Saturday

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Two Island Parks Reopen

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Sebago Lake State Park to Remain Closed Until Friday

Maine Forest Service: Project Canopy and Dutton’s Nursery Offer Free Trees to Organizations

Maine Department of Conservation: Most State Parks, Historic Sites Open; Sustain Tree Damage Only

Maine Department of Conservation: Coastal State Parks to Close for Day Use due to Hurricane Irene; Maine Forest Rangers, State Geologists on Duty

Landowner Settles Forest Practices Violations with Maine Forest Service

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: First Family of the Year Completes Maine State Passports; Visits All 48 State Parks and Historic Sites

Maine’s Spruce/Fir Forest Harvest Predicted to Surge over the Next 20 Years

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Temporary Detour Set for Cobscook Bay State Park Entrance; Annual Star Party Scheduled

Project Canopy Offers Community Forestry Grants

Maine Forest Ranger Wins First Place in Logging Competition

Bug Busting at Birdsacre

Maine Forest Rangers Apprehend Downeast Wildfire Arson Suspect

Smokey Bear to Make Portland Seadogs Appearance

Colonial Pemaquid Archaeological Dig Postponed One Week

Maine Forest Service: Project Canopy and GrowSmart Maine Announce New Outreach Partnership

SWAN LAKE STATE PARK HOSTS 4TH FAMILY FUN DAY CELEBRATION

Loon Plate Weekend Free Admission at Maine State Parks Set for July 16-17

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands to Hold Public Scoping Session on Central Penobscot Region Public Lands

Volunteers Needed for 17th-century Colonial Pemaquid Archaeological Dig

Fox Killed at State Park Found to be Rabid

Maine Forest Service to Hold Fourth Out-of-State Firewood Exchange

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: New Online Park-Pass Purchase System Up and Running

Maine Forest Service: Browntail Moth Caterpillar Infestation Collapses

Fort Knox Oven Repair

Black Ash Tree Trap Demonstration

Maine Geological Survey: Mystery about Ancient Wood Solved

Maine Forest Service and Project Learning Tree Announce Forest Tour of Presumpscot River Watershed for Maine Educators

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: Trunk That Survived 1635 Shipwreck on Display at Colonial Pemaquid

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: New Group Shelter Opens at Damariscotta State Lake Park

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands to Hold Kennebec Highlands Public Meeting on Recreation Management

Mainers Treated to Free State Park Admission on Father’s Day

Maine Forest Service: Eastern White Pine Suffering Needle Loss, Weakening Trees Statewide

Maine’s First State Park to Hold 3rd Annual Birding Festival

Maine Forest Service Firewood Exchange Finds Potentially Dangerous Wood

Land Use Regulation Commission to Hold Bowers Wind Power Project Hearing

Reid State Park to Hold June 11 Music Fest; Fort Point State Park to Feature Steel Drum Concert

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Offers Free Day-Use Admission to MECOA Campers

Fort Knox Bakery Oven to be Fired on Memorial Day Weekend

Maine Forest Rangers on Duty; State Parks Open for State Closure Day

Maine Forest Service Sets Third Out-of-State Firewood Exchange

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands: First Time Campers Raffle Deadline Approaches

Former Dairy CEO Receives Posthumous Community Forest Award from Maine Forest Service

New wood flooring to be installed in Enlisted Men’s Quarters

Invitation to Cover: Arbor Day Celebration 2011 Scheduled for Next Week

22nd Maine Mineral Symposium to Feature Top State Gem

Maine State Parks Looking for Lifeguards

Project Canopy Awards Tree-Planting Grants to Schools

Governor Praises State Geologist, Notes Maine’s Water Abundance

Maine Forest Service to Release Predatory Beetles at Vaughan Woods State Park

Bucksport-Searsport Region Feels Small Earthquake Swarm

MDOC: Maine ATV Trails Start to Open, But Many Still Too Wet for Use

State Geologist Featured on History Channel Program

Landowner Settles Forest Practices Violations with Maine Forest Service

Maine State Parks Begin to Open

“Feathers Over Freeport” Highlights Local Birding Experience

Major Timber Harvest Takes Place on State Lands

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands, MDIF&W Work to Ease Sebago Lake Boat Access for Spring Fishing

Maine Attorney General Appeals LURC Court Decision

Maine State Park Osprey Make Annual Spring Return

Maine Forts and the Civil War

Maine Cooperative Snowpack Survey: Still Good Snow for Skiing, Snowmobiling, but It’s Melting

Commissioner of Conservation Bill Beardsley’s comment on the Plum Creek decision, issued Thursday:

Maine Revolutionary War Fort is Site for PBS “History Detectives” Shoot

Maine Forest Service Warns of Increase in Browntail Moth Caterpillar Infestation

Fort Knox “Ghost Hunters” Episode to Air on April 6

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Asks for Spring Ice-out Info

First Time Campers Program Offers Free Weekend of Camping to Lucky Maine Families

Allagash Wilderness Waterway Management Makes Progress in 2010

Annual Hawk Watch at Bradbury Mountain State Park Now Under Way

Super Moon Watch to be held at Reid State Park

Denico Appointed Maine State Forester

Project Canopy Offers Maine Schools Arbor Week Tree-Planting Grants

Maine Forest Service Extends Sign-up Period for Presumpscot River Watershed Assistance Grants

Maine Forest Service Calls for Volunteers to Help with Invasive Bug Survey

Maine Forest Service Calls for Third Round of Wood-To-Energy Project Applications

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Presents Four Vacation Week Events

Maine Forest Service Asks for Comments on Federal Grant Process

Reservations to Open for All State Park Campgrounds

Snowshoe Hikes Focus on Androscoggin Riverlands State Park

Parks Events Featured on Cable News Magazine Show

SyFy Channel’s “Ghost Hunters” to Visit Fort Knox State Historic Site

Land Use Regulation Commission Relocates Franklin/Oxford County Office to West Farmington

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Partners with Maine Trail Finder for State Trail Information

State Park Campground Reservations to Open for Sebago Lake State Park

Maine Forest Service: Study Shows Maine Loggers Use Best Management Practices to Protect Water Quality

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands to Hold Winter Family Fun Events

Maine Geological Survey: State Snowpack So Far is Normal

Maine State Park Visitors Top 2.6 Million, the Highest in 21 Years

Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands Announces New Public Reserved Lands Map

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