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Participate in one of our winter community science projects

Maine Owl Pellet Project Up for a scavenger hunt? Enjoy looking for clues and habitats? Love to hike?  Collect owl pellets to learn about owl diets and their prey. You might even uncover the location of rare northern bog lemmings! Maine Owl Pellet Project - University of New England Project Website

Maine Golden Eagle Study Enjoy setting up trail cameras?  Use your trail cam skills to document golden eagle distribution, habitat use, and movements in Maine. Photo by Don Dunbar mefishwildlife.com/goldeneaglestudy

Northern Maine Wintering Deer Survey Enjoy snowmobiling or other winter activities that take you into remote parts of northern Maine? Help inform deer wintering area protection efforts by reporting where you see deer this winter. Northern Maine only.  mefishwildlife.com/winteringdeer

Rabbit Sightings Live or spending time in southern or coastal Maine? Help us keep tabs on an Endangered species by reporting sightings of New England cottontails. Photo by Wells Reserve at Laudholm mefishwildlife.com/rabbits

MDIFW tracks where many of Maine’s priority wildlife species occur. Keeping our database current is challenging, especially for species that are uncommon, cryptic, or that live in more remote areas. So we rely on the Maine public’s passion for wildlife – community scientists – to help track these species. 

Get involved this winter with one of the projects above. Not sure you how much time you'll have to participate? Every report helps!