Bill seeks to limit size of ‘side-by-side’ ATVs on state trail system
The legislation would increase annual registration fees by $25 to help pay for repairing the state s trails, 80 percent of which are on private property.
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A bill in the Maine Legislature seeks to ban all-terrain vehicles wider than 65 inches and over 2,000 pounds from the state’s trails. In recent years, manufacturers of the larger ATVs have been making them wider and heavier.
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A bill before the Maine Legislature would place size and weight limits on larger all-terrain vehicles that contribute to erosion on the state’s 6,500-mile ATV trail system, one of the largest in the country.
Indian Township woman drowns after fall April 20, 2021 on News
BAILEYVILLE The body of a 27-year-old Indian Township woman was recovered Sunday morning after she fell into the water below the Baileyville Dam Saturday night and drowned, according to the Maine Warden Service.
Felicia Tomah was with a friend on the Woodland Pulp LLC Hydro Station catwalk that spans a portion of the St. Croix River a little after 10 p.m. April 17. The friend had looked away for a moment, according to authorities, and when he turned back around, Tomah had fallen into the water.
“He attempted to reach her from the catwalk, but was unable to, and left the catwalk to call 911,” according to a press release from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. “When he returned, he could not locate her in the water.”
Body of Indian Township Woman Recovered from St Croix River
The search for a woman who fell into the St. Croix River ended with the recovery of her body on Sunday.
According to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Felicia Tomah, of Indian Township, was with a friend, on the Woodland Pulp LLC Hydro Station catwalk, when the incident happened. The catwalk is located below the Baileyville dam. Tomah s friend told authorities that it was a little after 10:00 Saturday night when he looked away briefly. When he turned back around, he realized that the 27-year-old woman had fallen into the water. The man was unable to reach Tomah from the catwalk, and so called 911 for help. When he returned, he told authorities that he was no longer able to see her.
How to protect and prevent Maine turtles from becoming roadkill
The Maine Audubon s three-year-long turtle roadkill survey shows turtles are being killed at an alarming rate and often in places wildlife biologists didn t expect. Author: Beth McEvoy (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 2:49 PM EDT April 19, 2021 Updated: 5:18 AM EDT April 20, 2021
MAINE, Maine For the last three years, the Maine Audubon Society has partnered with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, along with Maine DOT, to study turtles. Specifically, they ve been studying how many of Maine s slow-moving creatures are getting run over and ending up as roadkill.
Trained volunteers surveyed different routes several times a year for three years, looking for any roadkill but specifically turtles. Close to 300 turtles were spotted. Not all were roadkill, but the majority were. The surprising findings for biologists were that a third of the sightings
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