Maine Game Wardens Rescue Teenage Hikers

Two 14-year-old Bangor girls were found safe this morning after becoming separated from their group while hiking on the Rim Trail in Gulf Hagas. The girls were hiking the Gulf Hagas region as part of a school leadership program with Camp Jordan located in Ellsworth.

When the girls arrived back from their day’s hike at 6:30 PM, it was discovered that two girls were missing although they had been accounted for at the midpoint of their hike. Counselors searched the area and called the Maine Warden Service to respond.

Seven Maine game wardens out of Greenville responded at 10:00 PM. They began to hike sections of the trail and at 1:15 AM the two girls were located by game wardens. The girls were located 1.5 miles from the trail head near the Cutover Trail.

The girls stated they had become separated from the group and tried to find the others by taking Cutover Trail; they ended up missing the other group of students. When it was determined they were in fact in unfamiliar territory, they stopped and sat down on the trail. That decision greatly assisted game wardens in finding them quickly. The girls were a little cold but otherwise in good health.

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Montana Appoints New Chief Game Warden

Tom Flowers has been selected as the new Chief Game Warden for the Enforcement Division of Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP).  Tom’s career started with Montana FWP in 1988 as a field warden with assignments in Miles City and Jordan.  In 1989, Tom moved to the Shelby area until 1993, and then to Choteau where he was the area warden until 2007.  Late in 2007, Tom accepted a criminal investigator position, which he held until September of 2013.  From that point until the present, Tom has been the Region 6 Supervisor in Glasgow. 
 
Tom’s started his new position in Helena on August 10 and looks forward to his association with NACLEC.

 

Maine Warden Service Launches Youth Camp

Last week the Maine Warden Service launched Camp North Woods, a camp specifically designed to capture the enthusiasm youth have expressed in our hit TV series, North Woods Law, on Animal Planet. Held at the University of Maine’s 4-H Camp and Learning Center in Bryant Pond, the camp involved a long list of exciting educational opportunities, some of which involved shooting sports, paddle sports, fishing, hunting, outdoor survival, and map and compass. 
The camp also featured mentor game wardens from North Woods Law including Game Wardens Peter Herring, Sarah Miller, Cody Lounder, and Jonathan Parker. Staff from Bryant Pond also worked tirelessly and provided an exceptional setting for this year’s camp. 
The camp included 48, eight to twelve -year-old boys from Maine and all over the country. Starting July 29th, 48 lucky girls will experience Camp North Woods for their turn at this action-packed week. The mission of the camp is dedicated to providing opportunities to youth in the outdoors, where they can learn lifelong skills and the importance of sustaining Maine’s natural resources.

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