THE COUNTY • July 23, 2021
State and local wildlife and conservation experts will host a meeting in Presque Isle next week for everyone interested in understanding a new law to help Maine’s deer population better survive extreme winters. The meeting, slated for 6 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 5, at the Northeastland Hotel, is sponsored by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine, along with the Presque Isle Fish and Game Club and the Aroostook County Conservation Association. DIFW Commissioner Judy Camuso, along with David Trahan, executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine Institute for Legislative Action, will explain the law signed July 8 by Gov. Janet Mills that will allow the department to purchase land to become wintering areas for whitetail deer.