Shevenell Webb is a new DIF&W wildlife biologist, and her recent post provided information about her and last year’s fur harvest. Here is what Shevenell had to say about herself:
In July 2018, I was hired by MDIFW as the new Furbearer and Small Mammal Biologist. I am from Maine and love to spend time outside with my family hiking, canoeing, raising chickens and pigs, making maple syrup, picking berries, gardening, and bird hunting. In addition to furbearers, I am also responsible for coordinating the management and assessment of small mammals and bats.
After graduating from the University of Maine, I moved to Alberta, Canada and earned my graduate degree at the University of Alberta studying marten fur harvests and landscape change. For a decade, I worked closely with trappers on numerous projects and recently wrapped up a project with trappers to survey wolverines using camera traps. I am grateful for the time I spent learning from trappers while travelling in spectacular northern landscapes and I look forward to working closely with trappers in Maine.
Harvest
Trappers and hunters tagged a lot less animals than they used to in 2017-18. The 2018-19 numbers are not available yet. The first number here is the harvest in 2017-18, and the second number is the harvest in 2009-10.
Beaver 5543 10765
Bobcat 221 281
Coyote 1468 1822
Fisher 352 1149
Red Fox 581 985
Gray Fox 264 253
Marten 519 2703
Mink 536 1498
Otter 656 743