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Featured Species of the
Month:
Eastern Crayfish
The featured species for February is the eastern crayfish.
Learn more about this
freshwater crustacean.
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Over 30,000 miles of
rivers and streams course through the glaciated landscape of Maine. These
abundant waterways are the region's arteries of life, home to thousands of
species ranging from the tiniest micro-organisms to large mammals. Some of
the more prevalent and well-known species are listed below:
alewife
American beaver
American eel
American shad
Atlantic salmon
bald eagle
beaver
black bear
blueback herring
brook trout
brown trout
bull frog
Canada goose
canvasback duck
cormorant
coyote
eastern crayfish
grass pink
great blue heron
great horned owl
horned grebe
loon
moose
muskrat
northern river otter
northern water snake
osprey
rainbow smelt
rainbow trout
red fox
red-tailed hawk
shortnose sturgeon
snowy egret
stinging nettle
striped bass
swamp loosestrife
swamp milkweed
watercress
white-tailed deer
wood duck
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