Allagash maine
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PublishedNovember 9, 2016
Lost deer hunter found after spending night in Maine woods
Brownell Bacon, 79, of Vermont had left his camp in Allagash but failed to return after dark, the Maine Warden Service says.
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PublishedJune 1, 2016
Wardens chief: Undercover operations stopped; ‘no intention’ of investigating misconduct claims
Col. Joel Wilkinson testifies during a State House inquiry into hunters' accusations that a warden gave them alcohol, shot a deer himself and encouraged them to commit crimes.
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PublishedMay 13, 2016
Targets of another warden sting criticize conduct of investigator
They say the undercover operative accused of inducing people to violate game laws in Allagash, while providing alcohol and doing illegal kills, used the same tactics in a York County probe.
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PublishedMay 12, 2016
WGAN radio interview with ‘North Woods lawless’ writer Colin Woodard
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PublishedMay 11, 2016
Newspaper counters Warden Service’s criticism of ‘North Woods lawless’
The agency's 2,800-word response to a story about an undercover operation in Allagash contains several erroneous or misleading statements.
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PublishedMay 11, 2016
Maine Warden Service disputes story on undercover operation in Allagash
The agency says that there were 'many inaccuracies,' and that a flouting of fish and game laws sparked the investigation and final raid filmed for TV's 'North Woods Law.'
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PublishedMay 10, 2016
Lawmakers call for investigation of Maine wardens’ undercover raid in Allagash
Gov. Paul LePage says his office is working to verify the Maine Sunday Telegram's report of a dramatic raid in which agents may have padded evidence, provided alcohol to people being investigated and flouted public records laws.
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PublishedMay 10, 2016
Our View: Maine Warden Service should open up about Allagash raid
Turning police work into entertainment calls some officials' motives into question.
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PublishedMay 9, 2016
State senator wants answers on Maine game wardens’ tactics in undercover operation
Sen. Paul Davis will ask the wildlife agency chief to explain the conduct revealed in a Press Herald/Telegram investigation, saying 'the public wants to know what is going on.'
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PublishedMay 8, 2016
With wardens, a routine public records request becomes an unending odyssey
The Maine Sunday Telegram and its attorney have spent six months, written more than 40 emails and filed two formal complaints to the public records ombudsperson at the Attorney General’s Office trying to secure the Maine Warden Service’s full compliance with a routine request for its communications with Engel Entertainment, the producers of the popular […]