Maine sees a spike in moose permit applications

MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • June 7, 2020

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife received 65,634 applications for this year’s lottery. That’s an 11-percent increase from 2019 and marks the first time since 2008 that more than 60,000 applications have been received. Some think the pandemic and restrictions on travel may have brought more attention to Maine’s long-standing image as an accessible wild land with legendary big bulls and a sizable moose population.