BANGOR DAILY NEWS • July 2, 2021
The Maine Warden Service, by law, is responsible for conducting search and rescue for all persons lost, missing or stranded in the fields and forests and upon the inland waters of the state. This ensures that everyone, including visitors to our state, non-hunters, children and the elderly, to name a few, benefits from its search-and-rescue resources and assets. Increasingly, it seems there are more searches for people other than the traditional license-buying hunters and anglers. Perhaps this is because of the availability and affordability of cellphones, hand-held radios and GPS units. ~ Jim Fahey