UMaine Fishing Club helps stock Stillwater River with trout, BDN reports

UMaine Alert

Posted: April 19, 2024 - 1:32 PM

At approximately 9:24 a.m. on Friday, April 19, a University of Maine graduate student was struck by a university vehicle on Long Road at the University of Maine campus in Orono. The student reports that they are at a local hospital with minor injuries.

Emergency services, including the Orono Fire Department, University Volunteer Ambulance Corps, University of Maine Police Department, Orono Police Department and Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene.

The university vehicle involved in the incident was a Chevrolet Express van. It was being operated by a university employee.

Counseling services and support are available for students, faculty or staff who may have been affected. The Counseling Center can be reached at 207-581-1392 and the Dean of Students Office can be reached at 207-581-1406.

The scene has been cleared and Long Road is now accessible. An investigation is being conducted by the University of Maine Police Department with assistance from the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office Crash Reconstruction Unit. Any witnesses to the incident are encouraged to contact Lt. Noel Santiago at noel.santiago@maine.edu.

May 5, 2017 Student Life, UMaine in the News

The Bangor Daily News reported members of the University of Maine Fishing Club recently helped stock the Stillwater River with brook trout. “It’s awesome that [the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife] is willing to [stock fish] this close to campus,” said Chris Pullano, a club member who is a junior. A Maine game warden who has served as a liaison with the UMaine Fishing Club said the department has stocked fish in the Stillwater on campus for three or four years. In all, 500 fish were released into the Stillwater — 250 at the Steam Plant Lot and 250 farther upstream, according to the article. Mitchell Paisker, a student who helped found the UMaine Fishing Club with a group of friends three years ago, said he looks forward to projects like the fish-stocking event. “We do ice fishing outings in the winter, and we do yearly cleanup projects on the Kenduskeag each spring,” he said. “We all loved fishing, and we’d all go out together and hang out and just have a fun time on the river. We figured, ‘Why not get more people involved, and teach people who haven’t fished before?’” Pullano said the club has about 20–30 active members, and he expected several members and other students to take advantage of the fishing opportunity, the BDN reported.