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Destroying a Village to Save One

July 20, 2018 — cfergus

A Naturalist’s Journal

By Bruce Fellman for Southern Rhode Island Newspapers

“Then I heard his voice,/now I’m a believer...” (with apologies to songwriter Neil Diamond and The Monkees).

William Ruger to Sell NH Land for Conservation

July 14, 2018 — cfergus

By Patrick O’Grady, Valley News, Concord NH

Croydon — The New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission has voted unanimously to appropriate $500,000 from its wildlife habitat account toward the purchase of two parcels comprising roughly 3,200 acres in Newport, Croydon and Grantham from William Ruger Jr.

In Search of Matching Grants for NH Nongame Wildlife

June 16, 2018 — cfergus

CONCORD, NH – The stakes are high for dozens of nongame species in New Hampshire that are tied directly to diverse and functional habitats. To help protect habitat and restore species such as the Karner blue butterfly, New England cottontail, Blanding’s turtle and roseate tern, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is asking the public to support its 2018 appeal for its Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program.

What In the Blazes? Burning Forests in RI Helps Wildlife

May 21, 2018 — cfergus

By Alex Kuffner for the Providence Journal.

(See the original article in Providence Journal for numerous photographs, a video, and artwork.)

How Do You Count Rabbits When It’s So Hard to Find Them?

May 21, 2018 — cfergus
New England cottontail hiding

Because they're secretive and live in thick cover, New England cottontails are famously hard to observe. Yet scientists can learn a lot about their population and habits through studying genetic material extracted from their fecal pellets./A. Cheeseman

New-Growth Forests for Wildlife in the East

April 26, 2018 — cfergus

Old growth is great, but here’s why we need new-growth forests, too.

By Scott Weidensaul, from the Spring 2018 issue of Living Bird magazine

Vermont to Step Up Logging Around Camel’s Hump

April 16, 2018 — cfergus

By Taylor Dobbs for Seven Days Vermont

Young forest openings in an older forest become magnets for wildlife.

Personal Outreach to Landowners Vital to Conserving Wildlife

April 09, 2018 — cfergus

Landowners who accompanied natural resource technicians onto their properties gained higher trust in the agency helping them create habitat, plus better understanding of management outcomes

Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources and Environment research published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE shows that private landowners trust conservation agencies more and have better views of program outcomes when they accompany conservation biologists who are monitoring habitat management activities on their land.

Prescribed Fires to Help Cottontails in MA

April 04, 2018 — cfergus

Wicked Local Wareham

BOSTON – The Trustees has announced plans to conduct three prescribed fires on the south coast of Massachusetts this spring, thanks in part to funding from the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

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