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Controlled Burns Restore Habitat, Reduce Tick Numbers

May 01, 2017 — cfergus

By Mike Barcaskey for the Beaver County Times

While it’s an old tool of nature, controlled burns are more popular than ever with wildlife-management groups, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission is no exception.

This spring, the Game Commission will be conducting controlled burns to restore wildlife habitat and decrease the threat of wildfires on State Game Lands statewide.

What Can Congress Learn from Teddy Bear and Peter Rabbit?

April 28, 2017 — cfergus

By Eric Holst, Environmental Defense Fund, Opinion Contributor for The Hill

This week, several Senate Republicans initiated efforts to reform the Endangered Species Act in ways that would roll back critical protections for wildlife, putting countless plants and animals at greater risk of extinction. It’s one of many anticipated actions to review the law, a number of which are likely to propose weakening the Act in order to streamline development and reduce regulatory burdens on private landowners.

Mashpee Refuge a "Bright Spot" for Native Cottontails, Bats

April 22, 2017 — cfergus

By Sam Houghton, Mashpee Enterprise

Mashpee, MA – The Mashpee National Wildlife Refuge continues to be a rare bright spot for two species: the Northern long-eared bat and the New England cottontail. And the management of the refuge may have helped with their survival.

That was the message from a talk at Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve on Monday, April 17, entitled “Bats & Bunnies: Managing Habitat for Seldom Seen Mammals.”

CT Cottontail Conservationists Expand Focus to All Young Forest Wildlife

April 14, 2017 — cfergus

By Andrea Petrullo, Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP)

USDA, Partners to Invest Millions in Large-Scale, Targeted Conservation Projects

April 12, 2017 — cfergus
New Hampshire leads $5.2 million regional Young Forest Initiative For At-Risk Species, including the New England cottontail.


Why We Should Be Cutting More Trees

April 03, 2017 — cfergus

By Joe Smith for Cool Green Science

Throughout their lives and even within a single day, American Woodcock are citizens of many habitats.

By day they forage in forest, probing the soft soil with their bill in search of worms and insects.

Many Maine Endangered Species Need Young Forest

March 17, 2017 — cfergus

By Aislinn Sarnacki, Bangor Daily News

(Note: Many of the wild animals listed in this article require young forest habitat, which has been dwindling in Maine and other Eastern and Midwestern states.)

A wide diversity of animals call Maine home, and many of those animals are getting along just fine. But there are a number of creatures that are becoming scarce, and when their numbers dip low enough, they’re placed on the Maine State List of Threatened and Endangered Species.

Banding Woodcock an Important Conservation Tool

March 13, 2017 — cfergus

By the Michigan Wildlife Council

Never seen a woodcock chick? Just imagine a Ping-Pong ball covered in feathers.

Now imagine trying to gently hold that tiny, squirming ball of fluff while placing a numbered aluminum ring around its little leg.

Volunteer to Plant Shrubs for NH Cottontails

March 12, 2017 — cfergus

New Hampshire Union Leader

DURHAM — The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department and UNH Cooperative Extension are seeking volunteers to help restore the habitat of the endangered New England cottontail rabbit.

Kids, Parents Learn About Wood Products, Forestry

March 10, 2017 — cfergus

Dan D’Ambrosio, Burlington Free Press

SHELBURNE, VT - About 20 kids and their parents were foresters for a day at Shelburne Farms Saturday, learning the importance of trees to the Vermont economy and the environment. The highlight of the two-hour program was the felling of a 125-year-old Norway spruce in a wood lot near the Farm Barn.

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