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Young Forests for Future Hoosiers

November 01, 2017 — cfergus

The following letter to the editor, signed by 14 scientists working on the Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment, appeared in the Lafayette, Indiana, Journal and Courier on October 13, 2017

A recent letter (“Timber harvest not needed for forest health”, Oct. 3) from the Indiana Forest Alliance made some claims with which we agree.

NY Young Forest Initiative Will Expand Woodland Diversity

October 19, 2017 — cfergus

By Michael Burger

Letter to the editor in Albany Times Union:

I am writing in response to the "Observation Deck" quote from Moisha Blechman regarding New York's Young Forest Initiative.

Woods, Wildlife and Warblers Program Takes Flight in VT

October 19, 2017 — cfergus

Walk in the Woods program helps folks learn how increasing forest structure and diversity can enhance wildlife habitat

From Vermont Biz

NH Urges: Report Your Rabbit Sightings

October 13, 2017 — cfergus

NH Citizen Science Project Asks the Public to Submit Information and Photographs

DURHAM, NH -- If you see a rabbit, report it!

Grants to Boost Young Forests in NH

October 09, 2017 — cfergus

By David Brooks, Concord Monitor.

When it comes to convincing the public to support the ecosystem known as early successional forests, Scot Williamson of the Wildlife Management Institute knows he’s got a problem.

NH Fish and Game to Take Ownership of Cottontail Habitat

October 02, 2017 — cfergus

By Michael Cousineau, New Hampshire Union Leader

MANCHESTER — The endangered New England cottontail has found a friend in the state Fish and Game Department, which soon is expected to own a prime piece of the rabbit’s habitat.

The Fish and Game Department said it is glad to take over ownership of 57 acres of conservation land near the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport, saving the airport about $30,000 a year.

Three New Grouse, Woodcock Habitat Projects in MN

October 02, 2017 — cfergus

By Tony Kennedy, Minnesota Star Tribune

Bringing much-needed young forest to southeastern Minnesota will help grouse, woodcock and other wildlife.

Upland game bird managers in Minnesota are logging trees and mowing down brush to create better habitat for grouse and American woodcock this year in a trio of locations, including state-owned Whitewater Wildlife Management Area near Altura.

NYDEC Prepares Final Plan for Doodletown WMA

September 26, 2017 — cfergus

By Ann Friedman, Columbia-Green Media, HudsonValley360

The state Department of Environmental Conservation is gearing up to unveil its final plans for the Doodletown Wildlife Management Area in Columbia County, NY.

Several trails and parking areas were made public in late April at the nearly 700-acre property, which was formerly abandoned farmland that in the towns of Ancram, Taghkanic and a portion of Gallatin.

NY Young Forest Initiative Benefits Future of Forests

September 24, 2017 — cfergus

Commentary in the Albany Times Union by Kathy Moser, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Natural Resources, New York Department of Environmental Conservation, in response to NY's Young Forest Initiative: Nice Name, Bad Idea, by Moishe K. Blechman, a member of the Climate Crisis Committee, Atlantic Chapter, Sierra Club.

What Does Future Hold for NY's Connecticut Hill WMA?

September 21, 2017 — cfergus

By Jaime Cone for www.ithaca.com

Representatives from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation gave a presentation September 14 regarding the 11,237-acre Wildlife Management Area (WMA) commonly known as Connecticut Hill.

The presentation was given by Adam Perry, DEC wildlife biologist, and Andrew Drake, DEC forester, and as the evening went on it became clear that one of the main concerns for many of the 75 members of the public who attended was public use of the land.

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