Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

July 11, 2019

A World Without Trapping, Conservation, General Trapping, National, North America, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management

Idaho's air-dropped beavers, muskrat pens and ear-tagged marten

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

July 11, 2019

A World Without Trapping, Conservation, General Trapping, National, North America, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management

In 1948, game warden and pilot Elmo Heter executed a plan years in the making to reintroduce beavers into the mountainous wilds of Idaho. The project gained international fame in 2015, when a local historian discovered lost footage of the program. As seen in the video, the reintroduction efforts didn’t stop at parachuting beavers.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

July 2, 2019

Conservation, National, North America, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management, Featured Article

Muskrats: A canary for the wetlands coal mine?

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

July 2, 2019

Conservation, National, North America, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management, Featured Article

The Wildlife Ecology Institute has recently announced new research being conducted to dive into the ‘rat’s potential role as an indicator species for wetland quality in the Great Lakes Basin. Researchers are reviewing multiple sources pertaining to muskrat population data, such as state trapper reports and counts of muskrat huts, and comparing those data sets with that of wetland quality, and additional sensitive wetland-wildlife species.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

June 27, 2019

Discussion, Hunting, Legislation, New England, New Hampshire, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Suburbanization, Featured Article, Hunting & Trapping

War on coyote management wages on in New England politics

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

June 27, 2019

Discussion, Hunting, Legislation, New England, New Hampshire, Politics & Wildlife Mgmt, Predator Management, Public Relations, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management, Suburbanization, Featured Article, Hunting & Trapping

The knee-jerk cliché “they were here first” argument may very well be a valid one, but it detracts from the core issue; how do we continue to live among what has become, for lack of a better term, an evolutionary unprecedented apex predator?

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

June 19, 2019

Conservation, North America, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management, Headlines

Penn State continues study of mange in bears, with help from local trappers

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

June 19, 2019

Conservation, North America, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management, Headlines

Last year, Penn State researchers announced a focus study on the growing problem of sarcoptic mange among the state’s black bear populations. The study has been led by immunologists and entomologists within Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, which has focused on bear ecology, bear movement, and the animal’s immune response amid an increasing mange presence.

Jeff Traynor / At Large

June 18, 2019

Conservation, Hunting, New England, North America, Predator Management, Public Relations, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping

Maine’s predator management plan showing positive results

Jeff Traynor / At Large

June 18, 2019

Conservation, Hunting, New England, North America, Predator Management, Public Relations, Wildlife Management, Hunting & Trapping

For over a decade, conservationists in Maine have anxiously referenced low deer populations in the Maine Northwoods. According to local hunters, the troubled deer herd appears to be on a slow, but gradual rebound.