October 22, 2019

Conservation, Headlines, North America, Predator Management, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management

CSI Wilderness: Researchers use predator spit to ID kill sites

October 22, 2019

Conservation, Headlines, North America, Predator Management, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management

A newly released study aims to utilize DNA extraction from saliva at prey kill sites to help identify predator species. Of an acquired 53 recent hare kills, researchers managed to get positive IDs on 31 of them. Laurel Peelle’s research is published in the September 2019 Wildlife Society Bulletin.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

October 17, 2019

Conservation, General Trapping, Headlines, Hunting & Trapping, Legislation, New England, New Hampshire, NH Distemper Study, Predator Management, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management

Biologists again seek assistance from NH trappers on tissue sampling

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

October 17, 2019

Conservation, General Trapping, Headlines, Hunting & Trapping, Legislation, New England, New Hampshire, NH Distemper Study, Predator Management, Science & Biology, Wildlife Management

After successful fundraising efforts from a dedicated group of local hunters, the NH Wildlife Heritage Foundation secured funding for a comprehensive study to investigate distemper (CDV) impacts on New Hampshire’s furbearers last year. The department initially requested turn-in of carcasses from grey foxes hunted or trapped during the legal hunting and trapping seasons. This year, that study has now expanded to include a desire for carcasses from both Red and Grey Fox, as well as Fisher.

Furbearer Conservation

October 14, 2019

Headlines, New England, New Hampshire, Public Relations, Suburbanization

NH officials seeking tourist who handled rabid raccoons

Furbearer Conservation

October 14, 2019

Headlines, New England, New Hampshire, Public Relations, Suburbanization

NH seeking Mass. man who handled rabid raccoon. New Hampshire officials are seeking the public’s help with tracking down a Massachusetts man who handled raccoons on a busy roadway in New Hampshire’s north country.

Furbearer Conservation

October 11, 2019

Cultural Heritage, Headlines, Hunting & Trapping, Legislation, National, New England, Public Relations, Suburbanization, Wildlife Management, Hunting Culture

Americans continue to support regulated hunting, trapping, and fishing

Furbearer Conservation

October 11, 2019

Cultural Heritage, Headlines, Hunting & Trapping, Legislation, National, New England, Public Relations, Suburbanization, Wildlife Management, Hunting Culture

The new study, which has been conducted periodically since 1995, says most people across the nation support hunting, trapping, fishing and sport shooting activities. The study cautions that approval tends to ebb and flow based on the motivations of those who engage in these activities.

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

October 9, 2019

Conservation, Headlines, Predator Management, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management

Louisiana: Report your sightings of Eastern Spotted Skunk!

Jeff Traynor, A.C.E.

October 9, 2019

Conservation, Headlines, Predator Management, Public Relations, Science & Biology, Wildlife Control, Wildlife Management

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) is asking for the public’s help in gathering information on the eastern spotted skunk (Spilogale putorius). Anyone who sees the unique species is asked to report the sighting to LDWF. The sightings can be from roadkill, game cameras or inadvertent catch from fur trapping, according to the agency’s press release.