A FLASHBACK
A good friend of mine observed that some of the worst crimes are not legally considered crimes. One tragic example is the deliberate use of fire on natural lands. Fire management at Mohonk Preserve, in…
Author’s Note
By Ron Baker Mohonk Preserve, which is referred to in this article, is a 6,500 acre privately-owned Nature preserve in southeastern New York State. It is divided into two distinct parcels of land. The first…
Fire Management: An Increasingly Destructive Practice
By Ron Baker “Let us give nature a chance. she knows her business better than we do” – Michel de Montaigne Author’s Note: Mohonk Preserve is a 6,500 acre privately-owned nature preserve in southeastern New…
Contraception For Wild Animals? YES!
By Dr. Priscilla Cohn If there really are too many deer, if they really are causing irreparable damage to their environment and destroying the understory in wooded areas, and if they really present a danger…
Modifying The Landscape Can Entice Canada Geese To Move On
By Susan Russell Excerpted from the full report. In nature, no creature, especially man, exists in a vacuum. Results will follow cause. Canada geese respond to injurious human landscaping practices and government and private waterfowl…
HAPPY NEW LIFE
Please Join Wildlife Watch in wishing a HAPPY NEW LIFE to 3 AFRICAN LIONS, 2 MOUNTAIN LIONS, AND 1 BLACK JAGUAR. Photos are generic as we could not photograph actual cats prior to going to…
C.A.S.H. CATALOG
MAGNETIC NOTE HOLDERS: The magnetic hold-a-note is ideal for shopping lists, messages or reminders. With a strong magnet on the back, the hold-a-note adheres to refrigerators, filing cabinets or any steel surface. Each hold-a-note comes…
…BUT…WISCONSIN DNR WANTS TO LOWER HUNTING AGE
In NPR’s Talk of the Nation on 2/2/06 it was reported that the WI state legislature is considering a bill that would lower the legal hunting age from 12 to 8. The goal is to…
YOUTH HUNTING IS A VERY BAD IDEA FOR SOCIETY
Once again, the world was shocked. Another 17 year old who loved to hunt was charged with four interstate shootings. Zachariah Blanton created terror in the drivers along I-65 and I-69 in Indiana. When police…
KUDOS TO: VERNON WEIR
for his letter to the Las Vegas Sun: TARGET HUNTERS NOT MOUNTAIN LIONS: “What a great idea. Let’s shoot mountain lions because the bighorn population is in decline, dropping “by at least 50 percent.” A…