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A Thwack in the Park

November 06, 2018 — cfergus
American woodcock, golden-winged warbler, and New England cottontail are sometimes called "guild species" or "umbrella species," because the habitat they require -- shrubland, brushland, early successional habitat, sometimes summed up as young forest -- provides food and cover for so many other kinds of wildlife.

New NEC Confirmed on Western CT Preserve

November 02, 2018 — cfergus

By Anna Quinn, Danbury News Times

WASHINGTON — At least a few of the once nearly endangered New England cottontail rabbits have found a home at Steep Rock Association’s Macricostas Preserve, recent tests show. The preserve is in Litchfield County.

Helping Grouse (and Rabbits) in NY

November 02, 2018 — cfergus

By Terry Belke for WGRZ Outdoors

New England cottontails, Appalachian cottontails, and American woodcock are just three of many species of wildlife that benefit when young forest and shrubland habitats are created or improved for ruffed grouse.

RUSHFORD, NY — The ruffed grouse is a ground dwelling bird that is a favorite of hunters and birders alike.

Bringing Back NEC in Maine

October 22, 2018 — cfergus

Effort includes R&R: Restoration (of habitat) and Romance (in the form of potential mates)

By Mary Pols, Staff Writer, Portland Press Herald

SCARBOROUGH — New England cottontail rabbits like a mess. More precisely, these rabbits, which are endangered in the state of Maine, would like to hide out in a thicket of native (and edible) shrubs.

NY Timber Managers: Cutting to Promote Forest Health

August 25, 2018 — cfergus

By Michael Vertanen, Adirondack Explorer

Four huge machines rumbled in a wide clearing at the end of a haul road within Molpus Woodlands Group’s Santa Clara Tract in the northwestern Adirondacks.

Destroying a Village to Save One

July 20, 2018 — cfergus

A Naturalist’s Journal

By Bruce Fellman for Southern Rhode Island Newspapers

“Then I heard his voice,/now I’m a believer...” (with apologies to songwriter Neil Diamond and The Monkees).

William Ruger to Sell NH Land for Conservation

July 14, 2018 — cfergus

By Patrick O’Grady, Valley News, Concord NH

Croydon — The New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission has voted unanimously to appropriate $500,000 from its wildlife habitat account toward the purchase of two parcels comprising roughly 3,200 acres in Newport, Croydon and Grantham from William Ruger Jr.

In Search of Matching Grants for NH Nongame Wildlife

June 16, 2018 — cfergus

CONCORD, NH – The stakes are high for dozens of nongame species in New Hampshire that are tied directly to diverse and functional habitats. To help protect habitat and restore species such as the Karner blue butterfly, New England cottontail, Blanding’s turtle and roseate tern, the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department is asking the public to support its 2018 appeal for its Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Program.

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