New York Releases Fisher Management Plan
by TBC Press on 01/11/16
The final Fisher Management Plan addresses population fluctuations in different regions of the state while offering trappers an additional trapping season, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced today with the release of the adaptive management strategy. DEC biologists developed the plan with input from trapping enthusiasts to manage population declines of fishers in Northern New York and population increases in central and western New York. The plan reduces the trapping season in the north by 16 days while establishing a new six-day season in the central and western parts of the state. READ MORE
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