For Immediate Release, January 8, 2013 Contact: Dr. John Laundre’, SUNY Oswego, (315).529.3759 Christopher Spatz, Cougar Rewilding Foundation, (845).377.1034 Adirondack Park Could Support 350 Cougars Mountain Lions Would Restore Biodiversity to Ancestral Home CAMBRIDGE, Eng. – Re-evaluating a thirty year-old Adirondack cougar habitat study, the international conservation journal Oryx today published pioneering ecologist Dr. John Laundré’s The Feasibility of the [...]
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Posted in Deer Problems, Education, New York on May 21st, 2012
In this article, Dr. Dan Cristol, a professor and ornithologist at William and Mary College in Virginia, recommends fencing off large tracts of forest to assure the continued survival of birds that nest in dense understory near the ground—birds such as the worm-eating warbler—because hordes of hungry deer are devouring it all. Is such a [...]
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Posted in Education, New York on Jan 13th, 2012
http://adirondackexplorer.org/out-takes/2012/01/11/biologist-to-talk-about-big-cats/ Adirondack Explorer Outtakes by Explorer Editor Phil Brown Biologist to talk about big cats January 11th, 2012 Wildlife biologist Paul Jensen will give a lecture on “Big Cats of the Adirondacks” at the Adirondack Lakes Center for the Arts in Blue Mountain Lake at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, January 29. Jensen will talk about [...]
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Chris Spatz is president of the Cougar Rewilding Foundation. Sue Morse one of Rewilding’s valued advisors. http://pressrepublican.com/0105_outdoor_perspective/x867534699/Cougars-search-for-what-they-need Press Republican – Plattsburg, NY November 6, 2011 Cougars search for what they need ELIZABETH LEE, Living With Wilderness Press-Republican Animals go where they are designed to go — to habitat where they can eat, shelter and reproduce. [...]
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Posted in Education, New York on Oct 21st, 2011
http://northcountrynow.com/featured_events/bobcats-bears-cougars-mooseand-more-saturday-slu-040917 North Country NOW ‘Bobcats, Bears, Cougars, Moose…and More’ Saturday at SLU Friday, October 21, 2011 – 8:56 am CANTON – Susan Morse, founder of the wildlife organization Keeping Track, will give a presentation called “Bobcats, Bears, Cougars, Moose…and More!” Saturday, Oct. 22, at 7:30 p.m. in the Eben Holden Conference Center at St. Lawrence [...]
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Posted in Attacks, Education, New York on Sep 19th, 2011
Just how likely is it to be attacked, let alone killed, by a cougar if they return to Adirondack Park? Here is a comparison between established attack rates per one million people in two western areas, one high, one low, with attack and death rates for humans living in Adirondack Park. The data are from [...]
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Posted in Confirmed Sightings, New York on Aug 24th, 2011
The beginning statements in this article are a classic example of how the media exaggerate and misstate facts, whipping up fear and hysteria. The ruler in the photos shows the tracks were not the size of saucers. The implication is that residents of Lake George were in great danger; they were not. Cougars are a protected species [...]
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Posted in Education, New York on Aug 24th, 2011
http://www.twp.org/trekeast/blog/trekeast-blog-50-shawangunk-ridge-ny New York’s Shawangunks are world-famous for their hard rock climbing. They are also critical habitat or migration routes for hawks, eagles, falcons, bobcats, bears, gray foxes, rare plants, unique vegetation communities, and a future restored population of cougars. read more…
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