Bear Genetics
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Bear Genetics
Black bear populations have been doing well in New Hampshire.
But it's a real challenge to monitor bears in the wild or figure out how many
there are, because they range so widely. Fish and Game biologists have teamed
up with University of New Hampshire researchers to devise new ways of estimating
and studying New Hampshire's bear population. On Wildlife Journal, see
what they've learned by combining traditional observation methods with the latest
in DNA research.
For more information on bear research in New Hampshire, click
here to download "Tracking the Bear" from N.H. Wildlife Journal
magazine.
Wild
Ways: Firehouse Venison
The firefighters of Manchester have
lucked out tonight: their co-worker Jim Roy, an avid deer hunter, is preparing
fresh game dinner for the whole crew. Wildlife Journal's Lisa Densmore has a
front-row seat in the firehouse kitchen, as Roy goes step by step through the
creation of Venison Wellington -- from preparing the fillets to making the dough
to reducing a delectable sauce from pan drippings and burgundy. Yum.
A Sea Snail's Tale
Littorina littorea is a tiny periwinkle --
an invader, actually, from Labrador or possibly Europe. In New Hampshire, the
prolific periwinkle is coming to be seen as the proverbial "canary in a
coal mine" for seacoast scientists. The snails carry a parasite that moves
throughout the coastal food web, from the snails into fish or crabs, then birds,
and back into snails again. Monitoring the parasite's presence enables researchers
to monitor the health of wildlife overall in the Granite State's coastal wetlands.
Wild
Places: Farrar Marsh Wildlife Management Area
Ducks, deer and people find much
to love in Hillsboro's Farrar Marsh Wildlife Management Area. The 125 acres
of wetlands surrounding the Sand Brook and its dam create a veritable "waterfowl
buffet." A bridge and logging road downstream of the dam lead to an old
farmstead, where five acres of old fields have been restored and are maintained
for wildlife. The neighboring upland forest consists largely of white pine,
hemlock and red oak.
Click
here for more information and a map of Farrar Marsh Wildlife Management Area.
