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Letter: Bear hounding revisited
by DONNA DI CASPARRO, New Hampshire Bulletin In the July 2 letter titled, “The real problem for bears in Concord” the writer makes excellent points regarding our contribution to “problem bears” in that bears are lured to backyards while food and garbage is left unsecured. Along with this point, the contributor implies bear hounding has […]
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Article: How bear hounding impacts the New Hampshire landscape
by DONNA DI CASPARRO, New Hampshire Bulletin On a warm summer morning as soft light begins to filter through branches of towering white pines, a bear and two cubs quietly saunter through an open field foraging for insects, nuts, and berries. A slow pace is necessary to handle the heat – temperatures are on the rise. […]
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Article: Our wildlife: conservation vs. exploitation
by DONNA DI CASPARRO, New Hampshire Bulletin Across the United States, fish and wildlife agencies face mounting opposition as hunting policies and practices are called into question. People are pleading for more wildlife protection over the traditional consumptive uses to manage wildlife population. Although Americans generally support wildlife management, practices that give hunters an unfair […]
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Letter: Hounding wildlife
by CHRISTINE SCHADLERAppeared in the Keene Sentinel, January 2022 A RECENT NEWS STORY reported the rescue of two radio-collared hounds that had chased a coyote onto an icy Androscoggin River. The coyote, caught in open water, “did not survive.” The owner of these dogs apparently lost contact with — and control of — the dogs, […]
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Article: State’s fish hatcheries are about to get a boost; some environmentalists say that’s a problem
by Amanda Gokee, New Hampshire Bulletin Many of the state’s fish begin their lives not in a mountain stream but in a small white box in New Hampton at one of the state’s six fish hatcheries, where young fish are bred and raised before being released in the wild. Brown trout, rainbow trout, and landlocked […]
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Letter: Stop unethical use of wildlife
Published in the Concord Monitor I am writing in support of HB 1308, an act to prohibit capture, possession, and propagation of hares and rabbits for hunting dog training and field trials. I have worked as a wildlife biologist for several natural resource agencies and was a professor of wildlife ecology at UNH for 31 […]
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Opinion: Tell legislators you support HB 1308 to end the capture of snowshoe hares for dog training
Published in the Manchester Ink LinkJan 2, 2022 Did you know that New Hampshire beagle clubs are allowed to capture wild snowshoe hares for training hunting dogs? After capture, they are transported to unfamiliar terrain, kept in fenced-in enclosures, and used in competitions called “field trials.” During these trials, beagles are released in packs to […]
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Letter to the Editor: A threat to wildlife
Published in the Eagle TimesMay 8, 2021 Are New Hampshire legislators trying to fool us? SB 129, now under consideration by the NH House of Representatives, is ironically and misleadingly, officially described as “designed to minimize environmental impacts to endangered or threatened species habitats.” Sounds good doesn’t it? Yet, this developer-inspired bill would actually decrease […]
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Letter to the Editor: Is it too inconvenient to protect NH wildlife?
Published in the Union LeaderMay 4, 2021 Senate Bill 129 will sell out threatened and endangered wild animals in New Hampshire to wealthy developers if it passes. It will be disastrous for the survival of these species. The House Fish and Game and Marine Resources Committee heard SB 129 on April 28. The sign-in sheets […]
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Letter to the Editor: Snowshoe hares not dog training tools
Published in The Cabinet PressApril 16, 2021 Snowshoe hares are essential to many other species’ survival, including lynx, bobcat, and great horned owls. They also help with the development of the forest by what they eat. Because of this influence over other plants and animals, they are considered a keystone species. Every single one of […]