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Connecticut Wildlife May/June 2007 People’S Actions Critical in Protecting Nesting Birds May/June 2007 PUBLISHED BY THE CONNECTICUT DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BUREAU OF NATURAL RESOURCES L WILDLIFE DIVISION ©PAULJ.FUSCO All Rights Reserved May/June 2007 Connecticut Wildlife 1 Volume 27, Number 3 ● May / June 2007 From ���������� � ������� the Director �Published bimonthly by State of Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection Eight years ago in this column I relayed www.ct.gov/dep an experience in which my son Jordan and Gina McCarthy ................................................................... Commissioner Edward C. Parker ............................. Chief, Bureau of Natural Resources I found an arrowhead on our family farm in northeastern Connecticut. As I passed Wildlife Division that ancient hunter’s crafted stone to my 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-5127 (860-424-3011) Dale May ..................................................................................... Director four-year-old’s hand, I wondered if he would Greg Chasko ................................................................ Assistant Director grow to carry on the hunting tradition that has been passed through mankind Mark Clavette ..................................................... Recreation Management Laurie Fortin ...............................................................Wildlife Technician for thousands of generations. I recognized that he would be growing up in Elaine Hinsch ...............................................................Program Specialist a modern world surrounded by friends, teachers, and media with different Brenda Marquez ........................................................................ Secretary Shana Scribner ................................................................. Office Assistant interests and perspectives. I realized that the odds might be against him, but Chris Vann .................................................Technical Assistance Biologist vowed not to pressure him to hunt. Kenneth Metzler .................................................... Natural History Survey Dawn McKay ........................................................ Natural History Survey Recently, I gave a presentation about a national declining trend in the Nancy Murray ....................................................... Natural History Survey number of hunters. In general, old hunters are dying off at a greater rate Karen Zyko ........................................................... Natural History Survey Eastern District Area Headquarters than new hunters are being recruited. Should this concern everyone who 209 Hebron Road, Marlborough, CT 06447 (860-295-9523) cares about wild animals and wild places? You bet! Through the purchase Robin Blum ............................. Habitat Management Program Technician Ann Kilpatrick ................................................. Eastern District Biologist of hunting licenses, tags, permits, and excise taxes, hunter revenues support Carrie Pomfrey ........................ Habitat Management Program Technician more than 80% of the budget of most state wildlife agencies. Furthermore, Paul Rothbart ............................................. District Supervising Biologist Jane Seymour ......................................................... Belding WMA Steward regulated hunting seasons are the only effective way to manage potentially Judy Wilson ........................................... Private Lands Habitat Biologist overabundant species, such as deer, so that habitats are protected. In North Franklin W.M.A. America, wildlife conservation is synonymous with hunting. 391 Route 32, N. Franklin, CT 06254 (860-642-7239) Paul Capotosto ......................................... Wetlands Restoration Biologist A well-intentioned person in the audience suggested we should evaluate Michael Gregonis .................................... Deer/Turkey Program Biologist Min Huang ......................................... Migratory Bird Program Biologist video games as a way to interest modern day youths in hunting. But, in Howard Kilpatrick .................................. Deer/Turkey Program Biologist my view, electronic distractions are a problem, not a solution. There is Kelly Kubik .......................................Migratory Bird Program Technician Andy LaBonte ................................................... Deer Program Technician no shortcut to becoming a good hunter. In Jordan’s case it was a gradual Heather Overturf ............................................................... Office Assistant assimilation into the natural world. Years of learning to walk quietly in the Winnie Reid ............................................................................... Secretary Julie Victoria .................................. Wildlife Diversity Program Biologist woods, looking up and looking down, identifying the signs and sounds of Roger Wolfe ..................................... Mosquito Management Coordinator nature, and observing animal behavior. Studying and understanding the Sessions Woods W.M.A. natural order of things through inconspicuous observation. Our schools do P.O. Box 1550, Burlington, CT 06013 (860-675-8130) Trish Cernik .............................................................................. Secretary not provide this type of education; our mentors do. Jenny Dickson ................................ Wildlife Diversity Program Biologist Peter Good ................................................ Supervising Wildlife Biologist On April 28th (Junior Hunter Training Day), after completing 40 hours of Jason Hawley ............................................Furbearer Program Technician home study and an eight-hour field day course to earn his firearms safety Shannon Kearney-McGee .............Wildlife Diversity Program Technician Christina Kocer .............................Wildlife Diversity Program Technician certificate and buying his first junior hunting license, after learning to safely Geoffrey Krukar ............................Wildlife Diversity Program Technician carry and shoot the heavy old 12 gauge without flinching, after practicing Dave Kubas ................................................ CE/FS Program Coordinator Peter Picone .................................................... Western District Biologist his turkey calling and doing his preseason scouting, and after getting up at Kate Moran ...................................Wildlife Diversity Program Technician 4:00 AM, my 12-year-old sat tight against a big black birch tree not far from Paul Rego .................................................. Furbearer Program Biologist James Koert Riley ...........................................Field Assistant/Maintainer where we found that arrowhead. A gobbling turkey was closing to within Laura Rogers-Castro ................................. Education/Outreach Program 25 yards as Jordan sat motionless, and surely breathless, with the shotgun Laura Saucier ................................Wildlife Diversity Program Technician braced on his left knee. He did not have to tell me how he felt at that moment Jim Warner .........................................................................Field Assistant Connecticut Wildlife during his first spring turkey hunt. I knew. (See photograph on the back cover Kathy Herz ..................................................................................... Editor of this issue.) Paul Fusco ............................................... Media Designer/Photographer Wetlands Habitat & Mosquito Management Crew Dale W. May 51 Mill Road, Madison, CT 06443 Steven Rosa .................................................. Mosquito Control Specialist Daniel Shaw ................................................. Mosquito Control Specialist The Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Program was initiated by sports- Cover: men and conservationists to provide states with funding for wildlife man- agement and research programs, habitat acquisition, wildlife management A northern parula pauses in its search for food. Neotropical area development, and hunter education programs. Connecticut Wildlife contains articles reporting on Wildlife Division projects funded entirely or migrants, like this warbler, are impacted during migration by such in part with federal aid monies. obstacles as communication towers, glass strikes, free-roaming The Department of Environmental Protection is an affirmative action/equal cats, and more. See the article on page 8 to learn more about these opportunity employer, providing programs and services in a fair and impar- tial manner. In conformance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, DEP bird conservation issues. makes every effort to provide equally effective services for persons with disabilities. Individuals with disabilities needing auxiliary aids or services, Photo courtesy of Paul J. Fusco or for more information by voice or TTY/TDD, call 860-424-3000. The Wildlife Division grants permission to reprint text, not artwork, provided the DEP Wildlife Division is credited. Artwork printed in this publication is copyrighted by the CT DEP Wildlife Division. Any unauthorized use of this artwork is prohibited. Please contact 2 Connecticut Wildlife the editor at the Sessions Woods office to obtain permission for reprintingMay/June articles. 2007 2006/2007 Aerial Deer Survey Indicates Stable Population Written by Michael Gregonis, Deer/Turkey Program The DEP Wildlife Division moni- 1999/2000 (76,344). However, the tors the statewide deer population by a
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