Guest post #4 by Lynn Braband, retired from our NYSIPM Program but still part of the ‘family’. Lynn’s career experience with wildlife management AND IPM led him to prepare blog posts that addressed the issues faced by wildlife managers in protecting properties while promoting wildlife. Can managing damage also benefit wildlife conservation? In four posts,…Continue Reading The Balancing Act of Wildlife Management (Part Four) – Guest Post by Lynn Braband
The Balancing Act of Wildlife Management (Part Three) – Guest Post by Lynn Braband
Guest post #3 by Lynn Braband, retired from our NYSIPM Program but still part of the ‘family’. Lynn’s career experience with wildlife management AND IPM led him to prepare blog posts that addressed the issues faced by wildlife managers in protecting properties while promoting wildlife. Can managing damage also benefit wildlife conservation? In four posts,…Continue Reading The Balancing Act of Wildlife Management (Part Three) – Guest Post by Lynn Braband
The Balancing Act of Wildlife Management (Part Two) -Guest Post by Lynn Braband
SEE LYNN BRABAND’S Part One Post Earlier, I briefly surveyed how resolving human-wildlife conflict is important to wildlife conservation. Today, let’s look at the questions that wildlife damage professionals (and the general public) need to address when confronted with situations when wild animals come in conflict with human interests. This discussion is an adaption of…Continue Reading The Balancing Act of Wildlife Management (Part Two) -Guest Post by Lynn Braband
The Balancing Act of Wildlife Management (Part One) -Guest Post by Lynn Braband
Today we welcome back Lynn Braband, retired from our NYSIPM Program but still part of the ‘family’. Lynn’s career experience with wildlife management AND IPM led him to prepare blog posts that addressed the issues faced by wildlife managers in protecting properties while promoting wildlife. Can managing damage also benefit wildlife conservation? In the next…Continue Reading The Balancing Act of Wildlife Management (Part One) -Guest Post by Lynn Braband
Woodchucks! Guest Post by Dr. Paul Curtis
(this post is borrowed from our ABCs of School IPM Blog, October 2021, because we have follow-up posts from Guest Lynn Braband later this week!) “My enemies are worms, cool days, and most of all woodchucks.” – Henry David Thoreau Thank you to guest blogger Paul D. Curtis, Department of Natural Resources and the Environment,…Continue Reading Woodchucks! Guest Post by Dr. Paul Curtis
Blue Spruce: Threats and Remedies
Guest Post by Nancy Cusumano There’s a blue spruce tree right outside my bedroom window. It is one of the first things I look at every morning (along with my husband, of course). I can see if it is sunny, rainy, or snowing. This tree was a very dense, full tree that has harbored…Continue Reading Blue Spruce: Threats and Remedies