Entries Tagged as 'wildlife'
Google Adirondack Birding, get a Lens and Feed from Squidoo
October 4th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Destination Marketing
I’ll be honest, as a Lensmaster I’d have to say I’ve enjoyed limited success. Much has to do with time and motivation because I’m generally lazy and easily distracted. The concept of Squidoo is to have topic experts aggregate information in one location, thereby saving a person time. We all know that certain searches via Google can be cumbersome at best. Well, it seems that Google has recognized the benefit of the Lens and is rewarding them with high rankings.
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DEC Detail to Enforce Bear Resistant Canister Regulation
August 18th, 2006 · 2 Comments · News
Special Detail Scheduled to Patrol Eastern High Peaks Wilderness This Weekend
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Denise M. Sheehan announced today that a special enforcement detail will be patrolling the Eastern High Peaks Wilderness on the weekend of August 18-20, 2006, to ensure compliance with regulations requiring overnight users to store all food, toiletries and garbage in a bear resistant canister.
“The goal of the bear resistant canister regulation is to significantly reduce negative human-bear interactions in the Eastern High Peaks,” said Commissioner Sheehan. “Lack of compliance with this regulation can lead to bears obtaining food from humans and becoming nuisance bears – a situation that has proven unsafe for bears and people.”
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