Life History of Moose in NY State
Join us in the Bierhall Café for a SAAS Wildlife Presentation! Coffee and breakfast items will be available for purchase prior to the event.
9am – Gather
9:30am – Presentation begins
Program Description: Moose have long been present in the State of New York. Historical records suggest that moose were present north of the Mohawk River as far back as the Pleistocene. Due to unfettered forest harvest and market hunting, moose were deemed extirpated from the landscape by as early as 1861. During this time, moose were also extirpated from neighboring Vermont, but populations persisted elsewhere in northeastern North America. It wasn’t until the mid-1980’s that moose began to take up residence in New York once again, with an estimated 6-11 permanent residence by 1986. Over the next four decades, moose have slowly repopulated the Adirondacks. Current population metrics suggest a small but stable population of approximately 700 moose currently reside within the Adirondack Blue Line.
Presenter Bio: Dave Kramer, Research Scientist with the Division of Fish and Wildlife at the New York State Department pf Environmental Conservation. Received wildlife degrees from Delaware Valley University (B.S.) in 2009 and from Texas Tech University (M.S) in 2012. Since 2016, Dave has been a Research Scientist with the SUNY-ESF Roosevelt Wild Life Station and provides consultation and research support for moose, deer, bear, turkey and furbearers for NYSDEC.
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Date
- Aug 21 2024
- Expired!
Time
- 9:00 am
