Fish and Wildlife Biology
and Management

• Arnot Forest Sawtimber and Wildlife Management Virtual Tour

• Wildlife Damage Program
• Reducing Deer Damage
• Cayuga Heights Deer Project

• Fisheries Management in New York Ponds
• Brook Trout: Management and Conservation in Northern Lakes
• The Lake Ontario Salmon Fishery

• Program Work Team - Biodiversity and Habitat Conservation

• Extension Staff Directory

Wildlife Damage Management Program - P. Curtis, and other faculty
Conflicts between humans and wildlife are increasing in New York and many parts of the Northeast. For example, deer damage agricultural crops and landscape plants, limit forest regeneration, and are involved in thousands of motor vehicle accidents each year. The Wildlife Damage Management Program is a major effort within the DNR's core focus on REM Wildlife. This program employs a multi-agency, interdisciplinary approach to address wildlife damage concerns by formation of interagency management teams (CCE, NYSDEC, USDA National Wetlands Research Center [USDA-NWRC], etc.). As an example, P. Curtis has been selected as a co-director of the new Northeast Wildlife Damage Management Research and Outreach Cooperative. This cooperative is a partnership approved by the Northeast Association of Fish and Wildlife Agency Directors, representing 13 state wildlife agencies. In addition, the Northeast State Agricultural Experiment Station Directors are considering a proposal to form a Regional Wildlife Damage Coordinating Committee. This pooling of agency and university funds, personnel, and expertise will provide the necessary resources to address high-priority wildlife damage issues of common concern throughout the Northeast.

Fisheries Management - C. Kraft and others
Fishing is important to New York residents of all socio-economic backgrounds, and anglers can be as readily found along the East River as in isolated Adirondack lakes. Many non-anglers now live in rural landscapes, and many avid anglers now find themselves locked into urban lifestyles - both of which create new educational needs related to fisheries management. Current fisheries extension programming focuses on: 1) Fish management in New York ponds; 2) Lake Ontario salmon fisheries management, and 3) Management of inland trout fisheries. We are also continuing to integrate fisheries extension efforts into subject areas involving watershed management, stream restoration, and water quality improvement. Two web sites have been developed to address educational needs related to ponds and the high-value Lake Ontario salmon fishery, links are listed above.

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