>From: Sukie Crandall
>
>People tend to often think of the industrial areas of NJ as being NJ
>but where I live we have woods ridges with exposed rock faces, inland
>swamps (including a national preserve with some animals that are found
>nowhere else or almost nowhere else),

The Sukie Creature came from the bogs, so I'll trust her on this one.

>...a wide range of reptiles and amphibians, many mammals including
>black bears, deer, raccoons, possums, mink (which I have watched play
>in a pond about 500 feet from our condo), otters (having seen one as
>roadkill), eastern coyotes, both red and grey foxes, skunks, and much
>more, and a good range of birds from hummingbirds up to wild turkeys
>and herons (though I'd like to see more Canadian Goose control and
>better reduction of fertilizer since both would help increase the
>proportion and variety of native songbirds largely due to allowing
>some of the native plants which need acidic soil to come back more
>fully). You can see why protecting the wildlife matters.

Midnight snacks?

>...but NJ FG&W itself I know a decent bit about and know that it has
>acted as a friend to ferrets and that there are good reasons behind
>its regulations.

Thank you Sukie for such detailed imput about Fish and Game there in
Jersey, I learned a lot. Very cool stuff.

[Posted in FML 6473]