>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]