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By Phil Brown
State environmental conservation officers ticketed a resident of Watson, on the western edge of the Adirondack Park, for shooting and killing a bear that had climbed into a tree in his yard. In another recent incident, ECOs captured an orphan bear cub whose mother had been killed by a car. Following is the latest ECO…
By Phil Brown
State environmental conservation officers recently arrested four hunters, in three separate incidents, for illegally hunting deer. Two of the suspects were accused of deer-jacking: shooting deer from pickup truck in Fulton County in the Adirondack foothills. They were issued a total of eighteen tickets. Following is a news release of ECO activities from late October…
By Phil Brown
State environmental conservation officers recently rescued a young bald eagle that had been living in a boathouse on the channel between Mountain View Lake and Indian Lake in the northeastern Adirondacks. The injured bird was turned over to a wildlife rehabilitator and eventually will be released into the wild. Click here to read a news…