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      Weasels of Our Home: Aquatic Mustelids

      March 22, 2016 By John Davis 2 Comments

      American Mink by Larry Master (www.masterimages.org)

      Weasels of Our Home Lands and Waters We are graced in the Adirondack Park with at least six members of the weasel family, Mustelidae.  The family of mustelids, in taxonomic turn, fits within the order Carnivora, which is in the class Mammalia, which is in the phylum Chordata, … [Read more...] about Weasels of Our Home: Aquatic Mustelids

      Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: Aquatic Mustelids, mink, North American river otter, river otter, weasels, Wildlife

      Stinky Mink

      February 25, 2015 By Geo Davis 1 Comment

      Click the play button above to learn about our native Adirondack mink population (American mink Neovison vison) in another informative installment from Ed Kanze and mountainlake.org If you have the privilege of getting close to a mink, it'll stink. But don't let the smell scare … [Read more...] about Stinky Mink

      Filed Under: Nature, News Tagged With: Borderless North, Ed Kanze, Josh Clement, mink, Mountain Lake PBS

      Essex Farm: Welcome Spring

      April 16, 2014 By Essex Farm Leave a Comment

      Check out this week’s Essex Farm news from Kristin Kimball's blog: "This week the snow pulled back to reveal the winter-ravaged world. Muck, ruts, bones. A dead frog suspended in the ice at the edge of the pond. Also, a pollywog, alive and swimming in the meltwater. Water … [Read more...] about Essex Farm: Welcome Spring

      Filed Under: Agriculture Tagged With: Essex Farm, Essex Farm New York, Essex Farm NY, Kristin Kimball, Mark Kimball, mink, rats, spring, The Dirty Life

      Roadkill: American Mink

      November 19, 2012 By John Davis Leave a Comment

      American Mink killed near Essex (Photo: John Davis)

      The tragedy that most painfully defines America is roadkill.  Nearly all of us participate almost every day in the wanton killing of other creatures — and too often our own kind, sometimes even our sons and daughters — so that we can race to work, buy things we don’t need, and … [Read more...] about Roadkill: American Mink

      Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: American Mink, Bruce Springsteen, John Davis, Lakeshore Road, mink, Roadkill, Roads and Highways, Split Rock Wild Forest, Webb Royce Swamp

      Join a wildlife tracking team

      September 27, 2011 By Geo Davis Leave a Comment

      Want to know more about the wildlife in your woods? Learn in the field. Interpret tracks and signs. Collect scientific data. Help us connect habitat. Wildlife needs room to roam. To give wildlife the space it needs, wild habitats are being protected and linked … [Read more...] about Join a wildlife tracking team

      Filed Under: Lifestyle, Outdoors, Recreation Tagged With: black bear, bobcat, Champlain Valley, Elizabeth Lee, fisher, Global Positioning System, GPS, habitat, Keeping Track, mink, moose, Northeast Wilderness Trust, otter, Susan Morse, wild areas, Wildlife, Willowell Foundation

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