NYS Tug Hill Commission - Feb 21, 2024
In the northeastern U.S., the historical distribution of American martens (Martes americana) included most of New England and New York State. However, widespread land use changes in the 19th century coupled with a lack of regulations to limit trapping harvests, led to a severe reduction in their geographic range. By the turn of the century in New York, martens were restricted to the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks, a natural refugia within this remote and rugged landscape; features which simultaneously made it inaccessible to trappers and difficult for logging. With added protections in place, marten populations began to increase in the mid-1930s and since then have recovered much of their range in the Adirondacks. In this presentation, Paul Jensen will share results of recent research on this species and discuss the potential for martens to recolonize the Tug Hill region.
Emily Griffin - WWNY Watertown - Feb. 14, 2024
A study was done recently through the state Department of Environmental Conservation to determine the potential of recolonizing the Tug Hill region with the weaselly critters.
Daily Sentinel Rome NY - Feb 1, 2024
Environmental Conservation Regional Wildlife Program Manager Paul Jensen, will share the results of recent research on martens and discuss the potential for martens to recolonize the Tug Hill region.
Martens and bobcats and bears, oh my! Footage offers new view of upstate wildlife.H. Rose Schneider - Times Union - Feb. 1, 2024
A marten scampers across the snow. A bear inspects a pole used to measure snow depth. A moose stares straight down a night-vision camera, its eyes ghost-white. These are among the tens of thousands of images collected via camera traps by the Adirondack Inventory and Monitoring Network, or AIM, a collaboration that includes State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry and Paul Smith’s College.
