Syracuse.com - DEC sets Sept. 12 waterfowl hunter informational meeting at the Montezuma Audubon Center

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Topics of discussion will include: Updates of waterfowl management issues in the Atlantic Flyway and this year's tentative waterfowl hunting seasons and bag limits.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced an upcoming waterfowl hunter informational meeting set for 7 to 9 p.m. Sept. 12 at the Montezuma Audubon Center in Savannah in Wayne County.

The meeting is one of two scheduled across the state. The other is set for 7 to 9 p.m. Aug. 29 at the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge headquarters in Alabama in Genesee County.

The following is a DEC press release:

These meetings will focus on topics of interest to waterfowl hunters in Western New York and the Iroquois and Montezuma NWR region.

Topics of interest will include:

• Highlights of waterfowl management and research programs at Iroquois NWR, Tonawanda and Oak Orchard Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), Montezuma NWR and Northern Montezuma WMA;

• Regional and statewide waterfowl news and updates;

• Atlantic Flyway news;

• Waterfowl population status survey results;

• The New York waterfowl hunting season-setting process; and,

• Tentative 2013-14 duck and goose hunting seasons.

Wildlife biologists from Iroquois and Montezuma NWRs and DEC will present results of local and international surveys of waterfowl breeding populations and discuss habitat conditions and habitat management efforts.

Updates of waterfowl management issues in the Atlantic Flyway will also be discussed, and this year's tentative waterfowl hunting seasons and bag limits will be covered.

The Montezuma Audubon Center is located at 2295 St. Rt. 89, Savannah. For more, call

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