Syracuse.com - DEC holding waterfowl hunter informational meeting Thursday at Montezuma Audubon Center

[HuntingNY-News]

Wildlife biologists from the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and DEC will discuss items of interest to waterfowl hunters in an informational and interactive forum.

The state Department of Environmental Conservation has scheduled an informational meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Montezuma Audubon Center in Savannah.

The meeting will focus on topics of interest to waterfowl hunters in the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge region. Topics will include:

- Highlights of waterfowl management and research programs at Montezuma NWR and Northern Montezuma WMA:

- Regional and statewide waterfowl news and updates;

- Atlantic Flyway news;

- Waterfowl population status survey results;

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

- Tentative 2013-14 duck and goose hunting seasons.

Wildlife biologists from the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge and DEC will discuss items of interest to waterfowl hunters in an informational and interactive forum.They 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 presented, and this year's tentative waterfowl hunting seasons and bag limits will be discussed.

The Montezuma Audubon Center is located at 2295 Route 89 in Savannah. The center's phone number is (315) 365-3580.

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