Syracuse.com - DEC holding meeting to discuss 'quality waterfowl hunting' at Montezuma Wildlife Management Unit

[HuntingNY-News]

The meeting begins at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Montezuma Audubon Center in Savannah.

A meeting that will include discussion on future options for "managing a quality waterfowl hunt at the Northern Montezuma Wildlife Management Unit" is scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Montezuma Audubon Center, 2295 Route 89, in Savannah.

"I'm planning a small meeting to begin discussion about how we might set up waterfowl hunter access at Northern Montezuma to maintain or improve the quality of the hunt," said Jim Eckler, a DEC wildlife biologist. " With several hundred acres of new wetland restoration projects, we're really getting some prime hunting spots. We've had some overcrowding at our older restored wetland sites and I think we'll start seeing more issues with pressure and overcrowding sometime soon.

"We might want to limit numbers, days, sites... to maintain an enjoyable hunt. I want to be ready for it, and be able to implement a system that will work. I'd like it to be easy to administer, based on science (with respect to the number of days, and no-hunt zones), and provide a quality hunting experience."

The discussion will be included in the annual meeting of the American Wildlife Conservation Foundation and there will be a short presentation of the foundation's gift in support of the Guy Baldassarre Memorial Marsh.

The afternoon's agenda includes:

1:00 p.m. - Welcome and powerpoint tour of Northern Montezuma WMA, especially new wetland restoration projects, including Guy Baldassarre Memorial Marsh.

1:20- AWCF support of Guy's Marsh

1:25 - Group introductions

1:30 - Access Discussion (Overall objectives of a quality hunt; personnal experiences/recommendations ; group feedback/discussion); next steps

- 2:15 to 3:00 Field Trip NMWMA - Guy Baldassarre Memorial Marsh Site, Morgan Road wetland restorations, Howland Island.

For further information, call Eckler at 585-705-3546, or the Audubon Center at 365-3580.

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