We Love Outdoors March 20, 2022 - Episode 12

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host ushers in Spring with advice on the upcoming time when bears are moving about.  DEC's Living with Bears program provides outstanding insight into how to live bear smart and reduce human- bear conflicts, which boils down to not offering easy food for hungry bears to find. And while the last hunting season is winding down, coyote closes on March 26, 2022, those heading afield are reminded that ticks are becoming very active right now, so treat your outerwear with Permethrin, spray exposed skin with Picaradin, and make sure your pets are up to date with flea and tick prevention. DEC has announced the new fishing regulations adopted as part of two regulatory proposals made late last year.  Changes simplify the trout regulations for lakes and ponds, matching those for inland stocked streams.  Ice fishing is now permitted except in special brook trout waters predominantly in the Adirondacks.  Season openers are also changes, as has sunfish creel limits adn the crappie minimum keeper size.  Visit https://dec.ny,gov for more information. Meanwhile, anti conservation groups are using a tactic known as sure and settle with the willing folks at EPA and USF&W Service.  The latest attempt, by Centers of Biodiversity, center on 2,3 million acres President Trump ordered open to public hunting and fishing. The settlement seeks to ban use of lead fishing tackle and ammunition on these lands, despite science not supporting the move. And World Water Day is March 22, 2022, and I wonder how DEC and others reconcile the damage caused to underground aquifers by industrial wind turbines.  It will be interesting to see how the hypocrites handle these truths.