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able third parties. =0A>>=A0=0A> --_000_990B3EE94E8A61448C998FEBAEAFC02408DFE493HCXDSPM2calmcoc_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Paul and others, Paul wrote the following concerning the abundance ranking for furbearer har= vest 2012-2013 table: "How these figures are arrived at I have no idea." If you look on the 'Furharvesters Report Form', a form that is turned into = DNR annually by furharvesters, you'll see in the lower right corner an area= for the reporting person to estimate how plentiful a species is in the loc= ations they trap. Essentially, 0=3Dnone and 4=3DVery High (N=3Dno opinion).= The numbers in the table you refer to are simply averages of these reporte= d estimates of abundance by furharvesters for each county in NS for each sp= ecies. If you look at the numbers for marten and fishers, since that's what the or= iginal question referred to, you'll see that the furharvesters estimates su= ggest that province-wide, fishers are basically four times more abundant th= an marten. In Kings Co., fishers are estimated to be about two and one half= times as abundant as marten. To give this another comparison, beaver are estimated to be about nine time= s more abundant province-wide than marten. Squirrel are estimated to be the= most abundant furbearing mammal in the province but only slightly more abu= ndant than beaver. The estimates can also be looked at over time. Over the last 25 years the p= rovince wide estimates for fishers has tripled and over the last 15 years t= hat of marten has doubled. Should anyone want to look at the tables, the URL is: http://novascotia.ca/natr/hunt/abundance-rankings.asp Thanks to Mike O'Brien who is the DNR Wildlife Manager, Furbearer and Uplan= d Game Program, for pointing me in the right direction. All the best, Lance From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] = On Behalf Of Paul MacDonald Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2014 10:26 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [NatureNS] fisher vs marten -- was probable fisher s= ighting kings co ns Interesting Angus Abundance Ranking for Furbearer Harvest 2012 - 2013 (two tables) = gives a figure of 0.29 for marten and 1.13 for fisher. Marten is list= ed for all counties save 2 and fisher save 1. How these figures are arrived at I have no idea. So the odds of an unknown small cat sized weasel favors fisher by a good ma= rgin. No doubt some will conjure up a cougar from either! Enjoy the summer Paul --_000_990B3EE94E8A61448C998FEBAEAFC02408DFE493HCXDSPM2calmcoc_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"= > <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"> <style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Helvetica; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Helvetica; panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Tahoma; panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate {mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char"; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.BalloonTextChar {mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char"; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-link:"Balloon Text"; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";} span.EmailStyle20 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"> <div class=3D"WordSection1"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Hi Paul and others,<o:p><= /o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span><= /p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Paul wrote the following = concerning the abundance ranking for furbearer harvest 2012-2013 table:<o:p= ></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">“How these figures = are arrived at I have no idea.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span><= /p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">If you look on the ‘= ;Furharvesters Report Form’, a form that is turned into DNR annually = by furharvesters, you’ll see in the lower right corner an area for th= e reporting person to estimate how plentiful a species is in the locations t= hey trap. Essentially, 0=3Dnone and 4=3DVery High (N=3Dno opinion). The num= bers in the table you refer to are simply averages of these reported estima= tes of abundance by furharvesters for each county in NS for each species.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Ca= libri","