RoyalIndependence500 t1_j4rh782 wrote on January 17, 2023 at 7:24 PM

I would think the Adirondacks would be the best place in the east for reintroduction, especially the western Dacks, like the Five Ponds Wilderness Area. I’ve lived in cougar country in New Mexico and California when I worked for the US Forest Service. I think it would take a lot of education for folks to be comfortable with them in Vermont, honestly.

meinblown t1_j4sgfws wrote on January 17, 2023 at 11:05 PM

They are already there in the Adirondacks. Also just this past summer there was one spotted multiple times right in Colchester.

McGrupp1979 t1_j4tq98a wrote on January 18, 2023 at 4:36 AM

Link?

ThePizzaTimeBandit t1_j4v8o9l wrote on January 18, 2023 at 2:30 PM

They don't have a link because people love citing unverified sightings as fact.

meinblown t1_j4ugna4 wrote on January 18, 2023 at 9:46 AM

Oh, I'm sorry. Did you think this was somewhere other than reddit? We don't fulfill wishes here.

McGrupp1979 t1_j4vlp7m wrote on January 18, 2023 at 3:58 PM

You’re right it’s Reddit where, as another Redditor pointed out, people love to cite unverified information as facts.

meinblown t1_j4w4cal wrote on January 18, 2023 at 5:53 PM

I've seen trail cam pictures of them in the Adirondacks, and gone out to those spots and seen the tracks. Calm down.