Trapping provides important benefits to New Yorkers including:
the control of nuisance damage; economic benefits to trappers and people involved in the fur industry; and recreation to trappers.
The 14 species of furbearing animals in New York are abundant and their populations are secure. DEC regulates trapping seasons to ensure the continued security of New York's furbearer populations.
There are about 10,000 trappers in New York. This number varies depending on the year and fur market conditions. New York State is one of the nation's top producers of wild furs for the commercial fur trade. New York City remains a center for the production and marketing of fur garments.
Good evening! Snow flurries and 27 degrees in Delmar, NY. ❄ Breezy, ️16 mph breeze from the west 🌬 with gusts up to 28 mph 💨💨💨. The current wind chill is 15. It’s a fairly decent evening outside with the moonlight until the wind picks up. There are 3.5 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ ️Things will start to thaw out at Friday around 9 am. 🌡️
I went over to John Wolcott house 🏡 for a while 🔎and then I went for my evening walk. Beautiful moonlight tonight but a bit cold with the wind. Got milk 🐮 for breakfast in the morning. Fixed the handle on my waffle maker with glue. I keep loosing screws out of the handle and I don’t have any screws the right size. 🔧
Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 15 degrees at 6am. Eight degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical Maximum wind chill around 13 at 6am; West wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 19 degrees. The record low of -12 occurred back in 1988.
Tonight is the Cold Moon 🌕. Very cold but bright outside. The sun will rise at 7:15 am with the first light at 6:43 am, which is 51 seconds later than yesterday. 🌄 Tonight will have 14 hours and 53 minutes of darkness, an increase of 46 seconds over last night.
Tomorrow will be mostly sunny 🌞, with a high of 30 degrees at 1pm. Seven degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical Light and variable wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 39 degrees. The record high of 62 was set in 1979. 6.6 inches of snow fell back in 1970.❄
In four weeks on January 8 the sun will be setting at 4:38 pm,🌄 which is 16 minutes and 54 seconds later then tonight. In 2019 on that day, we had another cloudy but rainy day with and temperatures between 41 and 29 degrees. Typically, you have temperatures between 30 and 15 degrees. The record high of 60 degrees was set back in 2008.
Looking ahead, Christmas is in two weeks, 🎄 New Years Day 2019 🎉 is in 3 weeks, Bubble Bath Day 🧼 is in 4 weeks, National Bird Day 🐦 is in 5 weeks, 37th Birthday 🎉 is in 7 weeks, Don’t Cry over Spilled Milk Day 🥛 is in 2 months, Average High is 40 ☀️ is in 12 weeks, April Fools Day 🤡 is in 16 weeks, Pink Moon 🌕 is in 17 weeks, Tax Day 💰 is in 18 weeks, Earth Day 🌎 is in 19 weeks and Inauguration Day 2021 👴🏻 is in 58 weeks.
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I've been thinking about doing a 50-mile hike at some point, maybe next year, but I would have to figure out where I want to go. There certainly are a lot of choices from the Finger Lakes Trail to the North Country to others in New York with lean-tos and places to camp along the way.
I think the space force will help increase funding and research into remote sensing and help improve weather prediction and climate change / pollution monitoring. Often military programs are better funded than civilian programs but research and development of the military can serve many purposes benefiting humanity.
Good morning! What day is it? Hump Day, of course. 🐪 Fords don’t celebrate this day. 😆 Next Wednesday is the Save the Pine Bush Dinner 🍲 and BakeCookies Day 🍪. After eating all that good lasagna are you really going to want to eat cookies? Hmm. Mostly cloudy and 25 degrees in Delmar, NY. ☁ There is a west-northwest breeze at 5 mph. 🍃. The air is much drier, the cold doesn’t seem that cold and today or maybe I’m just dressed warmer. There are 3.5 inches of snow on the ground. ☃ You can see bare patches of ground in spots. By the end of the weekend we might have bare ground in a lot of spots. But cold the next few days. ️Things will start to thaw out at Friday around 9 am. 🌡️
Today will be partly sunny 🌞, with a high of 32 degrees at 2pm. Five degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical day around December 27th. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south in the afternoon. That sun and breeze should keep chewing away at the snow. A year ago, we had partly cloudy skies in the morning, remaining cloudy in the afternoon. The high last year was 31 degrees. The record high of 61 was set in 1952. 4.3 inches of snow fell back in 1970.❄
I guess it’s good that I went skiing last weekend. 🎿 The rail trail at this point looks pretty bare. I’m really hoping that the snow is gone for the end of the month for my Finger Lakes trip as that will mean more roads are open to explore but cold enough that the ground is frozen. That said I’m prepared for whatever except bad snow covered roads.
The sun will set at 4:22 pm with dusk around 4:53 pm, which is 3 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 At sunset, look for partly cloudy skies 🌃 and temperatures around 31 degrees. There will be a south breeze at 7 mph. Today will have 9 hours and 6 minutes of daytime, a decrease of 48 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will have a slight chance of snow showers after midnight. Partly cloudy 🌧, with a low of 17 degrees at 5am. Six degrees below normal, which is similar to a typical night around December 27th. Maximum wind chill around 8 at 1am; West wind 7 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. In 2018, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became mostly clear by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 19 degrees. The record low of -12 occurred back in 1988.
Today in 1997, The Kyoto Protocol opens for signature. 🌎 The US would never ratify the agreement, and while some countries would participate, it was a lot of talk and not a lot of action. People like to blow a lot of green smoke but when it comes to concrete action like raising the price on fossil fuels and energy more generally ⚡they just have blank stares. They’re all for climate action if it doesn’t impact their favored groups. All we can hope for is cheap oil ⛽ to run out sooner than later. Cheap fossil energy is a lot harder to swap out than ozone depleting refrigerants and propellants.🦨
Rain and clouds for weekend. :( Saturday, rain. High near 45. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Sunday, a chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Typical average high for the weekend is 36 degrees.
So be it with the rain. 🎄 There is my family 👪 Christmas decorating party 🎉 and the Save the Pine Bush benefit to fight development off of Rapp Road next to the butterfly corridor to keep me busy during the weekend. I’m hoping Sunday will be nice enough to get out for a walk, and I might work on some electronics projects.
Looking ahead, there are 3 weeks until New Years Day 2019 🎉 when the sun will be setting at 4:32 pm with dusk at 5:04 pm. On that day in 2019, we had mostly cloudy, mild, rain showers and temperatures between 53 and 27 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 31 degrees. We hit a record high of 57 back in 1966.
