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Hello to the NH Trappers Association! Thank you once again for inviting me to participate in the NH Wildlife Federation fundraising dinner. Claudette and I had a fun time! Rachel Barker Miss New Hampshire 2007 |
Frank
J. Sinclair Research Grant
NHTA
offers Research Grants to Senior and Graduate level students in New
Hampshire Colleges, for the purpose of gaining a better understanding of
our furbearer species.
Conservation
Camp
Each year the NHTA sponsors
high school 4H students to attend the Conservation Camp run by the
Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. The students are
chosen from candidates with a keen interest in wildlife and
conservation.
Saint
Charles Children’s Home Fishing Days
NHTA works with St Charles Sisters and Staff to establish a
schedule of fishing excursions throughout the year. Many volunteers get
involved with project.
Miss New Hampshire Pageant
Individual member trappers donate fur and the NHTA has a beautiful Fisher Fur Coat made for the winning contestant. Miss New Hampshire will wear her coat many times to official functions throughout her year of service allowing our product to be displayed elegantly and often.
Furbearer
Research
Wildlife Biologists regularly request assistance of the NHTA
to achieve their research objectives. Some times it is a request for fur
samples to be utilized in education, or tissue samples needed for DNA
testing, perhaps they will need specific furbearer organs, other times
it is for financial assistance. When the NHF&G exhausted its funds
midway through a contracted research program on the reproductive biology
of the fisher, the NHTA provided the matching funds to complete the
project at Boston University. When researchers needed to fund a
preliminary study as to the existence of Canadian Lynx in New Hampshire,
the NHTA contributed five hundred dollars to get things going.
View a related article by the State's Furbearer Biologist
NH Fisher
Relocated to PA and Continuing Study
In 1996 the State of Pennsylvania initiated considerable effort to
reintroduce fisher to their state. Trapped animals from both New
Hampshire and New York were transported, studied, and released within
PA. The relocation effort proved over time to be successful. NHF&G and
the New Hampshire Trappers Association participated to provide live
fisher for this project. In follow up and related research New Hampshire
fisher tongue tissue samples were collected in 2002-03 by NHTA member
trappers for genetic testing similar to the research being done now on
gray fox.
New Hampshire
Locked Moose Antler Project
NHTA has contributed to this very interesting project to preserve a
unique natural occurrence for many to observe and study. Click this link
for the picture and story.
Furbearers
Unlimiter Scholarship Program
NHTA contributes to The Earl Renshaw Memorial Scholarship Fund
administered by FurBearers Unlimited. This is for Graduate level
candidates, with a major emphasis primarily in "Furbearer
Management"
New Hampshire Wildlife
Federation Conservation Banquet
The NHTA regularly makes a significant donation of a natural
fur item to be auctioned during this annual fund raising event.
Traps4Kids
The NHTA is proud to be a sponsor of this worthy program designed to assist and encourage our youth in their desire to learn about and become trappers. We encourage our membership to support this organization by donating cash, equipment, or by participating in the organization as a mentor.
Founding Fathers Fund
In 1953 a group of New Hampshire trappers got together and founded the New Hampshire Trappers Association. Those trappers put their effort into starting and fostering something which has endured through the years to benefit not only trappers but the larger community which seeks to understand trapping and the synergy of our activities in conjunction with modern wildlife science and management. A major component of their design for our organization was to continually advance and promote trappers individual education. So it is that we the members of the NHTA today wish to honor the memory of all our Founding Fathers by making a Grant available not to exceed $250 to any member in good standing of three or more consecutive years who attends and successfully completes the Fur Taker of America college course. Only members attending for the first time will be eligible. Members who wish to receive this grant must inform the NHTA in writing prior to the course, be approved, attend and complete the course on their own funds prior to award of the grant for successful completion.
Link to Fur Takers College
Donated Fur Kits
The NHTA collects fur donated by it's membership, has the
fur processed and tanned, then packages them together as samples
for educational display. The NHTA maintains fur kits for its own use
during events and lends our kits out to member volunteers who go into
schools or before other groups to discuss trapping or furbearers. As the
donations come in and resources are available additional kits are put
together and presented to appropriate educational entities for their
use. Most recently the recipients of NHTA donated fur kits have been the
Audubon Society of Auburn NH and the NHF&G Owl Brook Educational
Facility at Holderness. Each complete kit has a value well in excess of
$1000 based on present fur prices and processing costs.
