Federal and state authorities have no interest in confirmation of a breeding population because it would require additional expenditures for tracking and protection.
Maybe we should all just start with being aware of our individual decisions as humans. Reduce, reuse, recycle.
Conserve energy, compost, buy durable products.
Households should not be producing multiple bags of landfill bound trash per week.
Last shorts weekend of the season. I'm going to get in another outdoor shower or two and then next week looks like first woodstove driven heat of the season.
The wednesday night system in SNE is congrats, maybe, parts of Worcester Co that are > 1000'. Perhaps some lower elevations SE of there see flakes, if it is a wound up storm but expectations should be set low and be happy with seeing first flakes.