(Forwarded off another list)
Now available on CD-ROM!!
Several years ago (1987) the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ontario Trappers Association teamed up and published a book called "Wild Furbearer Management and Conservation in North America". It started out as an advanced trapper education manual, and when they were finished, they had put together the best information about furbearer management probably ever done. It is still considered by many to be "the bible" of technical furbearer information, and is a great source book. At 1,150 pages, it also could double as a drowning device should you run short on 3 foot stakes on your beaver line!
Just a sample of topics covered (71 chapters) include history of the fur trade, the trapper, management principles and techniques, species biology, management, and conservation, the pelt and the fur industry, natural and human-induced effects on furbearers, technology, techniques, and harvests, and regional furbearer management programs. The first edition sold out almost overnight, and for several years, we've heard rumors that it would come out on CD-ROM. Now I think it has. I got this e-mail from a friend just this morning ....
"This book is harder to find than money the day before payday. Your query is rather timely however, as today I sent the 'master' CD to the printer to have the CD-ROM version of the book produced in large numbers! Yes, we have scanned and saved the entire book to CD-ROM, as adobe acrobat (PDF) documents, and added the search and linking capabilities that are one of the strengths of this type of technology. The CD will run on any IBM compatible PC running Windows 95 or higher,or Macs running OS ver 7.5.3 or later. We did not, however, attempt to update the content, but we feel that the overwhelming majority of the content is still timely and pertinent."
The CD should be available in about three weeks, and will sell for approx. $59.95 CDN. To order a copy, please write phone or email: