Perhaps the gray squirrel was absent as a resident in the central Adirondacks during Merriam’s time, but by the mid-1930’s no less than 6 sightings were made by Chief Ranger Oja in Huntington Wildlife ...

With climate change, the squirrels' forest habitat is moving upslope as temperatures warm, and drought threatens its truffle fungus food, which depends on wet, cool conditions. Forest-management ...