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The Story of Fort Hamilton

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Bear Beginnings

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Help Pets Ward off Winter Risks

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John L. Moore continues to pursue his lifelong interests in Pennsylvania’s colonial history and archaeology. The Northumberland writer has published 10 non-fiction books about Pennsylvania’s 16th and 17th century. Over the years he has participated in archaeological excavations of Native American sites along the Delaware and Susquehanna Rivers. A professional storyteller, he recently took part in the Heritage Festival at Frances Slocum State Park near Wilkes-Barre.

He told the true story of Frances Slocum, a 5-year-old girl who lived as a Native American after being kidnapped by Indians during the American Revolution. The park was named for her.

William M. William William M. Williams is a Wildlife Conservation Officer and the Information and Education Supervisor for the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Northeast Region. “Bill” is responsible for administering the Hunter/Trapper Education program for the 13 county region and serving as both media and legislative liaison for the agency. Prior to working for the PA Game Commission, Bill served in the U.S. Navy as a Hospital Corpsman and worked as an Environmental Education Specialist for the PA Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

He is an active member of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association and Outdoor Writers Association of America. Bill lives near Bento and enjoys spending time on his hobby farm with his wife Michelle, Chesapeake Bay Retriever Rocco, alpacas, goats, and chickens.

KATHY DUBIN-UHLER Katherine Uhler is the director of the Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center. She became a licensed wildlife rehabilitator in 1980 and has been growing the nonprofit, all-volunteer PWREC since. In addition to running the Center with her husband and co-director, Eric, she has earned a Master’s Degree in Wildlife Biology and teaches Ecology at Stroudsburg High School.

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THE STORY OF FORT HAMILTON

By John L. Moore

W

illiam Penn found Native Americans living throughout Pennsylvania when he arrived in North America in 1682. He established a peace that lasted until the 1750s when the English and French became embroiled in the French and Indian War.

1755. War parties of Delaware Indians who had once lived in the region began to raid isolated settlements. In response, the Pennsylvania colony created an army to patrol the frontier and to erect blockhouses at strategic places such as present-day Stroudsburg north of the Blue Mountain.

Both sides recruited Indian tribes as allies. Native warriors siding with the French brought the fighting across Pennsylvania’s eastern frontier and into the Poconos in late

Settlers panicked all along the frontier and evacuated the Delaware River Valley north of Easton. “People from all quarters (are) flying for their lives,” Bethlehem magistrate FEBRUARY/MARCH 2019 POCONO LIVING MAGAZINE© 7

Timothy Horsfield reported in a Dec. 12 letter to Gov. Robert H. Morris in Philadelphia.

Two days earlier, Delaware Indians had attacked the Daniel Brodhead homestead along Brodhead Creek in present-day Stroudsburg. They burned the barns, but were unable to torch the house. Members of the Brodhead family defended the house so effectively that “the Indians thought fit to retire without being able to take it or set it on fire, though they frequently attempted it,” wrote James Hamilton. “It is thought several of them were killed in the attacks, but that is not known with certainty.”

Pennsylvania was then a province of Great Britain, and Governor Morris represented the colony’s proprietors, the sons of William Penn. Hamilton was one of three commissioners that the governor sent north to Bethlehem and Easton in mid-December to organize a defense of the frontier. By Dec. 25, Hamilton and the other two commissioners – Benjamin Franklin and Joseph Fox – had reached Easton. “We have here upwards of one hundred men … and are impatiently expecting more,” Hamilton wrote. Additional troops were needed “to garrison the block-house we propose to build over the hills,” Hamilton said.

The same day, Captains John Trump and George Aston left Easton with two companies of troops bound for Samuel Dupui’s stockaded house at present-day Shawnee on Delaware.

They had orders to build a blockhouse surrounded by a stockade near the Brodhead farm. The fort site was located along the Pohopoco Trail, a Native American path that linked Shawnee on Delaware along the Delaware River with Lehighton and Weissport, where another fort would be built along the Lehigh River.

Traveling over the rough roads between Easton and Stroudsburg took the soldiers at least two days. By early January, the captains had selected a site for the fort on a slope a short distance east of Pocono Creek, but hadn’t accomplished much else. (Two Stroudsburg streets – North Ninth Street and Church Alley – cross the site of the fort, according to a map on the website of the Monroe County Historical Association.)

A new wave of Indian raids took place on Jan. 1, 1756, prompting Governor Morris to empower Benjamin Franklin

to direct the defense of Northampton County, which then included Monroe County. This made Franklin responsible for the construction of the fort at Brodhead’s as well as three other forts north of the Blue Mountain.

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> Pictured: Pocono Creek: Located near the site of the fort.

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“Members of the Brodhead family defended the house so effectively that “the Indians thought fit to retire without being able to take it or set it on fire, though they frequently attempted it,”

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FRONTIER FORTS NAMED FOR PHILADELPHIA NOTABLES On Jan. 25, 1756, as work on Fort Hamilton neared an end, Benjamin Franklin raised the British flag over its sister fort at Weissport and “named the place Fort Allen in honor of our old friend,” William Allen. Not only was Allen the chief justice of the Province of Pennsylvania, but he also happened to be Hamilton’s brother-in-law.

Allen was the founder of Allentown. During the American Revolutionary War, both men were Loyalists. Although Allen spent most of the war in England, Hamilton was banished from Philadelphia and spent at least part of the war living with Allen’s son in Allentown. Hamilton Street, the city’s main thoroughfare, was named for him.

The third fort built by Franklin’s men was named Fort Norris, presumably in honor of Isaac Norris, then the speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly, which met in Philadelphia.

Franklin returned to Philadelphia without naming the fourth fort erected by his troops. The smallest of the four defenses, it s stood south of present-day Snyders along Route 309 in Schuylkill County and eventually became known as Fort Franklin.

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RED RECTANGLE: INDICATES THE BELIEVED LOCATION OF FORT HAMILTON When Franklin rode into Bethlehem at the head of a column of soldiers, “the Moravians addressed him as ‘General’ and sometimes as ‘Lieutenant General,’ ” historian J. Bennett Nolan reported in his 1936 book, General Benjamin Franklin, the Military Career of a Philosopher.

Franklin reported in a Jan. 14 letter to the governor that “Trump and Aston had made but slow progress in building the … fort, complaining for want of tools, which, it was thought, the people in those parts might have supplied them with.”

To remedy this, “the day after my arrival here (in Bethlehem), I sent off two wagons loaded with bread and some axes for Trump and Aston,” Franklin said.“ … Captain Wayne tells me that Trump expects the first fort will be finished next week.”

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By Jan. 18, Franklin had led his troops into the mountains, stopping at present-day Weissport to construct a fort along the Lehigh. Within days, the Pennsylvanians had forts under construction at Weissport and Stroudsburg. Although details of the construction of Fort Hamilton – essentially a square with sides 80 feet long – haven’t survived, Franklin described how his troops built the similar if somewhat larger fort at Weissport.

“All the logs for the stockade are cut, to the number of 450, being most of them more than a foot in diameter, and 15 feet long,” Franklin said in a Jan. 20 letter. “The trench to set them in, being three feet deep, and two wide, is dug. ... Some are erected, and we hope to have the whole up, and to be quite enclosed tomorrow. The fort will be about 125 feet long, and 50 broad.”

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> Church Alley in Stroudsburg, PA: Located near where Fort Hamilton stood.

In a Jan. 24 letter, Franklin referred to the structure nearing completion along Pocono Creek as Fort Hamilton.

Work on Fort Hamilton must have been well along by this point because Franklin said in the letter that he intended to order Captain Trump to move closer to Weissport so that his men could take part in building another defense, named Fort Norris, along the Pohopoco Trail, between the present-day villages of Gilbert and Kresgeville.

According to historian William A. Hunter in Forts on the Pennsylvania Frontier, 1753-1758, the fort “presumably was named for James Hamilton, who was then a member of the Governor’s Council and an active Provincial Commissioner who had served as Lieutenant Governor from 1748 to 1754 and was to serve as such again from 1759 to 1763.”

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Fort Hamilton “comprised a large house surrounded by a poorly built square stockade with four half bastions,” Hunter said in his book about Pennsylvania forts. “The stockade probably was about the same size as that at Fort Norris, eighty feet square, and may have enclosed more than the one reported building.”

Fort Hamilton made a poor impression on Major William Parsons of the Pennsylvania Regiment when he visited it on June 12. “By the roughness of its work one might be induced to think it had been built in a hurry,” Parsons said.

At that time, Lieutenant Anthony Miller commanded Fort Hamilton’s garrison of 15 men. He told the major that his men were too few “to guard the fort and (also ) to furnish parties for scouting, and therefore he can’t be quite so useful to the Inhabitants.”

The lieutenant also told Parsons that “he had sunk a well in the fort, but for want of a mason it is not yet walled up.”

Less than two weeks later, Commissary James Young, the regimental paymaster, inspected Fort Hamilton. The fort had been built in the shape of a square “with four half bastions all very ill contrived and finished. The stockades (were) open six inches in many places, and not firm in the ground, and may be easily pulled down,” Young wrote.

The structure had one gate, and the soldiers had erected

“The fort had been built in the shape of a square “with four half bastions all very ill contrived and finished. The stockades (were) open six inches in many places, and not firm in the ground, and may be easily pulled down.”

some log palisades outside of the gate as a cover. Young realized that during an attack these logs could well serve as “a great shelter to an enemy. I therefore ordered to pull them down. I also ordered (the garrison) to fill up the other stockades where open.”

In April 1757, Captain John Van Etten became the new commander at Fort Hamilton. The journal he kept gives details of life at the post.

On June 16, for example, he reported that he tested the skill of his troops with firearms. He “ordered them all to shoot at a mark” a distance away, the captain said. “Some of them did exceeding well.”

The episode began on June 23 when five settlers who lived nearby went to a pasture to get their horses. They were near Brodhead’s house when the Indians attacked them and killed one of the five. The other four ran to the fort and reported the incident.

The captain promptly left to investigate with nine of the garrison’s 15 soldiers. At Brodhead’s farm, they saw smoke coming from the house, then heard the sound of gunfire

coming from the fort, the first shot being “much louder than the rest.” Van Etten concluded that the fort was under attack, “whereupon we retreated back about a quarter of a mile.”

When the shooting stopped, the soldiers climbed a hill, and “we saw the (Brodhead) house in a blaze,” Van Etten said.

At one point after this, Van Etten realized that the warriors were trying to surround the soldiers. Aware that his nine men were about to encounter a force of 32 Indians, “we all retreated and got between them and the fort,” Van Etten said. The captain added that he took a shot at the Indians, and may have hit one.

All 10 soldiers managed to return safely to Fort Hamilton.

The next day, the soldiers went to the pasture where the farmer had been shot. “… and buried the man, then went … in search and found 15 cattle, horses and hogs dead,” Van Etten wrote.

Built in January 1756, Fort Hamilton was in service for a year and a half when it was abandoned in late summer, probably in August.

The post served a useful purpose even after the Provincial troops departed. “The abandoned fort became a shelter for nearby settlers,” Hunter reported in his book. He reported that Major James Burd of the Pennsylvania Regiment visited the old fort in March 1758 and found it surrounded by a “very poor stockade.” Even so, Burd said there were “some families living in it.” ®

The journal also tells about an Indian raid a week later in which native warriors outnumbered – and nearly outmaneuvered – Van Etten and his troops quite close to the fort.

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APRIL 1757: INDIAN WARRIORS TOOK TEENAGED BOY’S SCALP AS TROPHY With hostile Indians lurking about the neighborhood, even a task as simple and routine as fetching firewood became incredibly dangerous for whites who had settled along the Pennsylvania frontier.

Consider the case of Andreas Gundryman, a 17-year-old boy who lived with his family literally under the guns of Fort Hamilton, a small post protected by a log stockade in what is now Stroudsburg.

The fort was situated in a cornfield near the Gundryman farm house. To be specific, the house was about 55 yards from Fort Hamilton, which had been built in late 1755 and early 1756, during the French and Indian War. A detachment of Pennsylvania soldiers was posted at the fort, and the Gundrymans and other families who lived in the immediate neighborhood felt a sense of security as spring arrived in 1757 without any signs of Indian war parties.

Late in the afternoon of Wednesday, April 20, 1757, Andreas hitched a two-horse team to his father’s sleigh and set out “to fetch some firewood” about a quarter of a mile from the fort.

As a neighbor, John Williamson, reported two days later, it was nearly sunset when Williamson and several others heard two gunshots. Reacting immediately, Andreas’ father, Henry Gundryman, and a colonial soldier, Conrad Freidenberg, started running up a hill toward the spot where the boy had gone for wood.

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Several members of the garrison heard the youngster shouting for help, then saw him running down the hill toward the fort, but efforts to rescue the boy failed. According to Williamson, “About 300 yards from this fort, they (the elder Gundryman and Freidenberg) found ... Andreas Gundryman lying dead and scalped quite to the eyes.”

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The settlers and the soldiers quickly determined that the Indians who shot at the boy had missed. “As soon as they fired, Andreas ran, and they pursued him with their tomahawks and murdered him very barbarously,” Williamson declared in a deposition he gave at Easton two days later. In making the deposition, Williamson told William Parsons, the justice of the peace, that he himself “saw two Indians run up the hill … and as they went off set up the Indian war halloo. …”

Excerpted from Settlers, Soldiers, and Scalps by John L. Moore

> Church in Stroudsburg, PA: Located near where Fort Hamilton stood.

FORT HAMILTON ARCHAEOLOGY EXCAVATION TO BEGIN IN JUNE

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n archaeologist will conduct an excavation later this year of the site of Fort Hamilton, a French and Indian War post erected in 1756 in present-day Stroudsburg.

The Monroe County Historical Association will sponsor the dig, according to Amy Leiser, the organization’s executive director.

The fort was located along North 9th Street just north of Main Street, and the Stroud Mansion property occupies part of the site.

“The excavation will take place in the backyard and side yard of the Stroud Mansion,” Leiser said. “”Phase One (archaeology) has already been done.”

Last November, Dr. Jonathan Burns, the Juniata College archaeologist who will conduct the project, visited the site and

dug test pits to determine what might lay under the surface.

The test pits yielded a button, pottery shards, and a projectile point, Leiser said.

A board member of the Pennsylvania Archaeological Council, Burns has conducted a number of digs at Native American and French and Indian War sites in Pennsylvania. The four-week Fort Hamilton dig will begin in June and will serve as a field school for college students studying archaeology.

According to Leiser, the historical association has obtained a $48,000 Keystone Grant from the state to finance the project.

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orthumberland writer John L. Moore has published 10 non-fiction books about Pennsylvania’s early history.

“I’m nearly done with the 11th book, which deals with fighting between Native Americans and white frontiersmen during the American Revolutionary War,” Moore said.

His most recent book, “Scorched Earth: General Sullivan and the Senecas,” was published by Sunbury Press Inc. earlier this year.

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A retired newspaperman, Moore said he employs the techniques of a journalist in writing and speaking about people who lived during the 18th century. “I can’t go back in time to interview these people, so I rely on their letters, journals and other first-person materials,” Moore said. “That lets me use their words to paint a factual picture of their lives and situations.”

Moore emphasized that he is a storyteller as well as an author. “Whether I’m writing or speaking, the stories I like best deal with real people and actual events from Pennsylvania history. I do a lot of research so that the stories become rich in historically accurate details.”

Moore frequently does storytelling in the persona of Susquehanna Jack, an elderly frontiersman. He recently appeared at Frances Slocum State Park near WilkesBarre. He told the true story of Frances Slocum, the girl for whom the park was named. Aged five when Delaware Indians abducted her in 1778, Frances spent the rest of her life as a Native American. ®

The following is excerpted from “Scorched Earth: General Sullivan and the Senecas” by John L. Moore Military messengers were especially vulnerable as they rode along forest roads that connected the camps.

On July 1, for instance, an express rider carrying dispatches from General John Sullivan at Wyoming rode into an ambush along the road in the mountains northwest of Easton. The rider, James Cook, carried a musket that “was loaded with a bullet and nine buckshot,” his officer said.

“One of my expresses,” wrote Captain Patterson, “… on his return from Wyoming this day, about the middle of the afternoon, in the (Great) Swamp was fired upon by the Indians and Tories.”

The rider had an incredibly close call. “One shot went through his canteen, one through his saddle, one through his hunting shirt, (and) one was shot into his horse,” Patterson reported.

Cook kept on riding. Immediately in front of him stood two men, either Indians or Loyalists. Cook wasn’t sure which, but “both discharged their pieces at him, threw down their firelocks with a determina-

tion to tomahawk him (and) advanced within eight yards of him, at which time he . . . fired upon them, killed one of them on the spot and wounded the other.”

The wounded man then “threw his tomahawk at the express, missed him, but cut the horse very deep upon the shoulder,” Patterson said.

As the rider attempted to pass by, his attacker “got hold of Cook, thought to get him from his horse, tore his shirt, which is stained much with the Indian’s blood. The horse being fretted by his wound raised upon his hind feet, (and) trampled the Indian or Tory . . ., who roared terribly, at which time Cook got clear,” Patterson reported.

“The other Indians on seeing him get off, raised the whoop as if all Hell was broke loose,” the captain said.

“He supposes he rode the horse afterwards near four miles, but (the animal) by the loss of blood began to stagger.” Cook dismounted, “took off his saddle and letters, (and) ran about a mile on foot, where he fortunately found a stray . . . horse, which he mounted and rode to this place.”

Cook told Patterson that the ambush party had likely fired between 30 and 50 shots at him.

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BEAR BEGINNINGS

Dead of winter brings cubs to life

By William M. Williams, PA Game Commission

NE Region Information and Education Supervisor

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> Bear cubs leave the den at about 3 months of age and will be weaned at 7 months.

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emale black bear stirs just long enough to give birth to her cubs in the pitch darkness of an excavated den. Weighing no more than a can of soda and covered in fine, black fur, one cub cries out as a storm rages outside. The newborn bear, only 9 inches long, has rudimentary ear buds and will not open its eyes for another six weeks. An innate ability to seek out heat stimulates it to crawl clumsily through a black forest of hair toward the sow’s breast where it begins to nurse. Two littermates soon follow and join in the feeding.

The three hum contentedly. Scenes such as this will play out unseen under the frozen landscape of Pennsylvania throughout much of the month of January.

Nature sees that bear cubs are given an optimal chance of survival. Female black bears breed every two years, with the peak of mating season taking place from mid-June through mid-July when dominate males search for receptive sows. Males fight one another for the opportunity to breed and many will mate with multiple females. While eggs are fertilized immediately, only tiny balls of cells called “blastocysts” will develop initially. These bear embryos are about the size of pinheads and will float freely in the sow’s uterus for the next several months.

Changes in the amount of daylight during late October and early November trigger hormonal changes in the sow, causing the blastocysts to attach to the uterine wall in a process called delayed implantation, and growth begins again. Delayed implantation postpones investment in a pregnancy until after the critical fall foraging period as the bears gorge on autumnal food. It results in the synchronized births of thousands of black bear cubs born in Pennsylvania each year, in the safety of protective dens.

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> PA black bear cubs are born during the first three weeks of January and weigh 8 to 10 ounces.

For implantation to be successful, the female needs to weigh at least 110 pounds by late fall. If fat reserves are poor because of unexpected food shortages, cub survival during hibernation could be compromised, in which case blastocysts may be aborted, freeing the female to breed again the following summer.

When the factor of decreased food availability outweighs the amount of energy a bear is forced to expend finding adequate nutrition, bears seek out areas protected from the elements and slow down their metabolism. Pregnant females typically den first, followed by females with cubs from the previous winter and juveniles of both sexes. Adult males are the last group to den, sometimes remaining active into January. Because some pregnant females typically begin denning in early November, prior to Pennsylvania’s bearhunting season, they are afforded additional protection.

Pregnant females also tend to select sheltered dens more so than other bears. Seventy-nine percent of pregnant female dens studied in northeast Pennsylvania were rock cavities, brush piles, or excavations.

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“Biologists have long acknowledged that studying hibernating bears may be useful in helping us understand, and eventually cure, renal disorders and a host of other human ailments.”

Conversely, ground nests and open brush piles are more typical of males. Most dens, regardless of type, are lined with dry leaves, grass, broken twigs, or some other material collected by the bear. Bear dens are seldom reused.

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The question of whether a bear is considered a hibernator may be largely a matter of semantics.

The body temperature of a denning bear decreases from about 100 degrees F to 88 degrees F, which is different from almost all other hibernators (such as bats and groundhogs) with body temperatures that drop to near-ambient temperatures. The heart rate of a bear will decrease from around 40 beats per minute to only 8 to 10 beats per minute. Although bears appear lethargic during hibernation, they are easily aroused and capable of fleeing.

Females will groom and nurse their cubs daily despite their own body remaining in a physiological state of hibernation. They also protect the cubs from winter’s elements by hunching over them, but unless disturbed, will not step out of the den despite the activity involved with caring for cubs.

Bears do not eat, drink, defecate, or urinate while hibernating. They live off of a layer of fat built up prior to hibernation. Waste products that are produced through metabolism are recycled, with toxic urea being broken down into nitrogen that is used by bears to build protein, which allows them to maintain muscle mass and organ tissues. Despite this incredible biological adaptation, a lactating female may lose up to 40 percent of body weight during hibernation but remain in relatively good condition. Although a hibernating bear drinks no water, it does not become dehydrated and maintains almost perfect water balance after several months.

Biologists have long acknowledged that studying hibernating bears may be useful in helping us understand, and eventually cure, renal disorders and a host of other human ailments.

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> A newborn bear cub enters the world with eyes closed.

Black bear cubs in Pennsylvania are born during the first three weeks of January and grow rapidly. Bear milk has a fat content of similar to whipped cream and is high in calcium and iron. In northeastern Pennsylvania, the average litter size is three cubs, with older females producing larger litters. Litters of two are about as common as litters of four. Bears over 9 years of age are the ones most likely to have litters of five. Sex ratios within litters are typically equal.

A number of female black bears in the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Northeast Region are captured by Wildlife Conservation Officers and fitted with radio collars each summer. The dens used by these bears are visited by Game Commission biologists in early spring, before the female and young emerge. The sow is anesthetized and biological data is collected from both the sow and her cubs including body weight, vital signs, and overall 22 POCONO LIVING MAGAZINE© FEBRUARY/MARCH 2019

health conditions. Understanding aspects of reproduction, such as average litter size, the age when females begin producing cubs, and the interval length between consecutive litters are critical to monitoring the health of Pennsylvania’s bear resource.

Knowing the location of hibernating lactating bears has the additional benefit of offering a suitable location to place displaced cubs. If a sow with cubs is killed by a motor vehicle in early spring, a small window of opportunity exists to place these cubs - one cub per den - with surrogate sows that still are in hibernation. The sow rarely recognizes the extra member of her litter and feeds the new addition as one of her own. There are eight radio-collared sows denning in Pike and Monroe counties this year; three with last year’s cubs and five expected to bear young.

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Anyone who finds a hibernating bear should report the location to a Game Commission Region Office. They should also leave the area to avoid disturbing the bear. Some bears are sensitive to disturbance during hibernation, and might abandon the den and any cubs present.

It is mid-April when our three bears emerge from the darkness of their den and view their surroundings for the fist time. They weigh between 7 and 10 pounds as they bounce and tumble over each other. The sow looks on with quiet resignation. She will soon begin the task of teaching her young how to find food, climb trees, and avoid danger. The four of them will den together once more and, in the following summer when the urge to breed wells up in the sow again, the three young bears will venture off on their own. ®

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HELP PETS WARD OFF WINTER RISKS W

hen temperatures drop, humans know to bundle up and avoid excess time outdoors. The same approach should be taken when it comes to pets. They may be covered by cozy fur coats, but not all of those coats are created equally.

“Hypothermia is a real danger for pets in the wintertime, and despite pets’ natural fur coats, it doesn’t take long for hypothermia to set in and cause serious problems,” said Jennifer Freeman, DVM, PetSmart’s resident veterinarian and pet care expert.

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Freeman recommends keeping an eye out for the initial signs of hypothermia, such as skin that's cold to the touch, pale skin and gums, intense shivering and lethargy. In addition, she offers these tips to help protect your pet from a blustery winter:

OUTDOOR ACCESS: Limit walks in extreme cold weather and

monitor your pet's behavior for signs of stress or discomfort.

Never leave a pet outside during a winter storm. Do not let your dog off its leash after snowfall. Snow masks familiar scents and your pet may become lost and disoriented.

CHEMICAL HAZARDS: Snow-melting products like deicers,

antifreeze and salt can cause skin irritations and, if ingested, can be fatal. If you live in an area where these products are used, it's important to thoroughly rinse your pet's paws and belly after a walk.

ADDING EXTRA LAYERS: If your pet is small and short-haired,

he or she is likely sensitive to the cold. The same goes for older pets and those that may be frail or ill. You can't take your pet's temperature by touching its nose, but a shivering body means he

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or she needs a sweater. Larger and long-haired pets can usually tolerate cold weather for longer periods of time, and even though you might bundle up, your pet has a long, thick coat prepared for long winter walks. Just remember paws get cold and sharp objects may be hiding under the powder - consider putting booties on your pet's paws for added comfort.

SKIN-SAVING SOLUTIONS: Many pets get dry skin during the winter season. When they do need a bath, try using a petfriendly moisturizing shampoo to help keep their skin healthy and pH-balanced.

In addition, a pet emergency preparedness kit should be packed and contain the supplies needed to help keep your pet fed, warm and secure in the event of emergency conditions such as blizzards and extreme cold weather. Items like a sweater, insulated vest, paw booties or wax, pet-safe ice melt and a heated bed or pad can all help head off risks associated with cold weather.

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“Larger and longhaired pets can usually tolerate cold weather for longer periods of time, and even though you might bundle up, your pet has a long, thick coat prepared for long winter walks.”

A trained dog is a happy dog.

Emergencies can also create circumstances for pets to become separated from their families. In addition to ensuring your pet is wearing a tag with your cell phone number along with microchipping and registering him or her with current contact information, also tuck a copy of your pet's vaccination and medical records, veterinary contact information and a current photo of your pet in your emergency kit.

Keeping your pet well-fed through an emergency also requires advanced planning. Store a one-week supply of food in a waterproof container, along with bottled water, portable bowls, a manual can opener (if your pet eats canned food) and a list of feeding routines and behavioral considerations in case someone else must take over care.

Also be sure to gather any other care items your pet may require, such as puppy pads, waste bags, litter box supplies and calming spray.

Find more advice for keeping your pet safe this winter at PetSmart.com. ®

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WHAT MAKES BALD (EAGLES) BEAUTIFUL?

By Katherine Uhler, Director

Pocono Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education Center www.poconowildlife.org

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f you haven’t stood outside, with a bitter wind threatening to solidly freeze your ears and nose, scanning river and trees on the banks, searching and watching, you haven’t felt it.

If you haven’t watched the massive raptor weighing up to 14 pounds with a 7 foot wingspan soar overhead, you haven’t felt it. Why do people spend money, time and energy traveling along the Delaware and Lackawaxen in the dead of winter to glimpse a bird? The first time you see a live Bald eagle you’ll know.

When I was in high school, we had no viable Bald Eagle population in Pennsylvania or New York. The pesticide DDT concentrated in the bodies of raptors, particularly fish-eating ones, and caused their eggshells to be so thin that they collapsed under the weight of the incubating parent bird. The few eagles that called our region home could not produce young. DDT had been banned, and its levels were diminishing in the environment, but these large top-level predators needed our help.

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“Picture the twenty year old woman hauling deer in the trunk of her 1968 Beetle…”

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While I was a student at East Stroudsburg University, wildlife biologists in New York State began the ambitious and relatively new practice of “hacking” Bald eagles in an effort to restore the population. Hacking, or “hand rearing to independence”, is the practice of taking nestling birds from a healthy population, and raising them to release under conditions as close to wild as possible.

Almost 200 eaglets over 13 years were raised and released in New York State by biologists and researchers. They came from Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Alaska, as well as birds at a captive-breeding facility in Maryland. Professor Larry Rymon and his students were doing the same with ospreys here. The question was not so much whether the birds could survive; that was known from rehabilitation efforts with orphaned birds for decades. What was not known was whether birds of prey “imprint” on their historic site or on the site where they were raised, to return and breed. Eaglets were also provided fostering by the state’s only breeding pair of eagles whose own eggs had failed.

In 1980, the first birds released in 1976 nested near Watertown, New York. By 1989 there were 10 breeding pairs of Bald eagles in New York, and the hacking project ended successfully. During this time, New York’s Bald eagles would migrate south into Pennsylvania during the winter and could be spotted on the Delaware River north of Shawnee to Milford and on the Lackawaxen River. As a college student I was fascinated by the research and had the opportunity to help by hauling road-killed deer onto the ice-covered river (in those days the river was icier) to entice the scavenging eagles into the open where they could be studied. Picture the twenty year old woman hauling deer in the trunk of her 1968 Beetle….

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I will never forget the first time I spotted a live Bald eagle.

The bird was enormous, her wingspan longer than the deer I had placed on the ice on the Delaware about 100 feet from a boat launch. I was so cold I couldn’t feel my toes. My eyes were tearing from standing where there was no protection from the wind, but I couldn’t move. She was an immature bird, two or three years old, brown with white splotches. Just as I was ready to tear myself away to return to the “warmth” of my Beetle, an adult bird landed on the ice less than 10 feet from the younger bird. His head and tail were so white they nearly disappeared against the ice. I thought I was going to witness a fight, but instead, after some posturing by the older bird accompanied not by the screams we hear on television (which are sound-tracks of hawks) but “chirps”, the younger, but larger bird decided that discretion was the better part of valor, and shared his meal with the adult.

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and strict protection. No doubt you have seen pictures and video of these impressive birds, but there is absolutely no substitute for seeing our national symbol in the flesh. My husband and I have had the opportunity to work with only a few of these magnificent raptors, and they possess, in addition to immense power, an inner strength and soul that is indescribable.

Looking into the eyes of a Bald eagle one can sense the supremacy held by this monarch of the sky. I urge everyone to take a drive up the Delaware before the ice recedes and the eagles return to their more secluded nesting areas. Information on best sighting areas can be obtained by contacting Monroe County Conservation District, Pocono Environmental Education Center, or The Eagle Institute in Lackawaxen (570-685-5960), www.eagleinstitute.org. I recommend a visit to The Eagle Institute’s website because it includes maps, viewing areas, rules of eagle watching etiquette, and basic information about Bald eagles that will make your day more interesting and your experience richer and more successful. Now is the time for your trip. Bald IS beautiful! ®

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“Not only are we blessed with winter Bald eagles migrating south into PA from NY and Canada, we have approximately 200 breeding pairs of our own in the Commonwealth thanks to the efforts of our own biologists and strict protection.”

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ICE FISHING “HOT SPOTS” IN THE POCONOS Courtesy of Pocono Living Magazine

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ce fishing is probably one of the oldest winter sports in the Poconos. Perhaps the reason is because there are so many lakes in the Poconos suitable for Ice Fishing. In the early 1900’s, many lakes were created when streams were dammed for the Ice Harvesting Industry in the Poconos.

Huge blocks of ice were cut from the frozen lakes, packed in saw dust and shipped by railroad cars to Philadelphia and New York. Once that industry declined with electric refrigeration in the 1940’s, the lakes were enjoyed for swimming and boating in the summertime and Ice Fishing in the winter.

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The sport can be as simple as a few tip-ups, some buckets and a sled, to as deluxe as a fully outfitted and heated “Ice Shanty” with wet bar and satellite T.V. (Remember the movie, “Grumpy Old Men” with Jack Lemmon & Walter Matthau?)

If you have never experienced the sport, it is certainly worth investing a few dollars for the minimal gear you will need to have some great winter fun. It’s all about the tug on the line, or the flag springing up, and then finding your surprise catch on the end of the line. And, even if you leave at the end of the day with only a few fish, it is really the chase that matters, and not the catch! Happy Fishing! ®

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FIND THE RIGHT TOOLS FOR FIGHTING WINTER WEATHER H

omeowners are accustomed to using salt to clear ice from sidewalks and driveways in the winter. But you might be surprised to learn that there are different types of salt, and that each type has different melting properties.

Rock salt is the old standby. It is the most economical choice and easily melts ice in temperatures down to 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Calcium chloride is another common ice-melting salt. It works well in colder temperatures, but it requires special handling to prevent harm to skin and delicate interior surfaces when it is tracked inside on shoes.

Magnesium chloride may be the best salt to use in very cold temperatures. It is effective in temperatures down to minus 15 degrees, yet it is gentle to skin, vegetation and concrete. It also produces minimal residue, so it is less likely to be tracked indoors, and if it is, it is easily cleaned up with water.

“All ice melters work in basically the same way, by using something known as ‘freezing point depression,’ basically meaning that the point at which water freezes has been lowered,” says Jerry Poe, technical director for North American Salt Company, which markets a number of magnesium chloride products in its line of Safe Step residential ice melters. Poe says magnesium chloride works better in colder temperatures than traditional rock salt, making it the right choice in extreme weather. In fact, many highway departments rely on magnesium chloride to keep roads and highways safe and traffic moving.

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“All ice melters work in basically the same way, by using something known as ‘freezing point depression,’ basically meaning that the point at which water freezes has been lowered.”

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Because magnesium chloride is a liquid in its natural form, it dissolves quickly to make a brine.

The brine spreads through the melting ice, breaking the ice’s bond with the driveway or sidewalk. It also works for longer periods of time compared to many other ice melters.

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Pet owners may find magnesium chloride especially helpful when clearing ice and snow because it doesn’t burn paws that have become cracked in cold temperatures. Magnesium chloride flakes also dissolve so quickly that they don’t solidify, so the ice melter is less likely to clump in fur between your pet’s pads. ®

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BLUE MOUNTAIN SKI AREA 12 LIFTS ~ 37 TRAILS ~ VERTICLE 1082’

Ski or Ride PA’s highest vertical with 37 trails (3 new for this year including Glade skiing and a children’s learning trail)! Blue has the regions only BigAirBag (a huge air-filled pad cushions the landing for aerial maneuvers) and six and four passenger high speed lifts. Five awesome terrain parks for all abilities. 21 tubing slides. Groups welcome.

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THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE

THE MOUNTAINS FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

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Celebrate the holidays surrounded by great company and even better cuisine in the Pocono Mountains. From romantic dinners by candlelight to farm-to-table experiences, our local chefs are serving up something for every palate. Visit PoconoMountains.com to see all of our mouth-watering dining options and make your reservation.

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CAMELBACK MOUNTAIN RESORT 15 LIFTS ~ 34 TRAILS ~ VERTICLE 800’

Two high speed quads, only halfpipe in area; 100% snowmaking. 100% Night Skiing; two terrain parks. Groups welcome. Snow tubing with single and double tubes.

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SHAWNEE MOUNTAIN

11 LIFTS ~ 18 TRAILS ~ VERTICLE 700’ Family and Beginner Friendly. Shawnee is also the closet ski area to Metro NYC and New Jersey. With 23 trails, New High Speed Quad, Terrain Parks and Snow Tubing, Premier Learning Center and 100% Snowmaking.

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SHAWNEE MOUNTAIN

11 LIFTS ~ 18 TRAILS ~ VERTICLE 700’ Family and Beginner Friendly. Shawnee is also the closet ski area to Metro NYC and New Jersey. With 23 trails, New High Speed Quad, Terrain Parks and Snow Tubing, Premier Learning Center and 100% Snowmaking. Shawnee is Winter Fun. Minutes Away.

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EVENTS AT THE POCONO ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTER THIS FEBRUARY & MARCH CROSS COUNTRY SKIING

Saturday, February 2 – 10:00am-12:00pm Saturday, February 23 – 10:00am-12:00pm $20 adult / $10 child • Bridge the Gap: Free Admission* Saturday, February 9 – 9:00am-12:00pm Enjoy the winter woods with beginner ski lessons. Learn the basics of cross country skiing and practice on our campus. Skis, poles & boots provided - register w/shoe size to guarantee a spot. *Bridge the Gap date funding provided by the William Penn Foundation.*

INTRO TO SNOWSHOEING

Sunday, February 3 – 10:00am-12:00pm Sunday, February 24 – 10:00am-12:00pm $10 Adult/ $5 Child • Bridge the Gap: Free Admission* Sunday, February 10 – 10:00am-12:00pm Learn the basics of snowshoeing and enjoy a winter walk through the woods. No experience necessary – we provide the equipment and teach you everything you need to know. Register early to reserve a pair of snowshoes & guarantee a spot. *Funding for this program is provided by the William Penn Foundation.*

ANIMAL TRACKING

Sunday, February 3 – 1:00-3:00pm • $5 Animals leave behind clues that give us glimpses into their lives.

Explore our natural areas for tracks, trails, scat, territory marks, chew marks, and other signs animals leave as they travel through the fields and forests of the Poconos.

DIY BIRDFEEDERS

Saturday, February 9 – 1:00-3:00pm • $5 Spend the morning putting together your own unique and custom bird feeder from a variety of recycled materials just in time for spring. We’ll provide everything you need, but you are welcome to bring your own supplies.

ECOZONE DISCOVERY ROOM!

Sunday, February 10 – 1:00-4:00pm • $2 per person Climb into a bald eagle’s nest, crawl into a bat cave, explore a beaver lodge, and dig in a fossil pit! Explore this indoor discovery room and enjoy hands-on exhibits on natural history, sustainability and the local environment. No registration required.

WINTER WONDERLAND FAMILY CAMP WEEKEND

President’s Day Weekend: February 15 -18 Adults $225 / Child, Commuter, Day Rates Available

Bring your friends and family to experience PEEC in the wintertime.

Cross country skiing, animal tracking, nature hikes, campfire and more!

Price includes three nights of lodging and meals from Friday dinner to Monday lunch. Join us for a wonderful winter weekend!

ECOZONE DISCOVERY ROOM!

February 19 – 22 – 1:00-4:00pm $2 per person/ Free for any teacher with a school ID Climb into a bald eagle’s nest, crawl into a bat cave, explore a beaver lodge, and dig in a fossil pit! Explore this indoor discovery room and 60 POCONO LIVING MAGAZINE© FEBRUARY/MARCH 2019

enjoy hands-on exhibits on natural history, sustainability and the local environment. No registration required.

EAGLE WATCH

Saturday, February 23 – 9:00am-3:00pm • $20 Join us on a trip north in search of eagles and other rare wintering birds. Visit the Mongaup Reservoir, the Delaware River, & the Delaware Highlands Conservancy to look for winter residents and nesting pairs. Bring a lunch, camera & warm clothes. Call to reserve a seat in the van – Maximum of 20 spaces.

COOKING WITH INSECTS

Sunday, February 24 – 1:00-3:00pm • $10 Many cultures and people across the world use insects as ingredients on a regular basis. Try your own hand at making a tasty dessert with insect based ingredients while learning how beneficial they can be. *This program is unsuitable for those allergic to shellfish*

SUGAR SHACK SCRAMBLE

Saturday, March 2 – 9:00am-12:00pm Sunday, March 3 – 9:00am-12:00pm $15 • Join us for a hike through the woods out to the “Two Saps” Sugar Shack and enjoy hot cocoa and pancakes with fresh maple syrup! Sign up for a 9am or 9:30am start time. Spaces limited!

ECOZONE DISCOVERY ROOM!

Sunday, March 3 – 1:00-4:00pm • $2 per person Climb into a bald eagle’s nest, crawl into a bat cave, explore a beaver lodge, and dig in a fossil pit! Explore this indoor discovery room and enjoy hands-on exhibits on natural history, sustainability and the local environment. No registration required.

INTRODUCTION TO ORIENTEERING

Saturday, March 16 – 10:00am-12:00pm • $5 Come learn how to use a map & compass on our orienteering course.

We’ll show you the basics before you try and find all the points. Space is limited – call early!

FIRE BUILDING

Saturday, March 16 – 1:00-3:00pm • $5 Learn some primitive and modern fire making skills. Try your hand at a flint & steel and more! Ages 10+ please.

WOODCOCK WALK

Saturday, March 23 – 6:30-8:00pm • Free oin us for a walk to see the mysterious woodcock and its spectacular springtime mating display. Bring a flashlight for better searching! Ages 10+ please.

SALAMANDERS, FROGS, AND MORE!

Sunday, March 24 – 1:00-3:00pm • $5 Amphibians are stirring in the woods! Join us as we explore nearby breeding pools for salamanders, frogs, and egg masses.

We’ll provide nets and collection jars for gentle, up-close study.

Wear boots and clothes that can get muddy or wet.

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Mobile Mammography Coach.

This is hope on wheels.

Coming to a town near you.

The Dale and Frances Hughes Cancer Center is driving 3D screening mammography to women across our region. Women now have an even more convenient way to receive their annual screening mammogram. We’ll be in Tobyhanna, Brodheadsville, Stroudsburg and other Monroe County neighborhoods.

Where’s the Mobile Mammography Coach next?

Visit LVHN.org/MammoCoach or call 888-402-LVHN.

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