A few years ago, someone had the bright idea to reestablish lynx in the spruce-fir country of the Adirondack High Peaks. Participant lynx were obtained from the northen part of British Columbia, physiographically very distinct from the Adirondacks. The kidnaped lynx immediately fled their new home, with animals recovered from as far away as Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. Obviously, they knew they did not belong in the Adirondacks. More recently, a project was launched to establish river otter populations in west central New York.
Otters are abundant in other areas of the state, and they are decidedly nomadic.
Maybe they know something about west central New York that the managers do not. Many northeastern states have been involved in wild turkey restoration efforts. Birds have been trapped in areas with high population densities and transferred to areas where they had not yet become established. This, however, was being done at a time when much of the Northeast was reverting to pre-Revolutionary conditions, with buildups in populations of wildlife species that thrive in forests. The range of species such as turkey, black bear, and fisher continues to expand.