Wallace John talks elk, not fracking, with Times Union

As if you hadn't heard enough from the DEC this week, the Times Union ran an interview today with Wallace "Wally" John, the special assistant for natural resources to Pete Grannis and a West Shokan resident. No mention of, oh, gas drilling in the Catskills, but there is an interesting discussion about the futility of bringing elk back east:

We picked the Catskills, and started holding public meetings. And then in 2002, chronic wasting disease hit the deer population outside Rome. And that put the kibosh on everything. The federal government shut down the transport of elks across state borders. If New York ever becomes CWD-free, that would open the door for us to resume.