USA: Enviros petition to protect Fisher’s of the old growth

The small native population of fishers in the northern Rockies has
been supplemented with fishers that were introduced from British
Columbia and the Midwest.

But even with that effort to increase the population, the status of fishers in the northern Rockies remains precarious. As a result, the petitioners seek to protect and restore fishers and their habitat across the region necessary to ensure their survival.

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Northern Rockies fisher was thrown a potential lifeline today when
four conservation groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
to protect the population under the Endangered Species Act. “With
their dependence on old-growth forests, fishers have special habitat
needs that are not covered by our existing plans and policies that
protect grizzly bears, wolves, or elk, for example,” said Gary
Macfarlane of Friends of the Clearwater. “Adding fishers to the list
of threatened or endangered species will help ensure that another
vital component of our Northern Rockies natural heritage is
protected.”

“The fisher is an elusive and fascinating animal that as a top-level
predator plays an important role in forests of the northern Rockies,”
said Noah Greenwald, biodiversity program director at the Center for
Biological Diversity.

“The fisher in the northern Rockies absolutely
needs the protection of the Endangered Species Act to survive.” The
petitioners include Defenders of Wildlife, Friends of the Clearwater,
Friends of the Bitterroot, and Center for Biological Diversity.

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