Conservation of Fishers (Martes pennanti) in South-Central British Columbia, Western Washington, Western Oregon, and California-Volume I: Conservation Assessment
Lofroth EC, Raley CM, Higley JM, Truex RL, Yaeger JA, Lewis JC, Happe PJ, Finley LL, Naney RH, Hale LJ, Krause AL, Livingston SA, Myers AM, Brown RN. 2010. Conservation of Fishers (Martes pennanti) in South-Central British Columbia, Western Washington, Western Oregon, and California-Volume I: Conservation Assessment. USDI Bureau of Land Management. Denver, Colorado
This interagency conservation effort began in late 2005 in response to a 12-month status review and subsequent finding by the USDI Fish and Wildlife Service (2004) for the West Coast (Washington, Oregon, and California) Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of the fisher (Martes pennanti) stating that a listing was "...warranted but precluded by higher priority actions to amend the Lists of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants." Following this finding, federal and state agency leadership recognized the need for and potential benefits of developing a conservation assessment and strategy for the West Coast DPS. Agency leaders subsequently formed a steering committee to oversee the development of a Conservatgion Assessment (Assessment) and Conservation Strategy (Strategy) by the Interagency Fisher Biology Team. Because the range of the West Coast DPS is continguous with historical range in British Columbia, fishers will benefit from a coordinated conservation approach that includes both countries. The geographic scope of this conservation effort thus includes south-central British Columbia. The vision for the Assessment and Strategy is to provide an effective, integrated regional approach to achieve self-sustaining, interacting populations of fishers within their historical west coast range.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Lofroth, E.; Raley, C.; Higley, J.; Truex, R.; Yaeger, J.; Lewis, J.; Happe, P.; Finley, L.; Naney, R.; Hale, L.; Krause, A.; Livingston, S.; Myers, A.; Brown, R.
- Date of Issue
- 2010
- Publisher
- USDI Bureau of Land Management
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- Biology, conservation assessment, Distribution, Ecology, Fisher (Martes pennanti), Genetics, Habitat