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For the first time since they were hunted to regional extinction in the mid-20th century, wild fishers are reproducing in the North Cascades. A trail camera in Chelan county caught a female fisher, released as part of the ongoing reintroduction program in 2018, moving her four kits on April 18.
“Seeing one fisher kit born in the wild North Cascades is a wonder; a group of wild kits is phenomenal,” says Dave Werntz, Science and Conservation Director for Conservation Northwest. “This new family is an auspicious sign that these reintroduced fishers are finding a good home in the North Cascades.”
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Conservation groups sue government over refusal to protect wolverines
ABCNews A coalition of conservation groups has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over its decision to not protect the population of wolverines in the contiguous United States.
The wolverine, a mammal that resembles a small bear with a bushy tail, typically lives in the western mountains throughout Alaska and Canada, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, but they have also lived in habitats in the contiguous U.S.
Less than 300 wolverines now remain in the lower 48 states, where they used to roam as far south as New Mexico. Now, small, fragmented populations exist in Idaho, Montana, Washington, Wyoming and northeast Oregon, according to a press release from the Center for Biological Diversity.
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