This is great short video that will help forest professionals conserve denning habitat for black bears in their operations in coastal forests.

Retaining effective bear dens in the working forest is easy to achieve WITHOUT affecting timber supply. Every cutblock on Crown land in BC is required by law to have 3.5 to 7% of its area preserved as Wildlife Tree Retention Areas. Make bear dens the anchor of the WTRA. Easy!

Fisher populations are declining in central BC Canada due to habitat loss and accelerated by trapping bycatch mortality. Our study suggests that unless bycatch is eliminated, fishers will become extirpated from central BC within 2 decades. bit.ly/esr_49_1

How different are the 2 fisher populations in BC? We followed 100 radio-tagged fishers to see. Survival wasn’t different, but reproduction was much lower in the Columbian pop. This resulted in a declining Columbian and a stable to increasing Boreal pop. wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jw…

📢Join us for the next International Martes Symposium in Scotland in September 2023! 📢 Do you have any research or news you'd like to share? Abstract submission is now open until 31st December. Find out more: martesworkinggroup.org/martes-symposi…

VWT, Martes Working Group, Forestry and Land Scotland and Cairngorms Connect are excited to be organising the next International Martes Symposium in Scotland in September 2023! Do you have any research you'd like to share? Abstract submission is now open until 31st December! ➡️ martesworkinggroup.org/martes-symposi…

Are you interested in presenting an oral presentation or poster at the International Martes Symposium next year and could benefit from support with travel and/or accommodation costs? 5 travel grants of up to £500 are available. Find out more➡️ martesworkinggroup.org/martes-symposi…

Do you have any Martes research or news that you'd like to share at the International Martes Symposium in Scotland next September? Make sure to submit your abstract by 31st December! Find out more: martesworkinggroup.org/martes-symposi…

Who's excited for the International Martes Symposium next year?!🙌 Join us in Scotland to catch up on the latest Martes research and news. Have some research you'd like to share? Submit your abstract to by 31st December! Registration opens in the new year. martesworkinggroup.org/martes-symposi…

📢 Registration is now open for the 8th International Martes Symposium! 📢   Join us in Aviemore, Scotland, to hear the latest news and research on Martes species from across the globe, plus enjoy a field trip and social activities! 
Register now 👉 eventbrite.ca/e/8th-internat…

Interested to hear all the latest research and news on Martes species from around the world? 📢 Register now to take advantage of early bird tickets for the 8th International Martes Symposium this September! 👉 Register at tinyurl.com/2fj93uw5

Log-along-it-scampers

Back to the drawing board! A trial which installed nest boxes for fishers in Minnesota has found that whilst fishers investigated the boxes, they failed to use them for breeding, as hoped. Similar boxes have proved popular with pine martens in Europe. timberjay.com/stories/study-…

🚨 Only 1 week left to register for the Martes Symposium!! 👇

Scot Yaeger and I on our way to #Martes2023 and see some great presentations and posters from Martes biologists from around the world! Martes Working Group

Great discussions in the field among delegates at #Martes2023 about the challenges of land management on estate lands in Scotland. Martes Working Group

A fantastic time with Martes colleagues in the Cairngorms landscape, learning about the efforts to keep pine martens and other critters as part of this amazing area #Martes2023 Martes Working Group