WSB: What’s the best way to detect martens?
Collecting distribution information for elusive species can be a challenge, but researchers wanted to find the best, most cost-effective way to do so. In a case ...
Pacific marten
Pacific marten populations face extinction
The Pacific marten (Martes caurina) is a mysterious little predator that lurks in remote slivers of dense forests in coastal Oregon and northern California. But ...
Student research project: LIDAR describes marten habitat
The elusive Pacific marten seeks shelter and food in the forests of the Sierra Nevada, where its populations are imperiled by habitat loss. Taking advantage of ...
Martens: More than meets the eye
Katie Moriarty has been studying members of the weasel family for the past 20 years. At a special U.S. Forest Service presentation this month, Moriarty, a research ...