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Reintroducing Fishers to the Olympic National Park

HomeConnect and ShareFind Conservation ProjectsReintroducing Fishers to the Olympic National Park

Project Description

Project Map

Publicly Accessible: Yes
County: Jefferson County, WA
Project Size:

• 1982502.0 acres

Project Sites

• Olympic Peninsula

Goals and Targets

Primary Motivations:

• Public Benefit
  
• Conservation Mission
  It is the mission of Conservation Northwest to protect and connect wildlife habitat from the Washington Coast to the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia.

Primary Goals:

• To establish a reproductive population in one of the three reintroduction areas within the Olympic Recovery Area, which includes Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest.
  Progress: We have reintroduced 38 fisher into the Olympic National Park and preparing monitoring plans to determine reproductive success at den sites.

Consistent With Plans:

• Species Recovery Plan
  
• State Wildlife Action Plan
  

Targeted Habitats:

• Forests and Woodlands
• Conifer Forests
• Western Hemlock - Western Red Cedar Forest
• Subalpine (Spruce-Fir) Forest and Woodland
• Mixed Conifer (Grand Fir/White fir/Douglas Fir/Pine) Forest
• Douglas-fir - Western Hemlock Forest
• Coastal Spruce, Port Orford Cedar or Redwood Forest
• Silver Fir - Mountain Hemlock Montane Forest
• Mixed Hardwoods and Conifer
• Big Leaf Maple, Black Oak, or White Oak with Conifer Forest

Targeted Species:

• Fisher Martes pennanti

Conservation Actions

Action	Status	Start Year	End Year
Reintroduce native species	Completed	2007	2010
Vertebrate monitoring	In Progress	2007	2010
Research	In Progress	2007	2010

Outcomes

Is the success of this project's actions being monitored? Yes

Monitoring Activities
Remote cameras will be installed to monitor fisher den activity

Lessons Learned and/or Suggestions for Similar Activities
Partnerships between NGOs and State Wildlife agencies offer great promise in promoting the recovery and conservation of endangered species.