Hanging with Forest our rescued and adorable American pine marten! 🥰 Pine martens are solitary animals and prefer to live alone. In the wild, during breeding season, males will travel long distances to find a mate. Soon after, the martens will part ways and the female will raise the young on her own. | Northwest Trek Wildlife Park

What kind of habitat is best for a chance to spot a state-endangered American marten? It's something VFWD furbearer technician and University of Idaho grad student Katie Stiles has thought a lot about for her wildlife camera study of Vermont's martens. Katie's cameras are spread across high elevations in the Green Mounains, in a range of habitat types because of how her sampling method works. In our last video you saw Katie setting up a camera in fairly open hardwoods. But in this clip, we're at

American marten Forest keeps cool with frozen mice treats! ☀️ With the warm temperatures this week, our animal care teams provide animals with plenty of cool treats- including popsicles and ice blocks. The animals also have plenty of shaded areas, fresh water, misters, and pools throughout their habitats. 📷: Keeper Rebecca | Northwest Trek Wildlife Park

At the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioner’s meeting in July 2022, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Bureau of Wildlife Management was directed to develop an American marten reintroduction and management plan. Tune in to the board’s meeting this afternoon, to hear an update on the plan ➡️ www.youtube.com/user/PAGameCommission. The American marten, a member of the weasel family, is an agile climber and was a long-time native resident to Pennsylvania prior to extirpation soon after the turn o