Pennsylvania Game Commission looking to reintroduce American Marten

Pantheraman

Well-Known Member
"The Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking to reintroduce a mammal that is rarely seen in the forests of Pennsylvania: the American Marten.

The Marten are small and agile members of the weasel family, according to the ZooAmerica website. They prefer mixed wood forests, which provide important prey habitat, protection from predators as well as denning sites. They are considered omnivores and feed off berries and insects as well as small mammals and birds."

https://www.pahomepage.com/news/pen...3pqDsToc6l5HiihgzP9jA18o_ZxUsmnllEj9vwULiRg8U

I'm glad to see them doing this. The comments I've seen regarding this from the hunting community are pretty sad, to be honest. They often speak of how this will be the end of small game in the state, Of course, then again, what do I expect at this point?

As someone else on here said before, these people simply want to be the sole and exclusive predators of game species, and they're not willing to share that position with canids, felids, and in this case, mustelids.
 
Glad to see this. How much appropriate habitat is there in Pennsylvania? Here in Wisconsin there's barely any martens left because they only inhabit boreal forest. I don't think there's any of that in Pennsylvania, so what habitat are they using there?
 
Glad to see this. How much appropriate habitat is there in Pennsylvania? Here in Wisconsin there's barely any martens left because they only inhabit boreal forest. I don't think there's any of that in Pennsylvania, so what habitat are they using there?
In much of their former Eastern US range, American martens were living in deciduous forest. If they're anything like European pine martens, I'd assume patch size has a greater impact on their ability to live in an area than forest type.
 
Back
Top