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Pacific Fisher Update

Series: April 2010 - Isla Earth Radio Series
From: Pat Maxwell
Length: 00:01:30

It’s stocky and dark brown with a long bushy tail, and fur softer than a mink’s. Meet the Pacific Fisher. This handsome, otter-like critter related to weasels and wolverines is considered one of the rarest carnivores in the Pacific Northwest. Read the full description.
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Isla_earth_inlay It’s stocky and dark brown with a long bushy tail, and fur softer than a mink’s. Meet the Pacific Fisher. This handsome, otter-like critter related to weasels and wolverines is considered one of the rarest carnivores in the Pacific Northwest. Trapping decimated their numbers through the early 1930s, and logging and development have since kept their numbers very low. Like any carnivore, the Pacific Fisher is important to maintaining a healthy ecosystem...

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It’s stocky and dark brown with a long bushy tail, and fur softer than a mink’s. Meet the Pacific Fisher. This handsome, otter-like critter related to weasels and wolverines is considered one of the rarest carnivores in the Pacific Northwest. Trapping decimated their numbers through the early 1930s, and logging and development have since kept their numbers very low. Like any carnivore, the Pacific Fisher is important to maintaining a healthy ecosystem...

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