Fisher Project

Martes pennanti

Location: Sandhill Wildlife Area (Babcock, WI) http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/Org/land/wildlife/reclands/sandhill/

Transportation: Project leaders are primary drivers, but volunteers may drive themselves

When: November-early April; leave Friday afternoons and return mid-Sunday

Volunteer Duties: Assist project leaders in setting, baiting, and checking traps; travel roads and walk transects to locate fisher sign (tracks, scat, kills)

What to Bring: Sleeping gear for the Sandhill dorm, food for the weekend, warm clothing, binoculars, camera, homework (wireless internet available), appropriate footwear for hiking

What We Are Looking For: Locating fisher tracks to determine habitat preference, and evaluating fisher scat to determine diet, handling rarely

Project Purpose: Determine habitat usage, prey preference and home range size of a recolonizing population of fishers