Center for Biological Diversity: Oregon Bans Trapping of Humboldt Martens
October 04, 2019
October 04, 2019
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 4 -- The Center for Biological Diversity issued the following news release:
In response to a petition from conservation groups, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 4-3 late Friday to protect Humboldt martens from trapping. Fewer than 200 of the martens survive in the state's coastal forests.
The new trapping guidelines ban all marten trapping west of the Interstate 5 corridor. The rules also ban all commercial and recreational mammal trapp . . .
In response to a petition from conservation groups, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission voted 4-3 late Friday to protect Humboldt martens from trapping. Fewer than 200 of the martens survive in the state's coastal forests.
The new trapping guidelines ban all marten trapping west of the Interstate 5 corridor. The rules also ban all commercial and recreational mammal trapp . . .