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About Applegater. (Jacksonville, OR) 2008-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 2011)
12 Spring 2011 Applegater FISHEr Project, a landscape-scale fuels-reduction project. We want to study the response of fisher to proposed treatments, such as ground, ladder-fuel, and canopy reduction and the potential alteration or loss of den- ning and resting habitat. We have been trapping now for one year, and are in our fourth trapping session this month. When we capture animals they are fitted with a radio telemetry collar that also has a built in GPS device that we can download data remotely. This allows us to follow animals in real time and also to remotely track their movements over several months. To date, we have captured and collared six females and four males in the Ashland watershed. We have collected an amazing amount of data that show the size of their individual McKee Bridge Day Saturday, June 11 • 10 am-4 pm Come to McKee Bridge Day, Saturday, June 11, 2011, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Help the McKee Bridge Historical Society celebrate and raise funds for the con- tinued existence of the McKee Bridge. Enjoy tri-tip BBQ by the Applegate Lions, Bake sale, Local produce & crafts, Games, Raffles, and Story telling by Janis Mohr Tipton. For more information and/or vendor space call 541-899-2927. A special history walk through the Gin Lin Mining area will showcase hydraulic mining done in 1881 along the Applegate River. A one-mile hike of easy trail with leader Janeen Sathre, 5th generation native, whose family homesteaded in the same area, will begin at the Mckee Bridge at 10:00 am. Donation required. More information contact Janeen at 541-899-1443 FrOm PAgE 1 home ranges, as well as the various habitats they use during foraging and resting. We now have critical baseline information on home range, habitat use, and the size of the local population of fisher in the Ashland wa- tershed. Our fisher will be recaptured and re-collared throughout the project in order to help us determine how they respond to our treatments. The research will assist us in designing other fuels-reduction treat- ment in southwest Oregon that will both maintain fisher habitat and reduce fire risk. David Clayton • 541-618-2054 Photo below: Rogue River Siskiyou National Forest forester Katie Schubert and KSWilds’ Joesph Vaile and “Cricket” a female fisher. Photo by David Clayton.
