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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2018 On the hunt for a rare Sierra Nevada red fox Hikers and campers report sightings By KYLE SPURR The Bulletin BEND — In a dense forest at the base of Mount Bachelor, two wildlife biologists slowly walked toward a small cage trap they hoped would contain a rare red fox species. Jamie Bowles, an Oregon Depart- ment of Fish and Wildlife tech- nician in Bend, and Tim Hiller, founder of the Montana-based Wildlife Ecology Institute, stepped carefully as branches crunched under their feet. For the past year, the state wildlife agency and Hiller’s organization have worked together to trap and place radio collars on Sierra Nevada red foxes, a rarely seen subspecies recently discovered roaming in the Oregon Cascades. Officials have no idea how many live in Oregon, and fewer than 100 live in Northern California. On the sunny Friday morn- ing in June, the trap was empty, as were two other traps the biologists set near Mount Bachelor. “This is a typical day for us,” Bowles said. “Not having anything in the traps.” But the past year has been a success for their efforts to study the Sierra Nevada red fox, which they began researching in 2012. When a fox was trapped and given a radio collar in May 2017, it was hailed as a first for Oregon wildlife biologists, who suspected the small mam- mals were here, but had little proof. Since, six more have been captured and given collars. Last month, Bowles collared three in one week, two of them in one day. In addition, hikers and campers have steadily reported Sierra Nevada red fox sight- ings in the last 12 months. The collars, programed to stay on the foxes for one year, track the foxes as they move through the area. Data shows the collared foxes stay in an 8-mile radius near Mount Bach- elor. The biologists believe the foxes have become comfort- able around people and are rely- ing on being fed or are rummag- ing for food in dumpsters at the Mount Bachelor ski area. Their reliance is not safe for them or people and their pets, Joe Kline/The Bulletin Andy Tullis/The Bulletin A Sierra Nevada red fox wanders near Mount Bachelor, west of Bend. Bowles said. The foxes can carry diseases, such as rabies. “This is not ideal that they are foraging for food out of the trash cans or begging for food,” Bowles said. “These foxes seem to be resort foxes.” Outside of the Mount Bachelor area, more people are reporting sightings of the Sierra Nevada red foxes. Peo- ple are seeing them in the high elevations mountains, such as the Three Sisters Wilder- ness, but also in lower ele- vations areas in Tumalo and Terrebonne. Citizen reports are helpful for the biologists. The foxes were thought to only live in high elevation above 4,500 feet. Bowles and Hiller have 16 traps set in various eleva- tions across the region where the foxes have been seen. “We are finding them in places we didn’t expect to find them,” Bowles said. A huge component of the study is learning more about their range and dispersal, the biologists said. “We want to know what habitat they are utilizing,” Bowles said. “Both in the (2) (-) (-) (6) (-) (8) (9) (10) (12) (13) (-) (20) (-) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) KATU KOMO KING KOIN KIRO KGW KRCW KOPB KPTV KPDX KCPQ TBS KZJO ESPN ESPN2 NICK DISN FAM FMC LIFE ROOT FS1 SPIKE COM HIST A&E TLC DISC NGEO TNT AMC USA FOOD HGTV FX CNN FNC CNBC BRAV TCM SYFY RFD (2) (4) (5) (-) (7) (-) (3) (10) (12) (-) (13) (20) (22) (29) (30) (31) (32) (34) (35) (36) (38) (39) (43) (44) (45) (46) (47) (48) (49) (50) (51) (52) (53) (54) (56) (57) (58) (61) (63) (64) (65) (162) 6 PM Alder and Maple Saw Logs & Standing Timber Northwest Hardwoods • Longview, WA LifeCare expect your ambulance costs to be covered. $59 per year protects your family* from needless worry. $ ONLY 59 Contact: John Anderson • 360-269-2500 00* In honor of July 4th, The Daily Astorian’s offices in Astoria and Seaside will be CLOSED WEDNESDAY, JULY 4 PAPER DELIVERY WILL PROCEED AS USUAL Have a safe holiday! 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The museum has 13 trail cameras set up to capture video of animals, including the Sierra Nevada red fox. The museum hosts an edu- cational program for local WANTED WHEN THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS THE DAILY ASTORIAN A high, mid and low elevation now that we know they have dispersed lower.” When the study began in 2012, it relied on trail cam- eras and fur and scat collec- tion. The initial work found the foxes living in the Oregon Cascades including Mount Jef- ferson and Mount Washington. It gave the biologists an area to set traps and begin tracking the foxes. Each trap consists of bait, usually pieces of roadkill deer, to lure the foxes. The study is funded through federal grants and support from various agencies. Hiller esti- Jamie Bowles, a wildlife tech with the Oregon De- partment of Fish and Wild- life, uses an antenna to pick up signals from radio collared Sierra Nevada red foxes near Mount Bachelor. children and their families that allows them to take home a trail camera for six weeks and capture images of passing animals. Last year, one family in the program captured valuable footage of a Sierra Nevada red fox in the lower elevation of Dry Canyon in Redmond. Jon Nelson, curator of wildlife at the museum, said he regularly gets tips from people about Sierra Nevada red fox sightings. Just this week, someone reported see- ing a den. Nelson passed the tip on to the biologists. “The museum’s role has been to educate the public and increase awareness about the species,” Nelson said. “As a result, there are a lot of peo- ple in the community who are looking for them or recognize them when they see them.” DNA samples collected off the collared foxes have been sent to a laboratory at the University of California, Davis. The results confirmed the foxes are Sierra Nevada red foxes and they are living in lower elevations than origi- nally thought, Bowles said. The DNA data could con- firm if the Oregon foxes are able to breed with the Cal- ifornia foxes. If so, that could boost each region’s population. Evening listings TUESDAY J UNE 26 A - Charter Astoria/ Seaside - L - Charter Long Beach 6:30 7 PM 7:30 8 PM 8:30 9 PM 9:30 10 PM 10:30 11 PM 11:30 KATU News at 6 (N) Wheel of Fortu Fortune The Middle The Middle Black-ish Black-ish The Last Defense (N) KATU News (N) (:35) Jimmy Kimmel Jeopardy! 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