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NRTI as we knew it is no more, and I don't know what will happen in the future. Technically, I'm still employed by the College, though am enjoying a paid hiatus, and working on everything I couldn't work on when I was spending 70 hours a week running the Program, like cleaning up from the tornado that hit, what, 7 years ago now? I'm also commissioned with a nearby county agency, actually answering to one of the more popular instructors, so I'm still trying to keep my hand in.

I'll continue to post information and news from grads and friends, and also want to keep current with LE news and references.

My College phone and e-mail are pretty much out of service, so I'll be setting up yet another account , so we can stay in touch.

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Fisher Release

A small predator with musk glands in its feet.


OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK
Twelve More Fishers Released In Park
One of the newly-released fishers peeks out of his box before
venturing forth. Photo by Debbie Preston.



Twelve fishers were released last Thursday in Olympic National Park, continuing a three-year effort to reintroduce the animal to Washington State.  Eight were released in the Graves Creek drainage of the Quinault valley and four in the Bogachiel valley. 

About the size of a cat, fishers are members of the weasel family, and are native to the forests of Washington, including the Olympic Peninsula.  The species vanished from the state decades ago because of over-trapping in the late 1800s and early 1900s and habitat loss and fragmentation.



Photo by Ludmila Pilecka
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