Yreka FWO Summer/Fall 2018 newsletter

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Yreka FWO Summer/Fall 2018 newsletter

In our first-ever edition of the Yreka FWO newsletter, we present a selection of short articles on a variety of topics, from restoration to connecting people with nature to  a species spotlight on Siskiyou Mountains salamander.

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Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office
The Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office (Yreka FWO) is an Ecological Services Office in Siskiyou County, northern California and located a few miles south of the Oregon border. Our office supports conservation work within the Shasta-Trinity and Klamath National Forests and adjoining private lands...
Conservation Office
Yreka,CA
Program
A rocky shoreline of a river. The water is calm. Mist and green branches line the river.
The Ecological Services Program works to restore and protect healthy populations of fish, wildlife, and plants and the environments upon which they depend. Using the best available science, we work with federal, state, Tribal, local, and non-profit stakeholders, as well as private land owners, to...
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Baileys Crossroads,VA
Species
a brown salamander with large dark eyes on a flat rock covered in leaves

ESA status: not listed, at risk (May 2021)

The Siskiyou Mountains salamander is a completely terrestrial, medium- sized, slender-bodied salamander with short limbs and a dorsal stripe. This species is found in or near talus (loose surface rock) and fissured rock...

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Animalia
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a close up photo of a fisher's face

ESA status: endangered (Southern Sierra Nevada, June 2020); not listed (Northern California/Southern Oregon, June 2020)

Fishers are medium-sized mammals in the same family as weasels, mink, martens and otters. They have a light brown to black fur coat, with white...

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Animalia
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Pacific Southwest