Service to Consider Listing Fisher

The fisher, a medium-sized forest predator in the weasel family that once ranged throughout the forests of Washington, Oregon and California, will be studied to determine whether it should be considered for protection under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today. Click Here for Q&As.

The Service has completed an initial, 90-day review of a petition submitted by 20 environmental groups seeking to list the fisher as endangered in its West Coast range within the three states. The Service now will conduct a comprehensive study