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Citizen Science Projects
- Fisher Nest Project. Friends of Elk River volunteers went deep into the forest to create nesting dens for rare, elusive Pacific Fishers. These mink-like predators need extensive tracts of old-growth forest with dense canopies, large trees, snags, and down logs. Radio-tagged fishers have been known to occupy a home range of 75 square kilometers. They nest in tree cavities and their diet includes shrews, squirrels, hares, muskrat, porcupine, beaver, birds, carrion, truffles and fruit.
The Bush administration announced that the Pacific fisher warrants protection under the Endangered Species Act, but is precluded by other higher priority listing actions. Only 6 fishers have been positively identified in Oregon.
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- Marbled Murrelet Forest Surveys. Since 1991, Survey-certified FOER members have surveyed timber sale areas for these threatened seabirds, to protect their habitat. Read the story behind the surveys, the birds’ life history, and 1998 survey summary
- Survey & Manage Species Surveys. Survey-certified FOER members take volunteer
groups into forests to locate at-risk rare terrestrial mollusks and amphibians. See
FOER’s Wildlife Surveyor’s Guide to Terrestrial Mollusk and Amphibian
Species of Concern
- Timber Sale Monitoring. Since 1974 FOER has monitored all U.S. Forest Service
management activities in Elk River watershed
- Water quality monitoring. FOER has 10 years of scientific base-line data, should it
be needed for litigation if herbicides are misapplied near waterways
Special Projects
- Watershed Tours. Monthly wilderness hikes led by members knowledgeable in the
area’s ecology and history
- Annual Riparian Tree Planting. Each spring since 1985 FOER has coordinated
volunteers to plant trees and shrubs along the banks of Elk River
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Contact us to participate in any of our scheduled activities.
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