Marmot Recovery Foundation

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Saving the Vancouver Island Marmot

Conservationists are bringing Canada’s most endangered mammal, the Vancouver Island Marmot, back from the brink of extinction. Found on steep mountainsides and avalanche chutes, the Critically Endangered Vancouver Island Marmot is one tough rodent. However, in 2003 the entire wild population dropped below 30 individuals and extinction seemed inevitable. Instead of throwing in the towel, […]

Written by on August 22, 2018