TAKE ACTION: Protect this rare West Coast species from imminent extinction

The Pacific fisher faces imminent extinction unless it gains protection under the Endangered Species Act.

We need your help to protect the fisher now, before it’s gone forever.

A close relative of the mink, otter, and wolverine, the Pacific fisher has roamed the old-growth forests of the West Coast, from Washington state to the Sierra Nevada, for thousands of years. But fishers are nearly extinct in Washington and Oregon, and only two small populations remain in California.

Fishers have declined dramatically in recent decades, due to trapping, logging, and habitat loss. Climate change is also accelerating their decline.

Earthjustice has been fighting in court for more than a decade to protect Pacific fishers, but we need your help.

Right now, the Fish and Wildlife Service is considering extending Endangered Species Act protections to the fisher, and we need you to send in your public comment.

Recently, super-toxic rat poisons have shown up as a new threat to fishers. Eighty-five percent of fishers studied from 2012 to 2014 had rodent poisons in their blood. Thirteen fishers were found poisoned to death in California during that time.

U.S. Forest Service researchers have concluded that the southern Sierra fisher population, which is critical to the survival of the entire species, “may face imminent extinction” in the absence of increased protection.

Tell the Fish and Wildlife Service that there is no good reason this rare, forest-dwelling critter shouldn’t be protected by Endangered Species Act.

Sincerely,