Talking to some older trappers they tell me marten were rare in the 70s around Fort vermilion area. Lots of fisher caught, 60-70 off a 4 township line.
By the 80s marten picked up and fisher populations went down.
But the land changed too, used to be hundreds of little pond and muskrats, now there are more beaver and only dams on creeks, but these ponds are not ideal for the rats.
Now fisher are few, i only catch a couple per year on my line. My marten numbers are lower too, but no logging or heavy oilfeild in the last 20 years, so not sure what is the reason.
The land is changing for sure.
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