Fishers

The coniferous forests within Alaska, Canada and the United States are home to a blackish brown weasel looking creature. Its eastern range extends as far south as New York. In the western United States, it ranges as far south as the mountainous portions of central California and Utah. Fast on the ground and in trees, it is a wonder that this animal is not better known to us. This animal is named the fisher. No …

…html) The fisher has now spread back into much of its old territory. After being introduced to Connecticut about a dozen years ago, they, now, number in the hundreds. (“Connecticut’s population of elusive fishers on the rise” 14) According to the Department of Environmental Management, in Rhode Island, fishers live in Rhode Island, but are seen rather infrequently. Their strong comeback in the United States can only be credited to their strong ability to survive.