British Columbia Fisher Habitat and Forestry Web Module
Habitat Tools
Downloadable content with information and resources (e.g. spatial data, summary tables with quantitative management targets, and pictorial guides) to facilitate the identification, conservation, recruitment, and enhancement of fisher habitat in BC.
Find valuable information and tools needed to help you manage for fisher habitats in BC
Find valuable information and tools needed to help you manage for fisher habitats in BC
Pekania Pennanti
Fisher Ecology
Fishers (Pekania pennanti) are medium-sized carnivores that have the long thin body characteristic of the weasel family. Their fur is deep brown to black with lighter hairs around the face, neck, and shoulders.
HOME RANGE AND MOVEMENT
Fishers are solitary animals that only interact with other fishers during mating, territorial defense, or when raising young. Fishers require movement habitat to safely travel between important habitats within their home range.
Fishers require movement habitat to safely travel between important habitats within their home range, and to access new areas when dispersing. Movement habitat can be supplied by tree cover, which provides protection from above and vertical escape opportunities, and dense shrub cover that provides horizontal and vertical screening.
TRAINING RESOURCES
The BC Fisher Habitat Working Group has developed a series of videos to present information about fishers, fisher habitat, and management options to help natural resource practitioners conserve and augment key forest features specifically tailored to the different phases of timber development.
Training Resources
REFERENCE INFORMATION
This page contains links to additional reference documents including research articles and technical reports with specific information about fishers and how to manage their habitat.
Fisher Habitat Working Group
ABOUT BC FISHER HABITAT
The BC Fisher Habitat Working Group was formed in 2009 with the goal of communicating information to the people that can affect the quantity and quality of fisher habitat on the landscape across British Columbia. The working group used information from four research studies to describe important habitats and identify the amounts of these habitats required by fishers.
RESOURCE PROFESSIONALS
Find information and tools needed to help you manage for fisher habitats in BC. Please contact us if you need further assistance.
REFERENCE INFORMATION
The Fisher Habitat Working Group recognizes the Habitat Conservation Trust Foundation and the Forest Enhancement Society of British Columbia for making a significant financial contribution to support the British Columbia Fisher Habitat and Forestry Web Module.
