A more recent tidbit.. There was a recent successful re-introduction of an animal into the parklands that was never really publicized much. The Fisher.
In 1990 twenty fishers were released a few miles east of Edmonton in the Blackfoot/Cooking Lake Recreation area. They were monitored for 2 years using radio telemetry. Most stayed in the area and to this day there are sightings east of Sherwood Park ,28 years later, which would suggest successful natural breeding. I remember talking to one of the people involved in the project and he told me they lost tracking on one of the fishers 3 miles upstream of Devon on Conjuring Creek.
So next time you are exploring, riding, or hunting around the Blackfoot grazing lease and Cooking lake area keep and eye out for a fisher.
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This country was started by voyagers whose young lives were swept away by the currents of the rivers for ten cents a day... just for the vanity of the European's beaver hats. ~ Red Bullets
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It is when you walk alone in nature that you discover your strengths and weaknesses. ~ Red Bullets
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