The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing updates to fisher and marten trapping seasons beginning in 2026-2027. The updates would expand fisher and marten trapping ...

A fisher was spotted near Cleveland for the first time in nearly 200 years, signaling the species' return to Ohio. Fishers are carnivorous members of the weasel family, not cats, and were eliminated ...

The Pennsylvania Game Commission released fishers from New York and New Hampshire throughout the state in the mid-1990’s. The agency is considering a fisher trapping season as part of the management ...

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. I am a conservation biologist with a specific interest in wildlife. Last April I wrote and submitted a paper to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board ...

Fisher management has been a growing source of controversy, with a call by some groups to end trapping of the species, while FWP and other groups support a small quota and cite habitat rather than ...