PORTLAND, Ore.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced today that the Humboldt marten will receive protection as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act. The decision comes after ...

Once common along the West Coast in Northern California and Oregon, the Humboldt martens’ population has dwindled due to logging and trapping. This led Fish and Wildlife to propose the “threatened” ...

Humboldt martens are elusive, cat-sized members of the weasel family. Once common in coastal forests in Northern California and Oregon, the population was decimated by widespread trapping and logging ...