Coastal Tailed Frog

The Coastal Tailed Frog (Ascaphus truei) is a unique amphibian with a restricted range that relies on old-growth forest ecosystems for its survival. Increased logging, climate change, and disturbance to habitat threaten this tiny, silent frog.

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Pacific fisher

The Pacific fisher (Martes pennanti), an ecologically important forest carnivore, lives in low elevation old-growth forests of the northern United States and Canada.

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Franklin's Bumblebee

Like humans who need appetizers, main courses and dessert, bees need a variety of wildflowers to choose from to thrive through the summer. Climate change and destruction of habitat decrease both the range and availability of the Franklin’s favorite flowers.

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Humboldt Marten

Cat-sized with a luxurious light-brown coat, yellowish chest “bib”, triangular ears and a long tail, the Humboldt marten is a member of the weasel family and a subspecies of the American marten.

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Green Sturgeon

Green Sturgeon are truly a prehistoric creature, possessing a skeleton that is more cartilage than bone and rows of bony plates for protection rather than scales.

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Marbled Murrelet

The marbled murrelet (Brachyeamphus marmoratus) is a pacific seabird that nests in trees in older coastal forests in North America and Asia.

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Pacific lamprey

Pacific lamprey (Lampetra tridentata) is a parasitic eel-like species that has no true jaw, bones or fins.

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Red Tree Vole

The red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) is a small rodent found in the coastal mountains and western Cascades of Oregon.

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Wolverine

North American wolverines have been listed as a threatened species in Oregon by the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife since 1989. In December 2000, KS Wild and a coalition of groups, led by the Center for Biological Diversity, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to list this wildlands-dependent forest carnivore.