Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
ZACH WILSON, with the Iron County Land and Water Conservation Department, shows Hurley students a map of cedar and hemlock stands in Iron County where American marten are often found at the end of a day of field work in the county's study of the animal. The participants included, from left, junior Jack Strand, Wilson, sophomore Joe Messer, junior Troy Erspamer and senior Devin Colassaco.
By RICHARD JENKINS
HURLEY — Another year of field worked wrapped up Wednesday in the ongoing study of Iron County’s American marten population, with Hurley students exploring the area near Island Lake Road for fresh tracks.
Marten, a member of the weasel family, are endangered in Wisconsin. Males weigh from just over one and a half pounds to almost three pounds and measure roughly 2 feet, while female marten weigh around one and a half pounds and are 18-22 inches long.
The study of county’s American marten — a different animal from the better known Pine marten — is...
