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. 2012 Mar 27;7(3):e32726. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032726

Table 5. Summary of data for 38 fisher translocations, 1896–2010, listed chronologically.

Release location Source location Years(s) Transloc. typea Number released (♀s) Success Statusb Purposec References
Quebec Unknown 1896–1914 I 2 (?) F IF [57]
Nova Scotia Ranch 1947–1948 R 12 (6) S Unknown [40], [79]
Wisconsin New York, Minnesota 1956–1963 R 60 (24) S PC [36], [39], [80][82]
Ontario Ontario 1956 R 25 (?) U RS [17], [56]
Ontario Ontario 1956–1963 R 97 (60) S RS [17], [56]
Montana British Columbia 1959–1960 A 36 (20) S RS,PC,RF [32], [41], [51], [83], [84]
Vermont Maine 1959–1967 R 124 (?) S PC [17], [85]
Oregon British Columbia 1961 R 11 (6) F PC [3], [86], [87]
Oregon British Columbia 1961 R 13 (8) F PC [3], [86], [87]
Michigan Minnesota 1961–1963 R 61 (19) S PC [29], [36], [88]
Idaho British Columbia 1962–1963 A 39 (19) S RS,PC [17], [89], [90], [91]
Nova Scotia Maine 1963–1966 R 80 (51) S RS,PC [79]
Wisconsin Minnesota 1966–1967 R 60 (30) S PC [80][82]
New Brunswick New Brunswick 1966–1968 R 25 (15) S RS, PC [43], [92], [93]
West Virginia New Hampshire 1969 R 23 (?) S RS,RF [42], [94]
Minnesota Minnesota 1968 R 15 (?) F PC [17], [95]
Maine Maine 1972 R 7 (3) U RS [17], [96]
Manitoba Manitoba 1972 R 4 (?) F RS [17], [97]
New York New York 1976–1979 R 43 (24) S RS [44], [98]
Oregon British Columbia, Minnesota 1977–1981 R 30 (15) S PC [3]
Colorado Unknown 1978 or 79 I 2 (1) F Unknown [99]
Ontario Ontario 1979–1981 R 55 (32) S RF [56], [100], [101]
Ontario Ontario 1979–1982 R 29 (14) S RF [56], [100], [101]
Alberta Alberta 1981–1983 R 32 (16) F RS [45], [102], [103]
British Columbia British Columbia 1984–1991 I 15 (4) F PC [104], [105]
Montana Minnesota, Wisconsin 1988–1991 R 110 (63) S RS [51], [83]
Michigan Michigan 1988–1992 R 189 (101) S RS,RF [88]
Connecticut New Hampshire, Vermont 1989–1990 R 32 (19) S RS [106][109]
Alberta Ontario, Manitoba 1990 R 17 (11) S RS,R [45], [100], [110]
British Columbia British Columbia 1990–1992 A 15 (13) S RS,R [111]
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia 1993–1995 A 14 (6) S RS [112][115]
Manitoba Manitoba 1994–1995 R 45 (21) S RS [116]
Pennsylvania New York, New Hampshire 1994–1998 R 190 (97) S RS [117]
British Columbia British Columbia 1996–1998 R 60 (36) F RS,RF [66], [67]
Nova Scotia Nova Scotia 2000–2004 A 28 (21) S RS [113], [114]
Tennessee Wisconsin 2001–2003 R 40 (20) S RS [68], [118]
Washington British Columbia 2008–2011 R 90 (50) O RS [50], [119]
California California 2009–2012 R 40 (24) O RS [120]

Additional data for these 38 translocations are included in Table S1.

a

A = augmentation, I = introduction, R = reintroduction.

b

F = failure, S = success, U = unknown outcome, O = ongoing.

c

IF = introduction of furbearer, PC = porcupine control, RS = reestablish species, RF = reestablish furbearer, R = research.