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 = augmentation, I = introduction, R = reintroduction.
F = failure, S = success, U = unknown outcome, O = ongoing.
IF = introduction of furbearer, PC = porcupine control, RS = reestablish species, RF = reestablish furbearer, R = research.