Live trapping sessions resulted in several animals which were collared with AVM and Holohill transmitters. For several months these animals were tracked and locations were recorded.


Telemetry session on one of the major logging
roads leading into Weymouth area.

Hairsnags are used to collect hairsamples for genetic research in order to proof marten presence.


This female animal was collared in January 2003 and found back several months later while she was resting in her den.

Several years ago the Wildlife Division of Nova Scotia's Department of Natural Resources started a fieldstudy to determine the habitat use and distribution of one of it's endangered species, the Pine Marten (Martes americana). Weymouth area in the south of the province and the more rugged Cape Breton Highlands in the north were used as the two major study area's including 12 different research sites.




"Hairsnag-team" on Kelly's Mountain, CB Highlands


"Livetrap crew", Bell Lake area, CB Highlands

Snowdrifts along the skidoo tracks on Highland Road