Being an Earth Ranger means helping to Bring Back the Wild™ and that is exactly what you’ve been doing for a very special member of the weasel family. We checked in with the Nature Conservancy of Canada to see how the Newfoundland pine marten conservation project is going in this update from the field.
Looking for a Snack
While you can go to the grocery store to get food, the Newfoundland marten goes on the hunt. Depending on the season, they hunt snowshoe hares, squirrels, and bird’s eggs. Sometimes, they also munch on berries, and when they are feeling adventurous, they will even add dead animals, like road kill, to the menu. Yuck!
Marten Tracks in the Snow
Obviously, they aren’t picky eaters. With a diet this diverse, the Newfoundland pine marten is known as an ‘opportunistic forager’. Of course, there is one food that Newfoundland martens really love – meadow voles. Voles are pretty difficult to capture because they are fast and hide under the snow. But that doesn’t stop the Newfoundland pine marten. Using the spaces, or air pockets, created by fallen trees and other debris, martens are able to get under the snow and follow the vole’s scent to find them.
Home Sweet Home
Through the pine marten Bring Back the Wild™ Project, we’re helping the Nature Conservancy of Canada protect habitat on the Island of Newfoundland. By restricting hunters’ access to the area and making sure there is lots of food, like meadow voles, for the pine marten to eat we are helping to create the perfect home for this animal.
Check back next week for another update from the field when we take a look at the Spotted turtle Bring Back the Wild™ project.
Earth Rangers is a non-profit organization that works to inspire and educate children about the environment. At EarthRangers.com kids can play games, discover amazing facts, meet animal ambassadors and fundraise to protect biodiversity.
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Pine martens are so cute!
i want one as a pet and i love newfoundland and the pine marten
the pine marten is sooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!
i love them too, you are right sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute !
adorable little gys so help them all from getting traaaaaaaped!:D
you guys should not want them for pets! Instead try helping them! That would be nicer than having a pine martin as a pet!
it’s better to let them free and help save their habitat
hey they r so cute
the earth rangers came to my school and they brought Timber the NFL pine marten and we all know that Timber is cute right?!
I like to be an erath ranger
hi