The Vancouver Island marmot

The Vancouver Island Marmot is an endangered animal. Information gathered for the marmot says that the survival rates of amarmot have decreased and the frequency of high mortality episodes have increased. Wolves, Cougars, and Golden Eagles prey upon marmots and are responsible for significant losses at some of the colonies. The most important effest of forestry was to concentrate the population but instead it increased the risk of mortality from predation and jeopradizing the metapopulation model the vancouver island marmots have relied upon for a milennia.When clearcut logging reached higher elevations surrounding marmot colonies. The marmots learned to adapt to there new habitat. Cut forests at higher elevations resembled natural habitat for the marmot. However, this short-term gain was followed quickly by a dramatic decline in there population. Clearcut colonies had eventually re-grown by trees and other vegetation which gave the predators cover. What you can do to save the marmots is to join the save a marmot club. That way you help protect the endangered Vancouver Island Marmot every day of the year.