Rare foxes spotted in Ore. may help Calif. population
By Kyle Spurr, Bend (Ore.) Bulletin
Little is known about the Sierra Nevada red fox, a rare subspecies of the small mammal of which there are fewer than 50 living in Northern California.
But a recently discovered population roaming the Oregon Cascades has excited wildlife biologists, who believe they have found a larger population.
The biologists hope to learn more about the foxes after capturing and radio-collaring two this month in a high-elevation forest near Mount Bachelor.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife and Tim Hiller, a wildlife biologist and founder of the Wildlife Ecology Institute, began studying the Sierra Nevada red fox in 2012.