Adorable and Feisty Humboldt Marten Faces Extinction From Pot Cultivation, Climate Change
The Humboldt marten—a rare, house cat-sized cousin to the weasel found in old-growth forests in northern California and Oregon—is being driven to the brink of extinction due to over-trapping, deforestation, road construction, wildfires, climate change and even pesticides associated with marijuana cultivation, the Associated Press reported. In recent years, a number of conservation organizations, including […]