In a fight to save one of Oregon’s rarest animals, the Center for Biological Diversity has asked a federal judge to protect threatened coastal martens from large off-road vehicle events in the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. The small coastal marten population, once thought extinct until rediscovered in the 1990s, faces serious threats from off-road vehicle (ORV) use in their dune habitat. With only about 70 martens living in the Oregon Dunes, scientists warn that losing just two or three animals per year could wipe out the entire local population. “These noisy, out-of-control events wreak havoc on Oregon’s precious martens … Continue reading Oregon Coastal Martens Face Extinction as ORV Events Threaten All 70 in Critical Habitat