Conservationists strive to protect Oregon’s coastal martens

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Conservationists strive to protect Oregon’s coastal martens

On a warm day in late June, Jessica Buskirk, Alyssa Roddy, and Mark Stevens bushwack through a coastal forest just east of Gold Beach, Oregon. The three wildlife biologists carefully navigate over downed logs and duck under branches, winding through a tangle of rhododendrons.This dense, sloping forest is bound by a forest road on one side, near the confluence of two creeks.“It’s one of my favorite spots, in the heart of the home range of F11,” s…