Reporter at News 5 Cleveland
ASHTABULA COUNTY, Ohio — An animal that hasn't been seen in Ohio in nearly 200 years is back. The fisher is a member of the weasel family, and it has been spotted recently in Ashtabula County.
Since Mechling's discovery in 2023, other fishers have been spotted on trail cameras and by the Ohio Division of Wildlife trail cameras. "There is also some potential for conflict with livestock. Fisher tend to want to stay away from areas where people are anyway, so we don't expect that to be a big problem but just making sure your livestock is closed up at night can be a good way to prevent any sort of conflicts with wildlife," said Dennison.
Biologists believe the animals' comeback is a good sign for Ohio's forests,"It's nice to see everything coming back, you know. The bald eagles have come back, the wild turkeys have come back, just a lot of things have come back, and the fishers are one of them," said Mechling.
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