Show fur bearers wiped out by forest destruction 0 fur bearing animals are naturally creatures of forest and stream and it Is interesting to note the effect forest destruction either by fire or lumbering has on the fur bearer Ami animals mals like the valuable pine marten and fisher are simply lost without green timber and you will rarely see tracks of either of these in burnt over lands or slashing foxes and coyotes as a rule quickly return to burnt over areas for the simple reason that forest f destruction generally results in a new growth of light brush and grass which affords a great breeding ground for mice and other rodents the same can be said of moose and deer as the new growth of tender shoots from alder birch cottonwood etc makes good feeding ground for these animals but on the whole forest destruction mal makes cs a wide devastation of tho the fur bearing species it Is known of several instances in northwest era em canada when rival trappers in order border to drive their enemies out of certain sections have stooped to the nefarious practice of firing large timbered areas |