Pacific marten records in Montana are thin, just 22 total, reflecting a forest carnivore that hunts through dense conifer canopy and downed timber where it’s rarely seen even by hikers passing directly underneath. NatureServe lists the species SU, Unrankable, in Montana, a status reserved for animals too poorly surveyed to assign a confident conservation grade.
Reports scatter across March, June, and November without forming a single clean seasonal peak, a pattern that likely reflects trapping and camera-survey timing more than the marten’s true activity calendar.
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