Chris Alemany“Gorrell said two of the major threats they face are predation and choosing the wrong habitat.
“We know that they like Alpine valleys and meadows where you can see a long way,” he said. “Sometimes they will move into cut blocks where the forestry industry has come through and ruined all the trees.””
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'He's a social marmot': Gob the marmot hikes back to breeding facility from wild | CBC News
Marmot Recovery Foundation executive director Adam Taylor said Gob the marmot, named after a character from the television series Arrested Development, returned to their breeding facility on Mount Washington about two months after he was released into the wild last summer.