Sierra marten caught on camera

This Sierra Marten was caught on wildlife camera in October. The camera was set up to study animal movement under a new road crossing structure known as the “toad road” in Sierra National Forest. The Sierra marten (Martes caurina sierra) is a mammal in the weasel family about the size of a house cat. It lives in high elevation forests of the Sierra Nevada and southern Cascades. It eats mostly smaller mammals, including Douglas squirrels, snowshoe hare, voles, and flying squirrel.