Marten Restoration Areas

Marten Restoration Areas Open To Forms Of Dryland Trapping

In the areas indicated in gray in the Pine River Marten Restoration Area and Clam Lake Marten Restoration Area, cable restraints, cage or box-type traps, weasel boxes with an opening 1 ⅜ inches or less and footholds with a pan tension device of 4 pounds or greater may be used on dryland for species that have an open season. No other traps on dryland are legal within the gray highlighted areas of the Pine River and Clam Lake marten restoration areas.

In the areas indicated in gray on the map of the Apostle Islands Marten Restoration Area, cable restraints and cage or box-type traps may be used on dryland for species that have an open season. No other traps on dryland are legal within the gray highlighted areas of the Apostle Islands marten restoration areas.

Please Contact The DNR About Incidental Take

The scientific use of these carcasses improves our understanding of these species, and the use and/or sale of salvaged pelts improves our trapper education program.

If incidental catch of a protected species occurs, please contact your local conservation warden or call 800-TIP-WDNR (800-847-9367) as soon as possible for instructions on how to release an animal or, if dead, how to transport it to the DNR. A protected species is any species for which the season is closed, for which there is no open season or for which a person has no possession authority.

Note: American marten are a rare and a state-endangered species. Please call 800-847-9367 to report their restraint and release or incidental take as soon as possible. If you catch a marten in a cage trap, please call 608-592-7025 so DNR staff can potentially obtain scientific information about that animal. If you intend to trap near a known marten population, please review the marten brochure. Visit the DNR's Trapper Education webpage and find “Avoid incidental marten” under “Supplemental Materials.”