Rob Francisco, left, and Mikel Newberg, who are both technicians with Fish, Wildlife and Parks, release a pine marten near Kings Hill in the Little Belt Mountains, Mont., Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. (Rion Sanders/The Great Falls Tribune via AP)
March 1, 2021
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Gone a century, Pacific martens returned to central Montana
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — Amid the silent pines of the Little Belt Mountains, a slender hunter stalks the branches and burrows beneath the snow. Her triangular ears twitch at any hint that a tasty mouse, chipmunk or squirrel might be close by.