The beloved Newfoundland pine marten is showing  positive signs of recovery thanks to decades of efforts by the Newfoundland Marten Recovery Team and local residents to help build their numbers and protect their habitat.

The sub-species, genetically unique to the province, is https://www.gov.nl.ca/ffa/wildlife“>one of just 14 mammal species native to the island of Newfoundland and has been downlisted under the Endangered Species Act from Threatened to Vulnerable.

It was listed as Endangered in 2002, and recovery programs have been in place since the 1990s.

Newfoundland pine marten were downlisted from Endangered to Threatened in 2007.

Population estimates for mature marten are now in the 2500 to 2800 range.

In the meantime, a small plant that grows on cliffs and rock outcrops in on the Gaspe Peninsula and a small portion of Labrador near the Quebec border has been added to the Act as Vulnerable. Fewer than 3000 Dense Draba plants are known to exist.