Each year more and more organisms are added to the endangered and extinct species lists. As humans, we expand our urban area and are decimating our resources. We have a much greater impact on the world than we seem to, or care to realize. One of the animals on the list of endangered species is the Vancouver Island marmot. The Vancouver Island marmot is one of the rarest mammals in the world. There are less …showed first 75 words of 860 total…

…showed last 75 words of 860 total…numbers are fragile the marmots are making a comeback. And hopefully someday will be back up to healthy numbers in the wild in the years to come. Bibliography Bryant, A.A. Genetic variability and minimum viable populations in the Vancouver Island marmot Thesis, University of Calgary 1999 Bryant, Andrew A. Notes on the Vancouver Island Marmot updated: January 21, 2001 (http://www.marmots.org/subdir/andrew.html#Literature) Janz, D. Revised Recovery Plan for the Vancouver Island Marmot 1989