Ashley Harrell,SFGATENov. 6, 2021

https://www.sfgate.com/california-parks/article/Rare-foxes-survived-dixie-fire-16590286.php?fbclid=IwAR2g6OTyUenBa-Vb0G95JiuOW1rGOOhSfy-4jHrSVtoHjtKa0lnawVXWMHU

There are far too few Sierra Nevada red foxes in the world.https://51aa68d9f558feff49f8dc50454aafaa.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html

The elusive and resilient creatures are found only at high altitude, in the rugged terrain of the Sierra Nevada and the Southern Cascade Range of Oregon and California. These foxes are almost never seen by humans, and scientists estimate their population at fewer than 100.

So as the Dixie Firebore down on Lassen Volcanic National Parkand Lassen National Forest — which comprises some of the fox’s extremely limited habitat — wildlife biologists were apprehensive.

“We were very concerned about them,” says Pete Figura, a wildlife management supervisor with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife Northern Region. Of the four Sierra Nevada red foxes that CDFW has been monitoring via GPS collar…