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Hewitt graphed the data from the records for a period extending from 1820 into the first decades of the 1900s, relating the population relationship between the Canadian lynx and its main staple food source, the snowshoe hare.
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Some populations were almost driven to extinction, when demand for cat furs was at its peak.
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Trappng and hunting seasons for lynx have been closed in Maine.
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An average of 35,669 Canada lynx pelts were exported from the US and Canada.
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Population beginning to increase in Maine.
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The lynx was considered for state listing, but due to insufficient information to assess the status of lynx in Maine, lynx were identified as a Species of Special Concern.
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MDIFW and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) began a 12-year telemetry study to determine the status of lynx in Maine.
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85 lynx were radio-tagged and 42 dens and 111 kittens were observed. This study documented lynx spatial and habitat use, dispersal distances, sources of mortality, and reproductive rates.
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On March 24, 2000, the United States population of the Canada Lynx (outside of Alaska) was listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, requiring the US government to develop a recovery plan and identify critical habitat for lynx.
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Documented reduced genetic variation in lynx populations from the peripheral areas of its distribution.
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The number of lynx in Maine exceeded Maine’s state listing criteria, thus lynx remained a Species of Special Concern.
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Maine’s lynx population reached a record high.
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Annual exports (of Canadian lynx fur) from 2000-2006 averaging 15,387.
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service proposed a revised designation of critical habitat of 42,753 square miles of critical lynx habitat.
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Fish and Wildlife Service to Conduct Status Review of the Canada Lynx in New Mexico.
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The USFWS designated 10,000 square miles of critical habitat in northern Maine.
