Fox Island

Fox Island is a 605 acre park located southwest of Allen County. The address of the park is Yohne Road 7324. Fox Island is 12 minutes from Fort Wayne International Airport, 8 minutes from Luther Hospital and 19 minutes from downtown Fort Wayne. Next to the park is Interstate Highway 69, National Serv-All Landfill, Eagle Marsh Preserve. Fox Island is a park with 270 acres of National Nature Reserve. This area protects unique plants, animals, and geographical features.

The rescue of 4 animals / island fox is considered one of the most successful stories of conservation biology. In the beginning of the 21st century, the number of foxes decreased sharply in some Channel Islands. Through years of DDT use, the vulture native to the island was killed and the golden eagle filled. Unlike vultures, Golden Eagle dies and eats the fox of Channel Island. The National Park Service moved the nest of the Golden Eagle, raised the fox and returned Urocyon littoralis from the edge.

The island fox is thought to be an almost endangered species in the world, but it is becoming increasingly extinct in the regional environment of the California Channel Islands. Due to limited resources such as space, food and evacuation shelters, the population of the island is smaller than the population of the mainland. As a result, the population of the island is very weak against external threats, from predator species and human invasion to extreme weather. In the California Channel Islands, it was discovered that the number of islet foxes was very small, as dog distemper virus occurred between 1999 and 2000 and non-native golden hawks were predated. Since 1993, eagles caused a population decline of up to 95%. Because of the small number of foxes, the group experienced Allee effect; this is where the density of individuals decreases at sufficiently low density

The island's fox is six of the eight channel islands of Southern California, but the fox is mainly seen in Oregon and Washington. These islands are also known for their marine organisms and endemic species, such as Channel Islands, Garibaldi, Island Fence Lizards, Island Bushes, Vultures, and skunks found in her non-native Catalina Island bisons flock It is. Raccoons and spotted skunks can be seen everywhere in the western part of the United States, buta cats are found in Arizona, New Mexico, Western Texas, Utah, Colorado, and most of California. American black bears appear in most Western states including Washington, Oregon, California, Arizona, and Colorado.