Badger

Female American badger

The American badger (Taxidea taxus jeffersonnii) in British Columbia has been designated as red listed (endangered). The East Kootenay region accounts for around 100 of the estimated 250 adult badgers remaining in the province.

Map

Biodiversity Interactive Map - Badger

Range

• In the United States, badgers are found from the west coast to Texas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana.
• In Canada, they are found in southern British Columbia, Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
• Within the Columbia Basin, badger can be found from Golden south to the US border in the trench, in the warm and dry south end of Kootenay National Park, along the benches above the Columbia River, where open Douglas fir forests intermingle with grassy slopes.

Habitat

• Treeless areas - cutblocks, grasslands, open forests, cultivated fields.
• Dens throughout their home range. Different den daily.

Reproduction

• Gestation: 7-8 weeks.
• 2-5 kits born in March or April.

Listing and Date

Threats to Species

• Habitat loss
• Hydro Dams
• Highways
• Human activity

Select Reports

• Badger Roadkill Mitigation in the East Kootenay
• Badger Roadkill Risk in Relation to the Presence of Culverts and Jersey Barriers
• East Kootenay Badger Project Summary Report

Full Report Listing (most recent on top)

• Badger Roadkill Risk in Relation to the Presence of Culverts and Jersey Barriers
• East Kootenay Badger Project Summary Report
• East Kootenay Badger Project 2005-2006 Progress Report
• East Kootenay Badger Project 2004-2005 Update: Ecology, Translocation, Sightings and Communications
• McGinty Lake Enhancement Project
• Habitat Associations of American Badgers in Southeast British Columbia
• Ecology of American Badgers Near Their Range Limit in Southeastern British Columbia
• East Kootenay Badger Project: 1998/99 Year-End Summary Report
• East Kootenay Badger Project: 1997/98 Year-End Summary Report
• East Kootenay Badger Project: 1996/97 Year-End Summary Report
• Badger Ecology in the East Kootenay: 1995/96 Year-end Summary Report

For more information on this species, visit:
The Species at Risk Public Registry and/or, The BC Species and Ecosystem Explorer where you should enter “American badger” in the Species Name field.