It is best for the mountain foxes in Arjeplogsfjällen where this summer's inventories show that 13 mountain fox slides are inhabited with adult mountain foxes and their puppies. Even in the Gällivare and Kiruna mountains have mountain fox pairs.

feeders

The County Administrative Board's Nature Guard works with measures to preserve the mountain fox. For example, they build feeders that are filled with dog food for the fox foxes to eat without having to compete with the red fox for food. The feeders are designed so that the red foxes should not be able to go in and eat the food.

- The feeders are like fast food restaurants for the mountain foxes. They are particularly important as the lamellar leaves and the lack of food is great, says Emilia Vesterberg, biologist at the County Administrative Board in Norrbotten.

New project may be up to date

For three years Sweden, Finland and Norway have been running a joint project to preserve the mountain fox, and it is now ending in December.

After the turn of the year, the County Administrative Board will know if there will be a new Interreg project, a Felles Fjellrev Nord II.