Well, this explains what happened to our wolverine bait! Follow us on Instagram for more photos of Northwest wildlife: instagram.com/conservationnw. Or check out the albums in our Flickr photo archive. Gathering data on rare and recovering wildlife While most of our Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project remote camera sites operate from spring through fall, a few hardy volunteers … Continued
By Laurel Baum, Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project Coordinator Winter is here in the Cascade Mountains and our Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project volunteer teams are out documenting wildlife along Interstate 90! In addition to our annual remote camera field season, which typically runs from spring through fall with some sites operating through the winter, we conduct … Continued
By alaina kowitz, communications and outreach associate Our Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project (CWMP) has five priority species that we do our best to document throughout Washington state. One of those is the wolverine (the other four are grizzly bear, gray wolf, fisher and Canada lynx), and we’ve become fairly adept at setting up monitoring camera … Continued
By Aleah Jaeger, Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project Coordinator Here at Conservation Northwest, we’re proud of our Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project (CWMP). With more than 100 volunteers and 50 remote camera sites deployed each year in Washington and British Columbia, our Project is one of the largest citizen-science wildlife monitoring efforts of it’s kind in North America. … Continued
By Alaina Kowitz, Communications and Outreach Associate Our Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project harnesses the power of Northwest hikers, backcountry skiers, wildlife trackers and other volunteers to gather important data that informs land management and wildlife conservation policies. This month, two of our dedicated (and very patient) project volunteers picked up long-awaited wolverine photos on remote camera near … Continued
It’s been a stressful week for many in Washington and across the West. Here’s something lighthearted to cap it off: a wolverine frolicking in the mountains near Leavenworth! Icicle Creek Canyon just outside Leavenworth is one of Washington’s favorite outdoor destinations. Locals and visitors alike prize the area for outstanding backpacking, rock climbing, fly fishing … Continued
Our 2015 Citizen Wildlife Monitoring field season report is now available! The below is an update on our Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project. We publish “Monitoring E-news” updates several times a year for the benefit of our project volunteers, advisers and sponsors. Please email aleah@conservationnw.org to sign up for these updates. By Aleah Jaeger, Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project Coordinator Happy … Continued
All photo rights reserved to Conservation Northwest and the Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project. Contact communications (at) conservationnw.org to request permission to use. By Alaina Kowitz, Communications and Outreach Associate The end of the year brings with it the joy of reviewing photos from our Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project! This citizen-science effort captures wildlife photos from remote … Continued
Fall is here and it’s time to prepare for our sixth season of winter wildlife monitoring field work at Snoqualmie Pass. Winter Volunteer Training in Duvall A free training on Sunday December 12 for volunteers working for the project this winter provides new and experienced volunteers with the tools they will need to carry out … Continued
The adventures of our 2015 wildlife monitoring intern Tess Rooney By Tess Rooney, Wildlife Monitoring Intern As the spring-summer 2015 intern for the Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project, I was familiar with the protocol for setting up a wolverine camera trap: construct a run-pole, stabilize it, attract wolverines with bait or lure, and set up two motion-activated … Continued