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(Cutthroat, and South Creek) we attached bait directly to a tree and above the snow surface. The Pine
Creek and Holden stations included a single trail camera focused on bait cabled to a tree. We maintained
stations every three to four weeks between December and April or May, with the exception of the
Holden site, which we ran over a shorter monitoring period from January to March due to limited
accessibility. We entered data and photo-captures into the Conservation Northwest Citizen Wildlife
Monitoring Program database, and sent field updates directly to biologists John Rohrer and Scott Fitkin.
Currently all stations have been removed with the exception of Hairpin, which we plan to remove this
summer.
Objective 2: Engaging Images
Five of our stations included remotely triggered DSLR camera kits designed and operated
by David Moskowitz. During the field season we shared relevant images with collaborators, and
we publically shared select images on social media, and/or our website
cascadeswolverineproject.org.
These images will be shared with Conservation Northwest and other conservation groups to
support their outreach, educational, and advocacy work related to wolverine conservation. They will
also be made available to news media to support coverage of related stories.
Objective 3: Winter Recreation Community Outreach
We connected with backcountry skiers and snowmobilers through four public talks and events,
social media, inviting volunteers into the field to check stations, and chance encounters with curious skiers
wondering why we packed road-kill for a ski tour.
Results
Objective 1: Wolverine Monitoring
Of seven stations, three detected wolverine (see Table 1 & Figure 1). Two wolverine detections,
at Holden and Hairpin, included views of the animal's chest blaze pattern. Based on matching chest
blazes, we were able to identify, with reasonable confidence, the Hairpin individual as a female known as
Stella who was detected by the North Cascades Wolverine Study in 2015 at the Rattlesnake site
approximately 20km to the north.
