Figure 1. Map of all 2012 Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project remote camera locations (indicated with a red flag).
This season's specific monitoring objectives were to:
1) Monitor the presence of grey wolves in both habitat where we knew they were established in order
to add documentation and range information to existing agency knowledge, and to monitor high quality
habitat where we expect them to recover. Particular focus was paid to the Southern Cascade and
Northwest Recovery Zones established in the Washington Wolf Recovery and Management Plan2;
2) Monitoring the presence and collecting genetic information of wolverines in the Cascades outside the
geographic scope of the ongoing North Cascades Wolverine Study3;
3) Monitoring all wildlife species present in key habitat connectivity areas east of Snoqualmie Pass along
Interstate 90, where wildlife crossing structures are either under construction.
Monitoring sites are divided between the Cascade Mountains and northeast Washington to reflect both
the difference in ecosystems and the collaborative nature in which we operate monitoring in these
areas as discussed above.
2
See map of WA state wolf recovery zones here:
http://wdfw.wa.gov/conservation/gray_wolf/packs/packs_map_20121004.pdf
3
North Cascades Wolverine Study. LEAD PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Keith Aubry (USDA Forest Service, Pacific
Northwest Research Station, Olympia, WA.
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