Site
Easton Hill South
Price‐Noble East North
Gold Creek North
Price Noble West South
Easton Hill North
Price Noble East South
Price Noble West North
Gold Creek South
Hyak / Silver Fir
# of obs
20.1%
18.1%
15.3%
14.6%
11.8%
9.7%
9.0%
0.7%
0.7%
Table 2. Detections by transect
Along the Hyak / Silver Fir transect, volunteers observed only one species all season.
This transect has consistently had the least amount of observations every year. The
Gold Creek South transect is often underwater in winter and cannot be surveyed except
under conditions cold enough to make the ice stable. Due to that consistent
environmental factor, this year's low number of observations is also typical there.
Trailing
This year there were thirteen trailing events recorded, seven coyotes, five bobcats, and
one cougar. Typical of years prior, when behaviour was associated with the interstate,
the tracks either traveled parallel to I‐90 or towards and then away from it; there were
no documented crossings of the interstate. However, the cougar that volunteer
monitors trailed this year near the Easton Hill South transect traveled directly from the
freeway to about 50 meters away where the remains of a mule deer were located. Deer
hair was found in a linear pattern from I‐90 to the feeding area. The evidence suggests
that the cougar may have retrieved a road‐killed animal from the interstate. At this site
multiple species trails, primarily bobcat and coyote, were observed radiating towards
and away from the sheared area. This was the first documented ungulate carcass on our
transects.
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CWMP 2012-2013 Winter Field Season Report
