18 CWMP 2013-2014 Winter Field Season Report
Four sites were set within the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East project. To ensure complete
coverage at the newly completed Gold Creek underpass, two cameras were placed
directly within the underpass and two cameras were placed, one north and one south,
of the underpasses in surrounding habitat. Though cameras were placed directly within
the large Gold Creek underpass, no images were captured of wildlife despite coyote
tracks detected on the Gold Creek transect. However, in other areas within the I-90
Snoqualmie Pass East project, both coyote and snowshoe hare were captured on
remote camera throughout the winter.
None of our four sites set in the South Cascades captured images of their primary target
species, the gray wolf. However, these sites did capture the largest diversity of species
when compared to run-pole sites set for wolverine or those in the I-90 corridor. The
three cameras along the Cispus River in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest captured
the largest diversity of species compared to all other sites this winter. The Blue Lake
and the Cispus River sites received multiple visits by elk, a main prey species of gray
wolves. The Bumping Lake site received multiple visits from American marten over the
course of the winter.
