22 CWMP 2013-2014 Winter Field Season Report
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Once again, monitoring intern Mallory Clarke's effort contributed to all aspects of
another successful winter field season of track transects. Similarly, intern Adam Martin
again spent many hours preparing for and implementing the field season as an active
part of the project leadership. He carried out important GIS and data analysis of this
season's data for this report. Thanks to our returning team leaders: Joe Kiegel, Brian
Booth, David Snair, Thomas Murphy, Kerrie Murphy, Mallory Clarke, Adam Martin,
Michelle M. Peziol, and Jeremy Williams. Welcome and thanks to our two new team
leaders: Byron Rot and Alison Huyett. Our volunteer team leaders are the backbone of
the project.
Thank you to all of the transect volunteers who participated in this year's fieldwork:
Ayako Okuyama, Daryl Douglas, Joanne Cormier, Justin Brooks, Lidija Kamansky,
Randall Taylor, Al Tidmore, Alec Meade, Brett Hunter, Chelsea Rabourn, Chris Shipway,
Cindy Reznick, David Beckman , Denise McElhinney, Erin Ryan , Evan Adkins, Guthrie
Schrengohst, Ichun Lin, Isaac Leese, JoAnn Fjellman, Joanne Cormier, Julianne Hower,
Kathryn Hansen, Katie Remine, Kerrie Murphy, Kirsten Tauber, Kyle Durkee, Laurel
Baum, Laurel Peell, Matt Zoba, Michal Maor, Mike Donofree, Muriel Deklerk, Natalie
Reszka, Nate Breun, Nizan Maor, Paul Zoba, Rachel Nickerson, Russ Gerads, Shannon
Schelinder, Sierra Rudnick, Tom Brenner, Tricia Enfield, Victoria Garcia, students of the
Wilderness Awareness School's Wildlife Tracking Intensive course.
Thank you to all the remote camera volunteers who participate in the 2012-2013 winter
season: Drew and Cathy Gaylord, Tom Cushing, Jim Clark, Dave and Debbie Rodenhizer,
Kyle Ebenhoch, Chad Maurer, Mike Webb, Gail Pethe, Melinda Mast, Patti and Lincoln
Rutter, Jenna Walenga, Trent Banks, David Froman, Genevieve Shank, Bri Groeneveld,
and Mike Hitchner.
Financial support for the 2013-2014 winter season was provided by Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife's ALEA grant program, The Mountaineers Foundation,
Charlotte Martin Foundation, Snoqualmie Tribes, Sustainable Northwest, Puget Sound
Energy Foundation, Wilburforce Foundation, and individual donors that have sponsored
a field team.. We truly appreciate this support to keep our volunteer teams equipped,
trained, and assisted with their travels. Thank you again to SnoValley Coffee
(snovalleycoffee.com) in Snoqualmie, Washington, and all of the employees of the
store, for housing our field equipment during the winter field season, providing a
meeting location, and appropriately caffeinating our data collectors.
Thanks to Track and Sign Specialists Marcus Reynerson and Brian McConnell for taking
the time to help review our observer reliability photos. We thank our advisory council