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● All photos taken by cameras and retrieved by teams are only released to people outside the
program by one of the three program sponsor organizations or by an agency affiliated with our
Advisory Council. Volunteers are not to share their results with anyone outside the program
directly.
● Photos gathered off of a camera are sent in per the protocol above for review and decisions
about communicating.
● If you feel you have captured a photo of your target species, or a unique photo that interests you
– you can upload it to Google Drive and alert our staff to view OR email it directly to our staff.
Photos can be emailed simultaneously to aleah@conservationnw.org (to ensure that even if one
of us is on vacation they are viewed).
● Selected photos are shared on our website, and results reported monthly in our volunteer e-
newsletter. Requests for any photographs can be made through our program to
aleah@conservationnw.org
● Photos that need further identification or discussion are taken to our Advisory Council prior to any
wider release, and we will notify you of the discussion and outcome.
● Any interaction with the media based on the results of a camera is decided upon by the host non-
profit organizations, and shared with the Advisory Council.
● An annual report is prepared at the close of each season that will report on all results, and at that
time all results, with the exception of details of camera locations, are public knowledge.
If any member of the press approaches you about the program, please re-direct them to our offices and
staff.
Contacts for Remote Camera Work for 2016:
Project Coordinator: Aleah Jaeger aleah@conservationnw.org or 206-637-9747 ext 201
Wildlife Sign Documentation
It is not uncommon for the carnivores we are working on detecting to leave tracks or signs of their
presence even if they do not trigger our remote camera trap. If you observe tracks, scat or other signs
that maybe of one of our target species on your way to the camera or at the camera site, use these
procedures for documenting the sign. This information may be useful for refining our camera trapping
effort or as evidence in its own right of the presence of our target species.
Target Species
CWMP remote camera efforts focus on several different target species around the Pacific Northwest.
North Cascades and Northeast Washington: wolves, wolverines, grizzly bear, Canada lynx
Southern and Central Washington Cascades: wolves, wolverines
Interstate 90: Mammals larger than a snowshoe hare. Especially interested in observations associated
with these species in relationship to their use of areas immediately adjacent to the highway, crossing the
