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Details of problems encountered and reparations to the camera, hair trap and pie plate will be
documented.
Snow tracking will be done on 5 transects that radiate from each station centre. Two 100 m transects
(north and east) per site will be established during the January visit, two 100 m transects (south and
west) completed during the February visit, and one 100m transect (from southwest to northeast of plot
center) done during the March visit (appendix a: figure 2). Tracks and other signs of wildlife within 1
meter of transects will be documented. I will record air temperature, cloud cover, wind direction, and
snow pack depths at each site.
The Recreation, Fish, and Wildlife (RFW) second year students will be performing 10 snow tracking
transects (100m) and 10 stations (10m x 10m) as part of the Techniques in Wildlife Management II
course program during February 2015. This will take place near station 3 in the Moose Meadows area
whereas wildlife indicators will be documented 1m to either side of each transect and from within each
established station area (appendix a: figure 3). Compiled class data will be obtained and documented for
the purpose of comparison with 4 project sites and their respective snow tracking methods.
The location of the hair samples will be recorded and samples will be submitted to Aleah Jaeger,
Conservation Northwest, for DNA analysis at end of project. I will analyze the information from the
cameras for wildlife presence by location, habitat characteristics, date, time, and seasonal weather
influence. The photographs of Lynx and their location will be sent to Conservation Northwest. Snow
tracking data will be compiled and species diversity of each site will be calculated for the purpose of
comparison.
Results
Site Characteristics
Plot 2 was located at the highest elevation, plots 3 and 4 were similar and at the lowest elevation, and plot
