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Total CCWMP volunteer hours for the winter season added up to 1675, including 80 hours
contributed to project leadership and management. Paid staff hours for the season were
approximately 170, making nearly a 10 to 1 ratio for the amount of volunteer to paid effort for
the project. This is consistent to prior years of the project.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR NEXT FIELD SEASON
1. Investigate the recent and ongoing research efforts in regards to American marten
presence in the Silver Fir/Hyak area and determine whether to continue monitoring these
transects in relationship to questions about the use of this habitat by American marten.
2. Continue to explore the possibility of adding a transect on the west side of the pass in
conjunction with WSDOT. This may include a pre-season route-finding visit.
3. Continue to explore improved ways of accessing the Price Noble North transects while
recommending team leaders access the transect at the center and then proceed to cover
both the east and west sections. Consider splitting the Price Noble North transects into
two visits.
4. Create documents to advise team leaders with either iPhones or Android on the
processes for using Collector, step by step. Explore ways to help increase the length of
trailing segments recorded by teams in the field.
5. Advise team leaders and volunteers that they need to bring calendars and to be prepared
to choose transect dates at the volunteer training. Include availability questions and
information in interviews for future new team leaders.
6. Explore interest from WSDOT to have non-snow season tracking at the Keechelus
reservoir.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We appreciate supportive grants from Icicle Fund, the WDFW ALEA Cooperative Grants
Program, and The Orvis Company. Once again, SnoValley Coffee in Snoqualmie, Washington
generously stored our field equipment and offered an excellent meeting location for our field
teams for the duration of the season. We thank individual advisory council members, and
project collaborators for the talent, time, and guidance they provide to the project (see
Appendix 1 for a complete list of our advisory council members).
Most importantly, we are grateful for our volunteers, whose hard work and commitment to
quality in and out of the field made this season possible. Without the ongoing volunteer
commitments of Mallory Clarke and Adam Martin the quality of this project would be impossible
to maintain.
Team Leaders: David Snair, Joe Kiegel, Mallory Clarke, Adam Martin, Brian Booth, Evan Adkins,
