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2017 Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project Report_FINAL_WithoutAppendices

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19 were checked, but survey area was not uninstalled. Wolf Camera Survey Areas 2017 Survey Area General Region # of Installations Installation Date Removal Date Total Trap Nights Lure Blue Lake Ridge GPNF 3 2016/11/04^ 2017/10/08* 728 Gusto Cispus GPNF 3 2016/11/20^ 2017/08/13 435 Gusto Little Naches OWNF 5 2017/06/11 2017/10/08 238 Gusto Lone Butte GPNF 3 2017/06/11 2017/09/10 164 Gusto Manastash OWNF 3 2016/10/29^ 2017/10/22 679 Gusto Taneum OWNF 3 2017/05/25 2017/10/16 143 Gusto Walupt Lake OWNF 4 2017/06/03 2017/10/07 182 Gusto Wildcat Creek OWNF 6 2017/06/07 2017/10/11 206 Gusto Table 5. Number of detection events by species at wolf survey areas. *Species of skunk include; ~Striped, **Spotted Species Detection Events at Wolf Camera Survey Areas 2017 Species Priority Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Survey Area Fisher Mountain Lion Bobcat Black Bear Coyote Elk Mule Deer Skunk* Porcupine Raccoon Virginia Opossum Snowshoe Hare and smaller mammals Livestock Human (non- volunteer) Blue Lake Ridge 1 17 41 37 13 44 125 5** 3 1 39 10 Cispus 4 5 7 37 6 31 2~ 2 42 Little Naches 3 20 1 18 45 23 3 16 14 Lone Butte 4 8 5 160 17 34 12 Manastash 12 18 11 62 35 11 77 18 Taneum 7 1 1 12 7 2~ 5 14 Walupt Lake 4 4 9 16 24 6 Wildcat Creek 3 3 5 45 3 5 58 1 GENERAL WILDLIFE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR The I-90 Corridor for this project is defined as the 15-mile stretch along I-90 between Hyak (immediately east of Snoqualmie Pass), at milepost 54, and Easton, at milepost 70 (Figure 5). The I-90 survey areas in 2017 monitored previously established priority areas within close proximity to the freeway and wildlife crossing structures that have been completed, are under construction or have been planned as part of the I-90 Snoqualmie Pass East Project. Four of the survey areas (Gold Creek, Price Creek and Crystal Springs, and Easton) are in wildlife travel corridors leading to these crossing structures. These installations, established in the I-90 Corridor, detect general wildlife movement and presence in relation to the wildlife crossing structures. Our efforts totaled twelve discreet locations being monitored and 1,638 trap nights accounting for 17.3% of our monitoring efforts (Table 6, Figure 2).

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