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Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3
PROJECT OVERVIEW 5
WOLF MONITORING 7
WOLVERINE MONITORING 7
GRIZZLY BEAR MONITORING 9
I-90 CORRIDOR MONITORING 10
TRANSBOUNDARY LYNX MONITORING 10
METHODOLOGY 11
STUDY AREA 12
SURVEY AREA SELECTION 12
CAMERA INSTALLATIONS 14
SPECIES PRIORITIZATION 15
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 16
GRIZZLY BEAR 17
GRAY WOLF 18
GENERAL WILDLIFE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR 20
WOLVERINE 22
CANADA LYNX 25
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE MONITORING 27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 28
REFERENCES 30
APPENDIX I: North Cascades Grizzly Bear Recovery Zone 32
APPENDIX II: Remote Camera Trap Installation and Servicing Protocol 33
APPENDIX III: Grizzly Bear Remote Camera Traps: Installation and Monitoring Protocol 52
APPENDIX IV: Wolverine Run-pole Camera Station Protocol 65
APPENDIX V: Camera-trapping protocol for large-scale lynx camera survey- summer 2017 71
APPENDIX VI: National Lynx Detection Protocol 73
APPENDIX VII: Wolf Camera Trap Guidelines 83
APPENDIX VIII: Wolverine Remote Camera and DNA Traps: Scouting Guidelines 104
and Installation Protocol