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degradation
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. In areas with high detection rates of target species, like Ice Lakes, we will be developing a plan for
volunteers to visit the site more frequently or have a backup team that can revisit the site.
Table 9. Number of detection events by species at wolverine survey areas.
Species Detection Events at Wolverine Camera Survey Areas 2017
Species Priority Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
Survey Area Wolverine Fisher
Mountain
Lion
Marten Bobcat
Black
Bear
Coyote Moose Elk
Mule
Deer
Snowshoe
Hare and
smaller
mammals
Human (non-
volunteer)
Chiwaukum
1 67 10 49 9 32 193
Chiwawa
40 31 11 77
Hannegan Pass
8 1 7
Ice Lakes
8 1 4 1 25 42
Kendall Peaks
250 6 1 11
Lake Ethel
1 7 2 2 1 1
Lookout
Mountain
1 1 2 3 11 10 6 3 154
Mountaineer
Creek (Multi)
149
Summer
Blossom Ridge
9 1 3 1 3 7 71 1
Table Mountain
6 18 1 4
Union Gap
383 2 2
Marten and mountain lion, both level two species, were detected at ten and four of the eleven wolverine survey
areas, respectively (Table 8). Eight level three species, including black bear, bobcat, coyote, moose, elk, mule deer,
snowshoe hare and smaller mammals, and human (non-volunteer) were documented at the wolverine survey
areas (Table 9). Marten, black bear, and snowshoe hare and smaller mammals were the most frequently detected
across all wolverine survey areas, which is a similar trend as in past years (Table 9).
CANADA LYNX
Out of our four survey areas, three were located in northeast Washington's Colville National Forest and one was
located on the British Columbia side of the border in the Rossland Range, part of the larger Monashee Mountains
(Figure 7). Volunteers maintained eleven distinct camera installations on the Washington side of the border
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Correspondence with Cory Engkjer; Lab Technician; Forest Service Contractor, RMRS/Wildlife & Terrestrial
Ecosystems, February, 2017.
