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Managing Multiple Camera Traps In One Area
Camera teams are typically assigned two cameras. For run pole installations, both camera are used
on the single set. For transient installations, teams will set up two distinct camera traps. These traps
should be at least 2 km from each other. CWMP staff will help identify the distinct general locations
for a team to target for installation that is both valuable from a monitoring perspective and practical
from a logistical one.
Any installation should be left up for at least 1 month. It is not uncommon for a wolverines to go
several months before returning to a specific part of its home range. However, based on a field
teams evaluation of the results of an installation and additional evidence they have collected in the
field about ideal location, after a month an installation can be disassembled an new one established
elsewhere in the general location targeted by the team if deemed appropriate. If successful at
documenting a wolverine, a transient installation could be converted into a long term one.
References
Aubry, K. B. and C. M. Raley. 2013. Run-pole Camera Station Protocol Developed by the North
Cascades Wolverine Study(NCWS) and Modified for General Use by Others. Pacific Northwest
Research Station. Olympia Washington.
Cascade Carnivore Project. 2016. Second wolverine is detected in southern Washington. Project
blog. http://cascadescarnivoreproject.blogspot.com/2016/07/2nd-wolverine-detected-is-
southern.html. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
Inman, R. M. et al. 2013. "Developing priorities for metapopulation conservation at the landscape
scale: Wolverines in the Western United States." Biological Conservation. 166 (2013) 276–286
Multi-state Wolverine Working Group. 2015. Coordinated Multi-state Wolverine Baseline Sampling
in Montana, Idaho, Wyoming and Washington: Standard Operating Procedures for Camera DNA
Stations.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 2013. Wolverine Fact Sheet.
https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/factsheets/Wolverine-122010.pdf. Retrieved May 6, 2017.
Appendix 1: Wolverine Tracks, Scats and Sign
Follow guidelines laid out in the General Remote Camera Protocol Document for photo-
documenting potential tracks and signs of wolverine found while in the field. Below are details for
distinguishing wolverine tracks and signs to keep an eye out for while scouting for where to set up
