35
6. Gather the supplies needed for your check and schedule the pick-up either from the nearest
Conservation Northwest office or your team leader/members. Conservation Northwest contact at
Seattle Office: Laurel Baum (Monitoring Project Coordinator) 206.675.9747 ext. 201
7. Resources such as data sheets and protocols are available for download from our website at:
www.conservationnw.org/what-we-do/northcascades/resources-page-for-wildlife-monitoring-
volunteers/ or from the CWMP Google Drive folder:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B1ppDLoUmp4nczI2ZzExSVAxS1E
8. Before going into the field, make sure you/your team members have a copy of this document as well
as everything else needed on the equipment checklist. Most important: keys for cable locks on
cameras, fresh camera batteries and memory cards, lure, blank data sheet, pencil, maps, a
GPS to find your camera/document wildlife sign, and a digital camera to document wildlife
sign.
9. Ensure you review the camera technical tips and field manual for your camera, and if you have
access to the camera, conduct a mock set up.
Installing a Remote Camera Trap
(For the first time the camera is placed in the field for the season, or in case you move a camera trap)
Target Species Guidelines
Creating a remote camera trap involves more than simply attaching a remote camera to a tree
with the appropriate settings. The components of a remote camera trap include: specific location
of the camera based on knowledge and prediction of target species behavior and activity,
camera settings, and found or imported attractants.
All remote camera traps set up for CWMP are designed to target a specific species and with specific
research questions in mind. In some instances, such as along Interstate 90, camera traps are installed to
monitor general wildlife activity in an area. See the relevant species-specific camera trap installation
guidelines for details for your specific location (links below for online access to these documents).
Wolves: http://www.conservationnw.org/files/wolf-remote-camera-trap-guidelines.pdf
Grizzly bear: http://www.conservationnw.org/files/grizzly-bear-remote-camera-trap-field-methods.pdf
Wolverine: http://www.conservationnw.org/files/run.pdf/at_download/file
