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2017-18 Winter Field Season Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project Report

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CWMP 2017-2018 Winter Report 5 Species Denny Creek North Denny Creek South Snoqualmie Pass North Snoqualmie Pass South Gold Creek North Gold Creek South Price Noble North Price Noble South Easton North Easton South Grand Total Ambiguous 1 1 1 2 4 3 5 21 Coyote 3 2 1 1 2 2 4 15 Bobcat 1 1 4 5 2 13 Elk 1 2 2 1 7 Raccoon 1 1 2 Mule Deer 1 1 Beaver 1 1 Cougar 1 1 River Otter 1 1 Grand Total 1 3 6 4 4 1 10 6 11 11 62 Species Total 1 2 4 3 4 1 5 2 4 3 9 Table 2. The number of detections in four categories of snow track quality (STQ: 1 – lowest snow quality, 4 – highest snow quality) at each of the five transect survey sites. STQ Transect 1 2 3 4 NA Denny Creek 3 Snoqualmie Pass North 3 3 Snoqualmie Pass South 2 2 1 Gold Creek North 3 1 Gold Creek South 1 Price Noble North 2 2 4 4 Price Noble South 3 2 1 Easton North 2 4 3 2 2 Easton South 1 4 4 1 2 Summary of 2018 Trailing Events In 2018 there were 6 trailing events. No trailing events were recorded at Denny Creek transect. At Snoqualmie Pass transect a bobcat was trailed on the North side of the highway going parallel to the roadway and no crossing behavior was detected. At Gold Creek a bobcat was trailed on the North side of the highway and a river otter on the south side of

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