BC Parks Wildlife Monitoring Program
Klaus and I did something super cool this summer/fall (besides going to Peru!). We volunteered for the BC Parks Citizen Science Wildlife Monitoring Program to install and monitor a trail camera out in the Coquihalla recreation area. The Program is a BC Parks initiative and data gathered from the program is available to other researchers, including biologists from Canada and the United States. Wildlife don’t recognize our international boundaries, so it’s important to share data gathered on both sides of our borders where possible, so that we can work together to better understand our shared wildlife populations. The main goal over the course of June to November was to increase our understanding of the behavior and movement of Grizzly Bears in the North Cascades Recovery Zone. This research project is designed to allow Provincial and Federal biologists to identify individual species and family units in the area. Besides the target species of Grizzly Bears, program coordina...