The Smithsonian BioAcoustic Monitoring project is a proof of concept effort to monitor almost all vertebrates in an area using remote sensors (camera traps and acoustic recorders). The project targets all terrestrial mammals large enough to be detected by camera traps, frogs, birds, and bats. All sampling is designed to match National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) sampling schemes, and future development will include creating an app to process and upload sound files to a standardized database.

Woodland Park Zoo is dedicated to fostering conservation science regionally through our Living Northwest program. Living Northwest leverages zoo-based resources to carry out and support Pacific Northwest wildlife conservation projects. Within Living Northwest, our Carnivore Science and Conservation Program addresses both the conservation and science of Pacific Northwest mammalian carnivores (e.g. wolves, fishers, wolverines, coyotes, bobcats, cougars, black bears, and grizzly bears).

The wolverine (Gulo gulo) has recently recolonized portions of its former range in the North Cascades Ecosystem (NCE) of Washington. Following the recent completion of a 10-year telemetry study conducted by the U.S. Forest Service, ongoing evaluation of the wolverine’s population status across the NCE will require the development and deployment of an effective long-term monitoring program.

Camera traps run at the Milpe Bird Sanctuary, Ecuador

A wildlife survey conducted by an Ecuadorean non-profit foundation that works for forest conservation, reforestation and eco-tourism promotion on the Western slopes of Ecuador´s Andes.