Catching Pictures of Wolverines (and other large forest carnivores)

This winter Chris Bachman and a number of students from his children's school adopted two remote monitoring stations in the western cabinet mountains.  This was part of a Boise Zoo grant given to the Friends of the Scotchman Peaks Wilderness to track the presence of wolverines.  Chris and his volunteer helpers had to hike into the designated areas and set up the bait station that included a frozen beaver as bait and a remote monitor camera that took pictures night and day when ever there was motion in front of the camera lens.

Here is Chris with some of his crew at one of their bait stations.  Above their head is the rear section of a beaver wired to a tree as bait.

More cheerful helpers celebrating their success.  It's not every day that you get to help with field research of an endangered species.

All their hard work lead to the Friends of the Scotchman Peak Wilderness honoring Chris and his crew with their coveted volunteer of the season award.

Here is a sample of what is often found on the remote camera's memory card.