Mount Rainier National Park, Washington
In the summer of 2021 I ventured to Mount Rainier National Park. I worked on the wildlife crew with the main focus of conducting demographic surveys of Northern Spotted Owls. The park has been monitoring these endangered owls for decades by searching old growth forests. I also worked on bat telemetry, wolverine monitoring and pika surveys.
Wildlife Surveys
- Conducted demographic surveys of Northern Spotted Owls
- Lured, captured, handled and released Barred Owls and Northern Spotted Owls
- Deployed autonomous recording units for passive acoustic monitoring
- Performed radio telemetry on bat species to locate hibernacula
- Set up game cameras at remote bait stations to monitor rare carnivores: Wolverines, and fisher
- Monitored the presence of Cascade Red Fox and habituated individuals
- Helped set up single and triple high mist nets to capture and band Barred Owls
- Assisted with White-Nose Syndrome Surveillance
- Utilized ArcGIS and Microsoft Access to collate data
- Frequently navigated to remote off-trail work sites using GPS and topographic maps and traversed challenging field conditions, including steep snow covered slopes
More Information
For more information, visit the Mount Rainier National Park website