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The vast majority of logging opperations in the rainforest are of previously uncut stands of trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1526926622706-IFQVNKR2SYX17HW6UQ4U/_10B7267.jpg Clearcutting the Caribou Rainforest Marcus Reynerson peers up at an old growht western red cedar with bands wrapped around it to keep the trunk from splitting when it is felled. This stand of ancient rainforest was clearcut a few days after I took this photo. Northern Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1613239706998-WDMTGQ2RJIL0ERUGD3U6/_10B6654.jpg Clearcutting the Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1526926623666-HA30F8JMJX0KTC5CWZX6/_10B7718.jpg Clearcutting the Caribou Rainforest David Walker skillfully drops rainforest trees in the Selkirk Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1526926624373-IP1T2RM57KRJUHLNJ50M/_10B8015.jpg Clearcutting the Caribou Rainforest Western red cedar is used to provide a wide variety of valuable lumber products. Even so, many ongoing timber harvests in the rainforest are only economically feasible because of goverment subsidies from BC set up to encourage the liquidation of old growth forest stands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1613239716413-S1BXSM3OG1CO7Y90N6G5/210B8604-2.jpg Clearcutting the Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1613239730564-OX89MLLTLEG9XU3GV2IC/210B8665.jpg Clearcutting the Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1613239742935-D3OECA7BARUV5V910V0K/_10B6819.jpg Clearcutting the Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1526926625146-J5VR34U251NS25HYWZ8Y/_MG_8827.jpg Clearcutting the Caribou Rainforest Logging in the rainforest continues year round. A log loader stacks old growth cedar trees once they are bucked to length by the loggers in the foreground. Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1526926625884-Y0GMNGQBITSORLJDDGEQ/_MG_7163.jpg Clearcutting the Caribou Rainforest Buckerman Paul Sarafinchin smokes a cigarette while he trims logs. He has been a logger all his adult life and told me he came to the work and stays because the pay is much better then anything else he could do. Selkirk Mountains BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1526926626670-EJB5BGBKH89GVTBCIORQ/_10B9005.jpg Clearcutting the Caribou Rainforest A skidder pulls an ancient cedar tree out of the forest in a wet snowstorm. 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The mill is FSC certified as sourcing only sustainable wood fibre for its operation and is owned by a USA corperation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1526926628166-QXFKQI2SUH1N33T83495/_10B8164.jpg Clearcutting the Caribou Rainforest Timber cruiser Kate Devine works in the forestry industry close to Revelstoke, BC, in the summer evaluating the value of stands of trees before they are logged. “It’s easy for someone to sit in a 5000 square foot timber frame house and say you shouldn’t log anymore.” Devine, who spends her winter as a ski guide working with clients from around the world went on, “People have to realize where the stuff they want comes from. Maybe you don’t want it to come from your backyard, but it’s got to come from somebody’s backyard.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1526926628756-F0N3PGSAL4DBW8YX1SY1/_10B9872.jpg Clearcutting the Caribou Rainforest Logging truck carrying old growth cedar trees out of endangerend mountain caribou habitat. Columbia Mountains, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1526926629588-2XLSJF4TFC12Q8AYFXES/_10B1008.jpg Clearcutting the Caribou Rainforest Mountan caribou depend on old growth forests for refuge from competing hoofed mammals and carnivores. Time in clearcuts like this one makes them more suseptible to predators. 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Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. https://davidmoskowitz.net/caribou-rainforest-gallery daily 0.75 2020-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984357278-UM2CLA1IXG683EHECGCT/IMG_5384.jpg Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984357278-UM2CLA1IXG683EHECGCT/IMG_5384.jpg Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571098284-RR5PWZ0AINGPDQL3Y71D/_MG_1076.jpg Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571099859-4B5W3CNNKUAW9K87W6TH/_10B4002.jpg Caribou Rainforest Mountain caribou are a distinct ecotype of woodland caribou which can be found across the boreal forests of North America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571100704-KOGFYLZKIC5ZNBQZCBSE/_10B0488.jpg Caribou Rainforest Despite the protection in a national park the South Columbia herd has diminished to just 5 animals from over 200 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571101529-F9LHZZDXS3FFB5G4STVS/_10B1834.jpg Caribou Rainforest Two bull caribou squre up to spare. Hart Range, British Columbia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571102678-FDWTMNMPFSCBLGXYT4ET/_10B9749.jpg Caribou Rainforest Old growth rainforests such as this one are highly valuable fall and spring habitat for mountain caribou, and for their valuable timber from the forestry industry. Trout Lake, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571103576-61WGB3N18S3K8YDJCE26/_10B7823.jpg Caribou Rainforest “We’ve been here 10,000 years, we're not going anywhere. We're gonna be here long after the province is done raping and pillaging the resources out of this land, and we're the one’s gonna be here cleaning up the mess that they've made” - Roland Willson, West Moberly Dunne-za Chief. Today, hundreds of years since Columbus first arrived on this continent, the West Moberly and neighboring First Nations continue to battle colonial infringement on their traditional territory, most notably in their ongoing battle to stop the Site C dam project on the Peace River in British Columbia, Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571105946-L16Y6N5HF8TICN0PXGQE/_10B6748.jpg Caribou Rainforest Logging of old growth rainforest continues throughout the Canadian portion of the Caribou Rainforest. Northern Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571107391-XAYIGSVJ3CHLVPY07XNX/_10B0659.jpg Caribou Rainforest Summer mountain caribou habitat. Columbia Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571108269-J4HUH392LA49I9PV0XVQ/_10B1919-Pano.jpg Caribou Rainforest Home range of the North Columbia herd in winter. Monashee Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571109225-ICR05YFDBGDIVZPA1WB9/_10B0950.jpg Caribou Rainforest Tree lichens are a vital found source for Mountain caribou in the winter throughout their range. Hart Mountains, British Columbia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571110249-DDV9KV769RBYNNQEJNBK/_10B0687.jpg Caribou Rainforest Summer mountain caribou habitat. Columbia Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571111230-DXBETBV20S6VIP6A82AW/_10B6541-HDR.jpg Caribou Rainforest Ancient inland rainforest on the eastern slope of the Northern Cariboo Mountains. A rare bright spot in protection of low elevation forests in the region, this forest was slotted to be logged until locals took action and forced the province to set it aside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984341912-T2VPPWDISEGQC4PHR6K9/_72A3363.jpg Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571112742-T8FX68UBUCVETJ50YNJZ/_10B3757.jpg Caribou Rainforest Sunset in the Tonquin Valley, home of the largest, though diminishing herd of mountain caribou in Jasper National Park, Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571117576-1PVTGKKT0AHBXM2FR31S/_10B6984.jpg Caribou Rainforest Feller David Walker dropping a rotten hemlock tree in old growth forest in the Northern Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia. Hemlock trees from this logging operation were destined for a pulp mill in Castlegar British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571118722-GKWNL788EA0LY44IHC6A/_10B9872.jpg Caribou Rainforest Old growth western red cedar trees heading down the road out of caribou country. Columbia Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984374348-LAMKRZV2WO7T66Y2HHHD/_DSC6864.jpg Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571120676-40ZA8CNJRKO4MRPMX2I9/_MG_2701.jpg Caribou Rainforest Wolverine in historic mountain caribou habitat in northwestern Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571121861-LIV3P7X5PQ1WMLHT1222/_10B7006.jpg Caribou Rainforest A caribou calf in the Klinse-za maternity pen, one of two attempts in BC to protect pregnant females and young calves from predators during their must vulnerable time of the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571124545-90P9NQVTLYF1TWBHE79H/_10B7357.jpg Caribou Rainforest Saulteau First Nations biologist Naomi Owens helps transport a pregnant mountain caribou to the Klinse-za maternity pen being opportated jointly by two First Nations and the province of British Columbia in the Hart Range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984334120-CVDF971908PQHT1MUKIB/_10B6981.jpg Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571125680-ACKMNN7P1S7GRSP5PNXN/_MG_0808.jpg Caribou Rainforest A full moon rises over a dying glacier in the Canadian Rockies. Climate change is affecting the ecosystem that mountain caribou call home. Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984319126-BQJP38T73C2CBTFW09A4/_10B2587.jpg Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984329648-3U4N5SQCERKY9UVYL1B8/_10B4507.jpg Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984350265-G1BNCEH6SCJ4QRCOYJ3I/_MG_9806.jpg Caribou Rainforest https://davidmoskowitz.net/natural-wonders daily 0.75 2025-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531427656929-4T1GEIS2LHT6O4Y9Y7Y2/_10B0659.jpg Natural Wonders Sunset over a shallow subalpine lake in the Columbia mountains. This is classic summer mountain caribou habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757894622453-KLPDISXC25OT4ILC36Z4/_10B6541-HDR.jpg Natural Wonders Devil's club and western red cedar, Inland Temperate Rainforest, Cariboo Mountains https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757894568596-9FCL29GTI44ZRVSQO3X0/_10B8110.jpg Natural Wonders Morning light in the Arctic on Arrigetch Creek. 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Canadian Rockies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757894963938-GKD92IDMYHMU7GZFBCHY/_10B0597.jpg Natural Wonders North Fork of the Flathead River Valley. Glacier National Park, Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757893195320-X8NCQF6RB8K11KPBTAIL/272A8870.jpg Natural Wonders Misty clouds mingle with ancient trees in the Olympic National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757893460014-F9FB6NR1SGPDXEW7PMGL/_MG_7641.jpg Natural Wonders Mount Shkara, 5068 M, peaks out from behind clouds at sunset. Georgian Caucasus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757894730950-0V2AYPOEA9QWJ8MIWKDA/_10B5627-2.jpg Natural Wonders Wind sculpted snow, Selkirk Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757893367390-SLH2IZ9SJ5EN2APC3WWY/1P7A4105.jpg Natural Wonders Oak trees in the Columbia River Gorge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757893312232-HJ8WAX29WIYAJCJZLESG/210B0325.jpg Natural Wonders Alpine larches glow in autumn light, North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757894925059-FQW3YXRXLF6SXDZZFDBX/_10B0659.jpg Natural Wonders Sunset over a shallow subalpine lake in the Columbia mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757894885983-U06BNV6YZ5WAUY31763U/_10B1768.jpg Natural Wonders Misty Inland Rainforest, Monashee Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757894691129-5FPM323O36I7VEGTNGQ4/_10B6199.jpg Natural Wonders Standing dead trees and fireweed in th wake of a wildfire in the Kettle Range, Washington State. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757893015323-ZUCXGLUP6E1AEWIQTY0W/IMG_4520.jpg Natural Wonders View from the north ridge of Forbidden Peak in North Cascades National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757894096406-J2TBPEB31C440BWO9G5X/_MG_2239.jpg Natural Wonders Waves crash on the rugged coastline of Ka'u, on the southern end of the Big Island of Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757887791501-E0J62AEM7RQJXC3MKC2O/1P7A1595-HDR-Edit.jpg Natural Wonders Wildfire and moonlight in the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757893902176-J3RJHWX5OTIPT0NFP6KV/_MG_3401.jpg Natural Wonders Lava from the Kilauea Volcano on the big isalnd of Hawaii pours over cliffs into the Pacific Ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757893720008-C91MTT4YADX5EQUZFZBR/_MG_7499.jpg Natural Wonders Caucasus mountains along the Russian-Georgian border https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757894846487-FROHWQM6L6BRXA2HQD9W/_10B3049-HDR.jpg Natural Wonders Summer in the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757894760808-ZAHWV9CN7JNDVJJE0AFR/_10B5272.jpg Natural Wonders Alpine Larch in Fall, North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757892984589-2CS6XPZ6ZW5APY0JRXOY/IMG_4590.jpg Natural Wonders Snowpatch Spire, Bugaboo Range, Purcell Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757893123463-8UK86CY9D808M4TCOWP8/DJI_0878-Enhanced-NR.jpg Natural Wonders Winter sunset on Liberty Bell Massif, North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1757887803666-FT1TABITE3KVGD9XYUWY/1P7A8277-HDR.jpg Natural Wonders Confluence of the Methow and Twisp Rivers at sunset, Washington. https://davidmoskowitz.net/wildlife-portfolio daily 0.75 2018-08-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531427567424-T5WNZOD07VHGJUOHE127/_MG_9819.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A black colored wolf crossing a lead of water along coast of a small island in Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447671226-H81606F3S3BTZS6XUJ9I/i-njk6Jvv-L.jpg Wildlife Portfolio Canada lynx in Montana’s Mission Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447675840-1XJJ97AUZFW4RKBEON94/IMG_7625_2.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A grey wolf feeds on an elk carcass recently killed by her pack in northwestern Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1534882503512-QBDTTMQY8CGYZJ2SFSBZ/_10B2587.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A black bear peers through the foliage of a tree in Washington State’s interior temperate rainforest in the Selkirk Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447662220-C0VT0ROPJZCGM0QLL9C1/_10B8662.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A mountain goat feeds on a summer day in the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447663370-3KXT0YUNR768UCQD03QQ/_72A3112.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A chinook salmon battles its way up the Clearwater River in the Cariboo Mountains of British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1534882684542-T8AX3ZFK2ZPCJYAKBL3E/Moskowitz-17.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A lone bull mountain caribou inspects the tracks of other caribou. Hart Range, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447664291-VM7B1R9WRS580T0MJMOH/_MG_1119.jpg Wildlife Portfolio Sibling wolves in a coastal wet meadow in the Great Bear Rainforest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447664200-N9IQRM9PHDJHEMCK4HON/_MG_1172.jpg Wildlife Portfolio Two ravens discuss the days happenings in the Great Bear Rainforest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447666236-GO9FT18RAFMWGCX2OJYK/_MG_2701.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A wolverine in the Mission Mountains of Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447665769-EXALQL9F3SZGDDS0QIGU/_MG_6089.jpg Wildlife Portfolio American pika foraging in an alpine larch in the North Cascades of Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447666640-2ME0ECK30OAUECH1SRMQ/_MG_6976.jpg Wildlife Portfolio Hoary marmot, Canadian Rockies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447667780-GQLM2NZXVC5S3SG22XJW/_MG_9511.jpg Wildlife Portfolio Olympic marmots are endemic to the Olympic mountains of western Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447667686-7GNXBDLZML0AOFK4GSBQ/_MG_9819.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A grey wolf fords a lead of water on the coast of an island of Clayoquot Sound on Vancouver Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447678438-C2EUFIYS616AGW10RUZS/Moskowitz-11.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A passing bald eagle launches a flock of snow geese into flight. Salish Sea, Washington State. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447669844-L4V3Q1GM098J7XFSI0E2/-6642.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A grizzly bear dines on an elk which was killed the previous day by wolves in northwestern Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447669754-8YVEZLGS3YH11H16NDQ3/David+Moskowitz-1.jpg Wildlife Portfolio Cliff swallows in their nests. Salmon River Mountains, Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447671133-Z2HNHB3USTG3UQBKAE3T/David+Moskowitz-4715.jpg Wildlife Portfolio Pacific wren with food for nestlings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447674535-VBUUYC8195JBB9J0ZF16/IMG_0808-2.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A grizzly bear from the endangered population in the southern Selkirk Mountains close to the British Columbia—Washington border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447674445-RT2PE59FY3ZSYA8J9PJ9/IMG_5384.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A mountain caribou calf peers under the head of its mother. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447675841-09RZKS48XNZ9H6ZB765W/IMG_7848.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A Rocky Mountain red fox on a rainy day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447677921-YYFSKIY1N5ONBXLIRT0X/IMG_8784.jpg Wildlife Portfolio A grey wolf pads under ancient cedar trees in the Selkirk Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530447677921-3Q2ISTTOLUT2BEXF0N9Y/Microtus-3587-73.jpg Wildlife Portfolio Townsend’s vole on a fall day. Salish Sea. https://davidmoskowitz.net/recent-work daily 0.75 2023-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693890967233-FPSFMC196CZXI91E7N3W/MCW01856.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693890967233-FPSFMC196CZXI91E7N3W/MCW01856.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693890968382-IZ5EX98RQANXQ5X6DXZH/MCW01801.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891119301-DKNLAPXCPYYQVJAI6RXK/MCW02263.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891845660-FBNDIMSK9QZDSHO63F6L/MCW02105.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693890956521-LMQ7YMXELDXHHWOAV1LR/MCW01169.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693890949486-AQ2XB0ATBPI3TUCR93DI/MCW01263.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693890949486-FJ9ZTRV40XEZN92ADG0M/MCW01187.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891113285-1EY8AIVD0C0FA3RP5LAP/MCW01356.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891116766-0TEPZ3BMETD4CB5AX1CY/MCW01358.jpg Recent Work - MCW01358.jpg Desolation Peak Lookout hike from Ross Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693890956498-7EMWJWV2GMEK79THBNUP/MCW01360.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693890961211-GWW172FKV1N7K18J6OZP/MCW01366.jpg Recent Work Desolation Peak Lookout hike from Ross Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693890963536-TS1JZXMJCIAYNOA21RMK/MCW01321.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891122762-YHAF5L76HWYH87ZKU2TS/MCW02511.jpg Recent Work - MCW02511.jpg Mount Terror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891102256-8U9N6WLUIFWGGCA8MGUK/_S0A1093.jpg Recent Work Samantha Redheart STEM Coordinator / Yakama Nation ERWM. "My goal is to get tribal youth interested in environmental STEM fields related to ongoing cleanup activities at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. This is based on the shortage of qualified engineers, scientists, thenologists, mangers, and analysts needed to clean up the environment damaged by nuclear and hazardous waste materials. I also provide Yakama Nation members and community with necessary skills to make informed decisions and and take responsible action. Hanford’s future will depend on the next generation’s advocacy for cleanup that is thorough and just." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891102013-B3WUW1ES6KIE7MILUS7B/_S0A3091.jpg Recent Work Access to the Hanford Nuclear sight is highly restricted due to ongoing radioactivity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891108376-SBYCYMGZMJWE0XZHQYLD/_S0A3204.jpg Recent Work - _S0A3204.jpg Inside Reactor B at the Hanford Nuclear sight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891108379-A4HN7I2DS6QHNE5HF4BB/_S0A3404.jpg Recent Work Yakama Nation Tribal Council member Christopher Wallahee at the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891401883-NOIYE75U39PYY4QUPBLW/_S0A3585.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891385261-RUXMZHUI9C8V6ZPCFFC6/_S0A3528.jpg Recent Work - _S0A3528.jpg Puyallup tribal member and activist Dakota Case in front of the LNG terminal on the edge of the Puyallup Indian Reservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1567618791212-KOQEVWLH0KCOBBP7S9XT/_DSC0064.jpg Recent Work A grey wolf from the endangered population in Washington's North Cascades Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891374308-4I0MDYJVPIGLAK0CLV87/_S0A3482.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535826697204-VB43WEFDKWW8212L6HAZ/_10B8871.jpg Recent Work Mist and clouds cling to the peaks at the headwaters of Arrigetch Creek. Gates of the Arctic National Park, Brooks Range, Alaska https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891362761-AP2VUHJVRYR4QX4M7I3J/_S0A3509.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891395889-CINJTOZ0WM4VKRZ1PD35/_S0A3749.jpg Recent Work Tribal Council Member Annette Bryan on tribal land across the water from the LNG terminal which sits on the edge of their reservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891374308-LO0UAEFQWFZCA35KRR0V/_S0A3371.jpg Recent Work LNG terminal in the Port of Tacoma. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891379130-0JYNEWD054JNJI234QPV/_S0A4723.jpg Recent Work Maru Mora Villalpando in front of the Northwest ICE Processing Center. Villalpando advocates for the rights of detainees inside the facility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891396672-RO1VUBRK7SFD9S8XQZ52/3I0A9219.jpg Recent Work - 3I0A9219.jpg Mudflats exposed at low tide with the LNG terminal beyond and the loading cranes for container ships in the Port of Tacoma beyond that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891400847-7XZFOV0YO885S5ROATQ6/_S0A3313.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891368145-QJU5Y50YT5OOIAPPP4IP/DJI_0386.jpg Recent Work Confluence of the Cascade River with the Skagit showing glacial silt from the undammed Cascade flowing into the Skagit which is flowing clear because upstream dams capture the silt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891391267-2LAQH9UPVJEQIHJC0O4U/DJI_0322.jpg Recent Work Confluence of the Suak River with the Skagit showing glacial silt from the undammed Sauk flowing into the Skagit which is flowing clear because upstream dams capture the silt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891391777-OFFSXVI0Q7LHUARA2TWM/DJI_0345-Pano.jpg Recent Work Confluence of the Suak River with the Skagit showing glacial silt from the undammed Sauk flowing into the Skagit which is flowing clear because upstream dams capture the silt https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891367647-EZQJPC4988Q2XWGLFS41/_S0A1575.jpg Recent Work Jack Fiander, General Counsel for the Sauk Suiattle Indian Tribe. Member of the Yakama Nation and Honorary member of the Suak Suiattle, given the Lushootseed nae of DXwTUKKwIATKIN ("duxtukkwiatkin" meaning protector of all that is sacred). Here in front of the Sauk River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891380177-W83DJ0SDUBJOYM3Q8W48/3I0A8370.jpg Recent Work - 3I0A8370.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891386700-D96L1MV1FDT0NN4UUK7N/3I0A8400.jpg Recent Work - 3I0A8400.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1693891361669-J2XOIS5JV3PW1XMF5BZ5/3I0A8340.jpg Recent Work - 3I0A8340.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371467688-D5NQBV39L2EER2TRDHQA/_DSC5995.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371476036-FWGJ8JSZY5AFT3VYYU7N/_DSC6019.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371405074-Q7OKXX90I6YT8X8XDEIQ/_72A1175.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371836406-R4UKBMLP4MEMKGM6RN59/210B9024.jpg Recent Work 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1578803003991-SG5VDEH66OQGN0KGJVC2/272A9300.jpg Recent Work Roosevelt Elk, Olympic Penninsula. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371438843-NO6BCMNWOGSY7J283YDA/_72A2584.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371442028-UESSDNQBUGMSRN97RIU3/_72A2634.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371446888-1JBUD46PN2ABYMSMGZ7Y/_72A8690.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371622434-045W4IF0NLPBX2W6E9WD/1P7A2844.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371627961-HV2TUJ5AIP1SV6GQ5AWP/1P7A4948.jpg Recent Work Evening light over the Methow Valley from Baulky Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371516374-D0P69VRAZ8X897JEA1QC/1P7A1994.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371532622-54HRF5LL80314DB31894/1P7A2369-HDR.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371648481-PSPSX8FHVQ2L3PEPGTWO/1P7A6457.jpg Recent Work Ahousaht member Lenny John is an outspoken critic of his nation's approach to fish farms and has engaged in numerous protests and direct actions against them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371659812-UL6BOMMFQSL4YV7ICR1D/1P7A7508.jpg Recent Work Ho'miska̱nis, Don Svanvik, a traditional carver, and hereditary chief and current elected Chief of Council of the ‘Na̱mg̱is First Nation under a carving he made on the waterfront in Alert Bay. Carving: depiction of one of hte first ancestors of the first house of the Namgis. the carving depicts 'Namxiyalegiyu, the gigantic sea monster with the body of a halibut it is the crest of the Tsi'tsilwalagami the first house of the Namgis. more info on Namgis web site namgis.bc.ca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371671649-JM9B5YZLDPM05LOV4R0S/1P7A7521.jpg Recent Work Ho'miska̱nis, Don Svanvik, a hereditary chief and current elected Chief of Council of the ‘Na̱mg̱is First Nation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371799016-Z540GHNVEI6ZL7PDTT9Y/210B4758.jpg Recent Work Cermaq fish farm anchored to Saranac Island in the Ahousaht First Nation's territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371847031-KU5S3BO46VCTA3KI3D6B/DJI_0066.jpg Recent Work A Cermaq fish farm in Ahousaht First Nation's tradtional territory at Saranac Island in Clayoqout Sound. The boat docked by the farm is set up to pressure wash sea lice off of the Atlantic salmon in the farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371678355-KTH123Q72T0ENL7TTVGP/1P7A7544.jpg Recent Work Alexandra Morton inspects a juvenile salmon for sea lice at her home on Malcolm Island in the territory of the Namgis First Nation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371683059-DCPFOU2V9WK1JOWPTQSH/1P7A7586.jpg Recent Work Alexandra Morton at her home on Malcolm Island in the territory of the Namgis First Nation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371689951-FGLXJNQE0W54KRHT19PE/1P7A7604.jpg Recent Work Alexandra Morton at her home on Malcolm Island in the territory of the Namgis First Nation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371804336-C3QX2V6W6QRUCVHVEALV/210B5678.jpg Recent Work Chief Earnest Alfred, K̓wak̓waba̱'las, elected council member of the 'Na̱mg̱is First Nation traditional leader of the Ławit̓sis First Nation, with his family at the naming ceremony for his grand daughter in Alert Bay. Alfred was instrumental in the occupation of a fish farm in their territory which has helped bring an end to them in the Broughton. “For our people, salmon is not a menu choice. It’s within our DNA. We are the fish. We are the salmon people.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371809586-RX0246PW2R6RYTNHKXNG/210B6365.jpg Recent Work A totem pole in the front yard of a house in Alert Bay, home of the Namgis First Nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371775706-C9E7IRMD25TPH8MPX29W/1P7A9777.jpg Recent Work Caribou cow and calf in the Klinse-za maternal pen. Calf mortality is the primary driver of population declines for mountain caribou. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371501971-Z2O9DJ8QMKVZGSCNRUO1/1P7A0001.jpg Recent Work caribou calf about to leave the maternity pen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371698115-5K8U7DHE46MR6JM696GO/1P7A8050.jpg Recent Work Twin Sisters mountains in the center of the newly created Indigenous Protected Area which is at the heart of the new agreement between the Canadian Government and the West Moberly and Saulteau First Nations. These mountains are sacred to the Saulteau and what drew them to settle in this region when they fled colonial invasion further east in the continent. As former chief Ken Cameron said, "they provided sactuary for our people". Now they are in the middle of a sanctuary for the caribou. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371702865-TMNF6272PSUIGXO6PPAA/1P7A8201.jpg Recent Work Ken Cameron, councilor and former Chief of Saulteau First Nation. Cameron was a signateur of the new agreement for the Saulteau. Photographed here at the base of the Twin Sisters mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371721076-94XD9M0H6U8AENUC0XIO/1P7A8474.jpg Recent Work The Moberly River drains out of the newly created Indigenous Protected Area in the Hart Range Mountains and into Moberly Lake and the reserves of the West Moberly and Saulteau First Nations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371746645-GYEXDW6R1EO1SHTUGYA1/1P7A9277.jpg Recent Work Starr Gauthier, Caribou Guardian. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371758421-I9HJOLPG6XBSBWOI76L9/1P7A9506.jpg Recent Work Daniel Desjarlais, of the West Moberly First Nations picks lichen to feed caribou in the materinity pen run by the West Moberly and Saulteau. Desjarlais, a professional cook shared "I'm picking lichen to feed to the caribou so that one day I will get to eat the caribou." Daniel aspires to bring better food back to his community through his own restaurant that will include "bush foods" that are a traditional part of their diet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371750091-I4XV7K8AV0LH58Z08GI4/1P7A9450.jpg Recent Work Daniel Desjarlais, WMFN, shows clump of lichen collected to feed the caribou. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371767595-AD7SWWOMMVXLGC5ET75W/1P7A9668.jpg Recent Work Pauline Walker, member of the Saulteau First Nation, collecting lichens to feed to caribou in the maternity pen run by the First Nations. "I consider it an honor to be able to give back to the caribou...We want caribou here for our great-grand children." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371813673-BR5JG20CP4ZLT6D1NNFW/210B6614.jpg Recent Work Diane Calliou, SFN member, general manager of Twin Sisters Nursery. "I think its important for the nursery to be involved because caribou need food and we can help with that." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371713483-JMCNH5CWGTBNEGTDMFL6/1P7A8277-HDR.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371742450-TKSRKU30OUR23GBDKEZY/1P7A8999.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371737822-KW9F0FHF4ZOWX7JUJQYS/1P7A8664.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371524855-9FCS2UNLRGQXMIEZDIQT/1P7A2200-HDR.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371781005-WIL3WXHEQJTAC8CY82HH/1P7A9928.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371856311-O3ZC1ZA2GSGL5J8OVDXE/DSC_6060.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371866261-2I0OMR6D4HNZCWSJ6LHU/IMG_3983.jpg Recent Work Evening light over the Methow Valley from Baulky Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1578802953798-8DA7B13SUWLU6SABA2WN/210B0410.jpg Recent Work Sunset over the Hanford Reach of the Columbia River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371843048-TT5JA60A2HIRBRL6EMGE/CC2I0262.jpg Recent Work Basalt flows covered much of the Columbia plateau in layers thousands of feet thick in places. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371817159-PMPHKX5DCX1Y90586354/210B8106.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371823962-ZG7WCOKMQR12Y6OY781Y/210B8291.jpg Recent Work Tanner Creek flows out of the Cascades in Oregon into the Columbia River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371826191-V8M92DH6SBXBM0GEVPWX/210B8600.jpg Recent Work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1609371833376-U9JMLIZ5H4XMKCUIR3RP/210B8778.jpg Recent Work Deadman's Cove on Cape Disappointment on the north side of the mouth of the Columbia River. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts daily 0.75 2024-10-05 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/cpffilms monthly 0.5 2024-10-05 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/owyheecanyonlands monthly 0.5 2024-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/a596ad05-26bf-47e5-adc9-d9469913e97c/1P7A5082-HDR-1.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778366321-GRX066UEYFFVMXJ5VM6M/_72A9284-2.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - Pronghorn traverse the Owyhee River watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778419882-5S9VY4XKRYO8N1OAF0KI/1P7A1598-3.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - Ancient petroglyphs in the traditional territory of the Northern Pauite people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778423630-L0TS7500QSDN0PUGDVAO/1P7A4659-4.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - Ryan Mackenzie and Jaylen Eldridge rope a calf on family owned Mackenzie Ranch on Succor Creek, a tributary of the Snake River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778396061-E3GTY4UIXPLQM5R73JBZ/1P7A0353-5.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - Flowering paintbrush pokes out from a sagebrush bush in arid grassland in the Snake River watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778433417-M48ALVEYJ6BJAUC0NLPB/7C2A9322-Enhanced-NR-6.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - A Sage Grouse displays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778383063-TOXAVT0XQIIC32B24VUZ/_S0A2542-7.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - Buster Gibson - a member of the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes’ Duck Valley Reservation and the director of the tribe’s Fish and Game Department. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778452282-8RQX6B7HDRKR5WFL7Y1V/DJI_0474-8.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - Owyhee River just upstream from Rome, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778382254-OCB7S084UXFEDOAUWAEA/_S0A1760-9.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - The Owyhee River flows out of a deep canyon near the Three Forks confluence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778440578-S3GN7W2YJQNGZD72SW6I/7C2A9811-10.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - Owyhee River just upstream from Rome, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778407112-WSQXEAJIK73EH24NORV3/1P7A0647-11.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - Sunset at Anderson Crossing, Little Owyhee River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778411847-LZUYTURQ1OOVKQPTSZLN/1P7A0776-12.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - A beaver feeding on willow in the Owyhee River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778432847-7026TDDAC12GINMYGBUU/3I0A0438-13.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - A male Northern Harrier flies through Owyhee Canyonlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778365970-4MYOBFCMMYMRGAXTP5HD/_S0A1591-14.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - Spring snow squall obscures the Owyhee River flowing through a deep canyon in southeastern Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778441052-0DJAKLPNTTJ6BPMTKFMU/DJI_0191-15.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - A dusting of spring snow might be all the moisture this part of the Big River watershed sees all year here in northern Nevada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1712778396281-NDUC8OLNG7VDE4G7OEYS/1P7A0551-16.jpg Blog - 400k+ acres of Owyhee Canyonlands Set Aside by BLM - Watershed of the Little Owyhee River in the upper reach of the Owyhee Canyonlands close to the Oregon Nevada border. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/wolverineesa monthly 0.5 2023-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/57850f95-83b7-46e6-8a4a-f88dc8af9b2f/MG_1843-1536x1024.jpg Blog - Wolverine Listed as Threatened - Make it stand out A wolverine inspects a deer mandible at a research station in the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/55fd63c3-0c61-42db-b113-d33ee1a3dd7d/210B4455.jpg Blog - Wolverine Listed as Threatened - Make it stand out Stephanie Williams inspects fresh tracks of a wolverine during a day in the field servicing camera traps in the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/c460b1fc-da23-4585-9d93-b7fce13e2197/10B8711-2-1229x1536.jpg Blog - Wolverine Listed as Threatened - Make it stand out Right hind track, likely placed directly on top of a front track of a wolverine. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/hanford-reach monthly 0.5 2023-06-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/fc134564-ccf1-4aae-84f8-4e379d265678/_S0A1093.jpg Blog - Hanford Reach Tour - Make it stand out Samantha Redheart is the STEM coordinator for the Yakama Nation’s Environmental Restoration Waste Management Program, photographed here on the banks of the Yakama River. In a recent article published in the Columbia Riverkeeper’s newsletter Currents she wrote: “My goal is to get tribal youth interested in environmental STEM fields related to ongoing cleanup activities at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation. This is based on the shortage of qualified engineers, scientists, thenologists, mangers, and analysts needed to clean up the environment damaged by nuclear and hazardous waste materials. I also provide Yakama Nation members and community with necessary skills to make informed decisions and and take responsible action. Hanford’s future will depend on the next generation’s advocacy for cleanup that is thorough and just.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/810ca411-0228-46b6-b2e5-cfc96d5c3c7a/_S0A1885.jpg Blog - Hanford Reach Tour - Make it stand out Yakama Nation Tribal Council Member Arnold Eyle speaking at a dinner gathering to discuss the Hanford Reach prior to the journey to the Reach which occurred the following day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/ba995f78-379e-4422-be26-d24b718f24dd/_S0A2848.jpg Blog - Hanford Reach Tour - Make it stand out Trina Sherwood, Cultural Specialist for the Yakama Nation Natural Resources department, was one of the leaders who provided interpretation for students from the Tribal School on Hanford tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/fcb8d59f-96c6-49b3-abad-bbb98b42ad5c/_S0A3078.jpg Blog - Hanford Reach Tour - Make it stand out Reviewing the tour route through Hanford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/c9300a28-421e-4be0-aae9-6f81376c894e/_S0A3117.jpg Blog - Hanford Reach Tour - Make it stand out Photographing one of the mothballed reactors at Hanford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/6c96f047-2fe8-4546-8274-7e865444862f/_S0A3404.jpg Blog - Hanford Reach Tour - Make it stand out Tribal Council Member Christopher Wallahee, Assistant Secretary of the Yakama Tribal Council, photographed at the Hanford Reach during the tour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/8b8a9799-1115-4b41-8978-726fab3a4aaf/3I0A0602.jpg Blog - Hanford Reach Tour - Make it stand out Yakama Nation Tribal Council Member Christopher Wallahee shaking hands with students at the end of the Hanford Journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/4a972bab-9a00-42fa-b4f3-b93e5d417d20/3I0A0765.jpg Blog - Hanford Reach Tour - Make it stand out Security at one of the entrances to Hanford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/ae5551ae-34e0-43a5-a50c-a59e58cf940a/3I0A0770.jpg Blog - Hanford Reach Tour - Make it stand out Nuclear facilities close to the Columbia River. This area was chosen as a nuclear reactor site because the cold water from the river could be used to cool the reactors. Now radiation from the facilities threatens the Big River’s watershed. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/lew-george monthly 0.5 2023-06-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/3f2c2de1-a9bd-445d-a3aa-153c3817c122/1P7A0859.jpg Blog - Dispatch from the scaffolds: Native fishing culture on the Columbia River - Make it stand out Fishing in front of the Dalles dam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/5c242055-b0ec-409c-8738-09a7fd86a51e/_S0A4409.jpg Blog - Dispatch from the scaffolds: Native fishing culture on the Columbia River - Make it stand out A portrait of Lew I made for my forthcoming book on the Big River which was used for the story High Country News put together of his images https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/99a5d140-eb13-4d77-9e87-95cc5e14ab7f/_S0A7646.jpg Blog - Dispatch from the scaffolds: Native fishing culture on the Columbia River - Make it stand out Lew looking at photos he took on the tailgate of his pickup truck https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/018ec01d-a67d-41dd-81f7-e1a0b7f0edeb/_S0A3326.jpg Blog - Dispatch from the scaffolds: Native fishing culture on the Columbia River - Make it stand out Young people that help Lew fish from platforms along the Big River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/ade6d7d6-ea5d-458a-ab79-e966a50409ad/7C2A9820.jpg Blog - Dispatch from the scaffolds: Native fishing culture on the Columbia River - Make it stand out Lew suggested I take this photo to show the world what it looks like to be an Indian today https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/sinixtcanoe monthly 0.5 2022-12-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/9653fb5f-ce85-425f-b89b-c5fd9ae764c5/_S0A0538.jpg Blog - Sinixt Canoe Journey - Make it stand out The Sinixt canoe on the water during a rainy day on lower Arrow Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1656002908327-DQ9RJAK5JEQX7K4HJTVE/3I0A1316.jpg Blog - Sinixt Canoe Journey Arrow Lakes Cultural Facilitator Shelly Boyd leading a gathering of paddlers from different upper Columbia River tribes at Kettle Falls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1656002904877-TJEIE3OQ39SCZF68FI5R/3I0A0042.jpg Blog - Sinixt Canoe Journey Dugout canoe and a sturgeon nose canoe on Arrow Lakes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1656002903781-ECFAZMSSOSH78UFXDF9N/3I0A0115.jpg Blog - Sinixt Canoe Journey Sinixt descendant Fiona Fitzpatrick in the middle of the canoe looks out across the water while paddling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1656003086797-0SICS0Q3PBQ9AEVLL4IA/_S0A2844.jpg Blog - Sinixt Canoe Journey Watching canoes from various tribes head out across the reservoir on the Columbia at the local where Kettle Falls used to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1656002892336-Q6UAW7JH3UF33SSFJI2D/_S0A3200.jpg Blog - Sinixt Canoe Journey The Sinixt Canoe landing as part of the salmon ceremony at Kettle Falls with Shelly Boyd at the front of the canoe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1656002891797-V2QR617UTH94XIQ8DX0W/_S0A3329.jpg Blog - Sinixt Canoe Journey As a show of respect for the canoes, they are carefully lifted out of the water. 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Finding Gulo Film Now Free To Watch Online Project co-founder Steph Williams surveys wolverine habitat in the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1669056970034-CELIV8WYC9WZG9ZYTW70/DavidMoskowitz__FindingGulo_10.jpg Blog - Finding Gulo Film Now Free To Watch Online Steph Williams and Drew Lovell traverse CWP's study area on skis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1669056954938-G3I3RCYHBY3M1BIJKDZ6/DavidMoskowitz__FindingGulo_9.jpg Blog - Finding Gulo Film Now Free To Watch Online Steph Williams gets some turns in on the east slope of the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1669056971336-5YRUG4B2WYIE8JRBK524/DavidMoskowitz__FindingGulo_11.jpg Blog - Finding Gulo Film Now Free To Watch Online Avalanche forecaster and researcher with CWP inspects the snowpack during a day in the field tracking down wolverines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1669057501856-IC6A66W0BHEIRG2BEQZI/DavidMoskowitz__FindingGulo_2.jpg Blog - 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Finding Gulo Film Now Free To Watch Online Winter light and shadows across CWP’s study area in the North Cascades. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2021/6/1/behind-the-scenes-of-the-peterson-bird-nest-field-guide monthly 0.5 2021-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1622574305232-7WFSVG2QSA0COJAFVG04/_10B0889.jpg Blog - Behind the scenes of the Peterson bird nest field guide - Matt checking out a beautiful Cactus Wren nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1622574349739-7YCLPIZTBKX91TMLJHCQ/z_10B0891.jpeg Blog - Behind the scenes of the Peterson bird nest field guide - That Cactus Wren nest again https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1622574311034-YO2ITDRYM4RBQK05ANQD/_10B4212.jpg Blog - Behind the scenes of the Peterson bird nest field guide - Casey and a Coot nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1622574334046-EXQNJJVUQSI36VNOCBCJ/_10B8347.jpg Blog - Behind the scenes of the Peterson bird nest field guide - Kim with a Hermit Thrush nest and eggs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1622574349430-VEWHRL5RWJ2APPLK72ZM/_10B8348.jpg Blog - Behind the scenes of the Peterson bird nest field guide - Close up shot of the Hermit Thrush nest with eggs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1622574416626-ALCXJ7W6Y6C6N3JO0URH/BirdNestBookPage1_page-0001.jpg Blog - Behind the scenes of the Peterson bird nest field guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1622574416705-LBAFWEBBSHRL9RM84NPB/BirdNestBookPage3_page-0001.jpg Blog - Behind the scenes of the Peterson bird nest field guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1622574418979-PZ6H3VMZSVQEN1U7GAZ7/BirdNestBookPage6_page-0001.jpg Blog - Behind the scenes of the Peterson bird nest field guide https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1622574419061-8LCXQTI08ST4WI0HP0ZS/BirdNestBookPage10_page-0001.jpg Blog - 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Behind the scenes of the Peterson bird nest field guide - The authors during a writing retreat in northcentral Washington State https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2021/11/2/searching-for-fisher-habitat-in-the-cariboos monthly 0.5 2021-11-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1635889963500-7LSPXN1ALN679827ELQ0/1P7A4771.jpg Blog - Searching for Fisher Habitat in the Cariboos Pulp and lumber mills in Quesnel receive trees from forestry activity in the Cariboo region that’s threatening the survival of fishers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1635889962951-DLWA1OBBYPVYBLHRZEKH/7C2A0015.jpg Blog - Searching for Fisher Habitat in the Cariboos Growths such as this in a spruce tree are important habitat features for fishers who use them for nests and hunting perches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1635889974479-7WCEQYJW60CQG5OFVA8D/7C2A9861.jpg Blog - Searching for Fisher Habitat in the Cariboos Fisher researcher Larry Davis inspects an artificial den box for fisher he set up in an attempt to deal with the lack of old trees large enough to have natural cavities for fishers to use. Fisher are the largest mammal in North America that requires a tree cavity for reproduction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1635889975228-6OXH5Y77WLA1N3NOURII/7C2A9910.jpg Blog - Searching for Fisher Habitat in the Cariboos Complex forest structure typical of quality fisher habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1635889987227-95G9EKG3YZSIVQGZG4EM/DJI_0559.jpg Blog - Searching for Fisher Habitat in the Cariboos Contiguous stands of mature forest are ideal habitat for fishers, such as these stands in Schoolhouse Lake provincial park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1635889988748-2CS3B64MUWCHY8W7QAQ1/DJI_0584.jpg Blog - Searching for Fisher Habitat in the Cariboos Unfortunately, more and more of the region looks like this, fragmented stands of recently cut forest as well as early regeneration forest -- a landscape fishers can’t thrive in. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2021/7/14/cascades-wolverine-project-winter-2021 monthly 0.5 2021-07-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303380001-0L8R0TXZ09RY7NUFL20Z/DJI_0770.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 A sunset view of the North Cascades near Holden Village https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303323620-DCSV1IUYU1PNMNY3VF4Q/_DSC6746.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 Bonanza peak through burned forest from the Wolverine Fire in Railroad Creek watershed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303330096-4639TLWEKAP0AANOF2JK/1P7A2768.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 Steph Williams and volunteer extraordinaire Erica Engle ski in to a new camera monitoring station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303335248-FZ61EME7JKNC05VAWCK9/1P7A2808.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 Prepping for the trip at the parking lot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303340608-T0M1LENV9SFZZC5JR8OT/7C2A2946.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 The hazards of tree bombs for field work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303335484-EM8VF2DPFS1CDXKD0CM5/7C2A2929.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 Erica Engle sighting a camera at a run-pole station in the Twisp River watershed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303339930-9DBFVXCANXA91ABED9JL/7C2A3060.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 Stephanie Williams collecting hair samples from a wolverine monitoring station https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303371018-O6NPZJN60RMRUEQEO93P/7C2A3744.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 Beautiful snow drifts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303385121-F1FB0SC24QZA3GEDUG77/DJI_0878.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 Sun setting behind granite spires known as “The Watchers” by the Methow people, first inhabitants of this watershed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303387102-XDNXUSP7BFAVHIM5XHEP/DJI_0992.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 The charred remains of a forest after a forest fire near Lake Chelan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303327910-5466SOEGTWWV2V8ZSBC1/_MG_0518.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 Another mountain specialist, a Clarke’s nutcracker posed for about 4000 photos at this station this winter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303325120-RJHU0ZHMM84WSWBQZ5IY/_72A4734.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 Another winter without a single wolverine detection in the Methow watershed from our monitoring stations. This black bear showed up in the spring at one station in the Early Winters Creek watershed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303373398-1ZHI51JSIQ280W9DTMA9/210B2988.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 Wolverine detected in the Lake Chelan watershed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303375096-T3KM3C1V57DNPMVKXKEO/210B3029.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626304885641-FHNXSUSOYJJFWHAYI7IS/IMG_4035.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 Another wolverine detection from above Holden Village in the Lake Chelan watershed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626303377610-UC6HUIS8BSOVH7B9JQRQ/210B4947.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 A twilight visit from gulo gulo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626304892200-9ZFV0BHC4151O99DAH71/IMG_7380.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1626304892595-6SRFFHM7TCU2LZU3F4W9/IMG_8200.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project - Winter/Spring 2021 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2020/12/31/winter-in-the-rainforest monthly 0.5 2021-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1612754279168-UG6LGD052JZ44AZYDEGH/1P7A1994.jpg Blog - Winter Fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1612754345627-ISHMCISZ5DN6MWLB6DUV/1P7A2357.jpg Blog - Winter Fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1612755056427-C1WIBNFEQUOD761IJ1IH/1P7A1859.jpg Blog - Winter Fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1612754559222-TNRJNIDOTK1BTV9PIAYD/210B1849.jpg Blog - Winter Fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1612754578611-Y3V2RW23FKM5BHFF1RM7/DJI_0735.jpg Blog - Winter Fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1612754603331-T7CC6E3QIP13CZFFF3AS/DJI_0744.jpg Blog - Winter Fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1612754625060-JLV7SMTIHLXHXEUCP2NU/DJI_0753.jpg Blog - Winter Fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1612754457372-W3E1PSUR3PUMMT4W3JV8/1P7A2424.jpg Blog - Winter Fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1612754500100-LDF3WOMCESADJ4YAIOX3/1P7A2457.jpg Blog - Winter Fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1612754480029-029TB04XA3V14HOD0LHX/1P7A2446.jpg Blog - Winter Fish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1612754689252-QMZ1PGQBIUJFQ93VO2XG/1P7A2358.jpg Blog - Winter Fish https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2020/12/18/use-tracking-skills-to-find-amp-photograph-elusive-wildlife-an-interview-with-david-moskowitz monthly 0.5 2020-12-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1608364473315-XSNG83C931OL98MG3F7O/_MG_1843.jpg Blog - Use Tracking Skills To Find & Photograph Elusive Wildlife: An Interview With David Moskowitz North Cascades wolverine, photographed as a part of the Cascades Wolverine Project. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2020/12/14/wild-salmon-fish-farms-and-first-nations-in-british-columbia monthly 0.5 2020-12-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975326810-WTWMXEXBL21WP00ODWVG/_10B1245.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia A chinook salmon ready to be prepared for a feast by the Wuikinuxv First Nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975090051-LDYQQ2RZ3OIUDEXSIE3D/_10B1223.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia Two members of the Wuikinuxv First Nation prepare wild salmon to feed to guests to their territory duirng the annual Tribal Canoe Journey which brings together First Nations from up and down the Pacific Northwest. Each night the local First Nation where the canoe journiers spend the night prepares a feast to serve to their guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975095049-T0GOTMLTBC963GSJKAU0/_10B1218.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia Fillets of wild salmon are cooked next to an open fire in the traditional manner using split western red cedar wood to secure the fish by the fire. Wuikinuxv First Nation territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975449911-2NRX33F8A21LKB7MSQDP/GOPR0665.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia A male and female Sockeye salmon preparing to spawn in a small tributary of the Fraser River in the unceded traditional territory of the Secwepemc First Nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975120740-BV6RRM99RQ2N1F74QL6D/_MG_1877.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia A chum salmon decomposes in a shallow coastal stream after spawning. Heiltsuk First Nation unceded traditional territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975110819-0X25HWWXBYP7UYJIIKQ4/_10B9760.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia Old growth western red cedar rainforest on Flores Island. Ahousaht First Nation territory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975132729-X40DIWZQ0NQ1E1IKE2RZ/1P7A6457.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia Ahousaht member Lenny John is an outspoken critic of his nation's approach to fish farms and has engaged in numerous protests and direct actions against the farms. “The hereditary chiefs and Chief of Council work for Cermaq. They protect the company. They are getting rich off of it but Ahousaht is poor,” says Len John, an Ahousaht member who runs a small boat charter and water taxi company. “We, the people, don’t see that money. We have homeless people, elders with homes that are gutted, with no running water.” Ahousaht hereditary chief Richard George refutes these claims. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975247224-5UUBD3JB69UVTIWT9STH/DJI_0066.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia A Cermaq fish farm in Ahousaht First Nation's tradtional territory at Saranac Island in Clayoqout Sound. The boat docked by the farm is set up to pressure wash sea lice off of the Atlantic salmon in the farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975214251-9GAC5WUYSLJPTPV0Q5YM/210B4758.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia Cermaq fish farm anchored to Saranac Island in the Ahousaht First Nation's territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975220978-QQOUC8ZNADV1Q2X1R1NI/210B5037.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia Cermaq's fish processing plant in Tofino British Columbia. Tla-o-qui aht territory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975264396-K6O3S8ZTQFCI7M0RHKL7/DJI_0083.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia The mouth of the Moyeha River were it empties into Clayoqout Sound. Almost the entire river's watershed is protected in a provincial park but the salmon runs in the river have crashed. To access the open ocean, young salmon leaving the river must pass multiple fish farms owned by Cermaq. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975140039-IYF8O2JHB9JEQT2IGHT0/1P7A6871.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia Joe Martin, master carver, Tribal Parks Guardian, elected member of council for Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation blames fish farms for the continued decline of wild salmon in his peoples territory. “The rivers here aren’t being fished,” says Martin, “but still salmon runs are still declining.” Martin believes this is “because the wild juvenile salmon are being infected with sea lice and viruses as they swim past the fish farms.” Martin also notes that he believes “many of the juvenile salmon are attracted to the food at the fish farms as it’s the same food as the salmon enhancement program” where the TFN raises fish for release into the wild. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975148565-MZ5G5VE3C4PTKH3N9F4E/1P7A7056.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia A collection of sea lice on an adult Chinook salmon caught in the open ocean. On an adult fish these sea lice are harmless. This many lice on a juvenile salmon could be fatal. Tla-o-qui-aht territory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975316264-066851EAENMVXBXOQS07/1P7A7121.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia Concerns about fish farms are not limited to First Nations members in the region. Ryan Millar, who captains a whale watching boat, and fishes recreationally fillets a chinook he caught in Clayoquot Sound. "At first glance I see a great alternative to depleating wild fish but after 16 years here on the ocast I would say there is a lot of negative science refuting the benifit. They are an eye-sore for Tofino--if they were going to be anywhere in BC they shouldn't be here" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975234879-U3WVLQP3US0FMICBNE4K/210B6365.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia A totem pole in the front yard of a house in Alert Bay, home of the Namgis First Nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975240619-H0ZN7U1H4B15M57CDTFP/210B6375.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia Commercial fishing boats, many of them in disrepair in Alert Bay, BC, speaks to the decline of fishing opportunities in the region. Many Namgis members were commercial fishermen before the local fisheries were closed due to declining stocks of fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975186147-DANKANDKAF3KRIBQI1WB/1P7A7517.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia “Twenty years ago, I would expect that I would easily get 150 sockeye,” says Ho’miska̱nis, aka Don Svanvik, a hereditary chief and current elected chief of council of the ‘Na̱mg̱is First Nation. “I would can a whole bunch and freeze about 70 of them, 40 of them to be smoked when it cools off, the rest to eat throughout the year. Last year I caught four.” Svanvick helped negotiate the terms of the agreement with Canada, and BC which has lead to the removal of fish farms from his peoples traditional territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975228023-AKIJN9W380UISOB2UZIH/210B5678.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia Chief Earnest Alfred, K̓wak̓waba̱'las, elected council member of the 'Na̱mg̱is First Nation traditional leader of the Ławit̓sis First Nation, with his family at the naming ceremony for his grand daughter in Alert Bay. Alfred was instrumental in the occupation of a fish farm in their territory which has helped bring an end to them in the Broughton. “For our people, salmon is not a menu choice. It’s within our DNA. We are the fish. We are the salmon people.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975201808-PPUDL1KS2E2CPPAM8TXI/1P7A7586.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia Alexandra Morton at her home on Malcolm Island in the territory of the Namgis First Nation. Morton has been studying the impacts of fish farms on wild salmon for decades, with a focus on the impacts of sea lice on juvenile salmon. With the local commercial fishing and guided sports fishery in her area gone she quipped, “the only thing eating wild salmon out here is sea lice.” She has written a book on her work, Not on My Watch. I had the chance to interview and photograph Morton at her home in Namgis traditional territory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1607975193592-8EL2EKVPP9AWJ7E3LX8E/1P7A7544.jpg Blog - Wild salmon, fish farms, and First Nations in British Columbia Alexandra Morton inspects a juvenile salmon for sea lice at her home on Malcolm Island in the territory of the Namgis First Nation https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2020/7/4/the-wounds-of-our-ancestors monthly 0.5 2020-07-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1593881453656-88U66X8U57PPGA5XC1ZV/_72A1175.jpg Blog - The Wounds of Our Ancestors https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2020/4/22/or7-expedition-revisited monthly 0.5 2020-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574930187-TJTXNKVZ979WJ2ZTD4WO/DavidMoskowitz-1.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574932239-1QA3PCL7GAMALKDZG4QU/DavidMoskowitz-2.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Sunrise on the Zumwalt Prairie, OR7’s stomping grounds when he was born and close to the start of our expedition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574938353-APZ0GPYHOVFWPNKFI741/DavidMoskowitz-3.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574943539-DDSSEX84B1SZ0T8HITFN/DavidMoskowitz-4.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Huricanne Creek and Sacajawea Peak in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallawa Mountains, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574950870-Y3MM503U2ZRUOUISM6B8/DavidMoskowitz-5.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Jay Simpson crossing the upper Imnaha river on a log jam in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574950930-RSK865Y9P1HF8PDRIJNQ/DavidMoskowitz-6.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574957507-TMAW36HI0MPM03HSR8EJ/DavidMoskowitz-7.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Tracks of a lone wolf in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon. Found by the OR7 expedition team during our crossing of the south end of the wilderness at the start of the expedition to retrace OR7's route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574960324-AA0C0GLM5CI8VIYAMTOH/DavidMoskowitz-8.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Herd of elk in the upper Imnaha river canyon, Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574967386-4FTQLLO1NPLFN9S4ZN1V/DavidMoskowitz-9.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Strawberry Mountain wilderness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574973594-BQMAAS5AHUWLRVXEW7RN/DavidMoskowitz-10.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574973558-Y405X8JPG0LV6ZQKUZGZ/DavidMoskowitz-11.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574979158-BK5TK4S15JWSVHF03Z82/DavidMoskowitz-12.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574983574-XOU1XWDMDS8QHJM3BG4G/DavidMoskowitz-13.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574998389-TMDU926WLKDOVNAJ6080/DavidMoskowitz-14.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Jay Simpson and Rachael Pecore bike through Ponderosa pine forest in Siskiyou County, California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587574998049-807353AXQMFVYMPL5ZGE/DavidMoskowitz-15.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575001849-HFQ1P7JH35KRYC0WHCL4/DavidMoskowitz-16.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Morning light on Mount Shasta, California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575003462-50829Y4QFJU3EJOKYZIM/DavidMoskowitz-17.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Stars and pine forest. Northeastern Oregon. Photographed from camp during the OR7 expedition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575009507-U1ILA755BJBUBHN4PQCT/DavidMoskowitz-18.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited OR7 wandered across Lassen county for months before returning to Oregon. Lassen County is one of the most sparsely human populated parts of California, (Mount Lassen in the background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575007813-S8AVQ8PA14EL2F8YW46I/DavidMoskowitz-19.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575018724-O8F7NVHODDLVNOK8E9BA/DavidMoskowitz-20.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Looking down towards the Klamath River from close to the historic town of Topsy, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575022396-VN0WF8PY8CP796K718U2/DavidMoskowitz-21.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Trying to escape the mosquitoes for a moment in the Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575028838-QFEEKH9DRM2VRPB1Q40H/DavidMoskowitz-22.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575034489-TI5DJTHFYFFF4VFVHYBL/DavidMoskowitz-23.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575037748-2UDKH8LHKXXXSADL8XM4/DavidMoskowitz-24.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575042211-X4CYDLITIIH57ZKMPDIC/DavidMoskowitz-25.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Galeo Saintz bikes towards the setting sun on a quite highway in northeastern Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575046421-O1T01OA0GRWF4VXEZWQU/DavidMoskowitz-26.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575062397-CQI2QFSPX5DKCHBO2EFO/DavidMoskowitz-27.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Dixie, owner and proprietor of Brother's Stage Stop and Post office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575063718-QPMXZA85YLN9228P40Z3/DavidMoskowitz-28.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Breakfast stop at the general store in Brothers Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575074225-OFSGHBFPKA3025BHPA7V/DavidMoskowitz-29.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575081118-WZ9OD1587ZG1QID39Z18/DavidMoskowitz-30.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Interview with Rob Klavins, conservationist with Oregon Wild! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575087300-HQVZ06MS58048TV1T824/DavidMoskowitz-31.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Interview with Joe Whittle, backcountry ranger, photojournalist, and resident of Wallawa County, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575089320-UBY4JRXFA8X2IYY93NFD/DavidMoskowitz-32.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited "Shepard" is a life long resident of Lookout California. A talkative fellow, he was particularly interested in machinery and old time stuff. He loves history. Abe Lincoln is his favorite president but he is concerned about a "One-world government." That day he was heading to Alturus to bring his wife home from the "fancy prison" (hospital or nursing home). "Nothing sounds better than a smooth running 2-cylinder John Deere." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575098688-8143UV15VP4J6BCYBULN/DavidMoskowitz-33.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Lennie, Edna, and Shelley (daughter) Eades. Owner of the the Potter house in Lookout California. This family put us up for the night. Lennie shared: "We like bikers a whole lot more than wolves." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575097034-LW40NF7ZLQ9B097VHSCE/DavidMoskowitz-34.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Emily Klavins, proprietor of Barking Dog farm, Bed and Breakfast, Wallawa County, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575105484-MFFOD0BA78YMS9O1LKPL/DavidMoskowitz-35.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited Meeting Loch Jones, owner of Devil’s Gate ranch who hosted us during our expedition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1587575106247-LZ5Y4ZJ59ZSPRVSV86U1/DavidMoskowitz-36.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition Revisited https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2019/12/23/unclearcut monthly 0.5 2019-12-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1577118494387-WGSCHN5MWQTF598D8MUD/210B8599.jpg Blog - (Un)Clearcut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1577119179946-I12ISMVER5RQ5XKU6BQC/210B9925.jpg Blog - (Un)Clearcut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1577119351457-1H851CMSS5O71RIFHT5B/210B9447.jpg Blog - (Un)Clearcut https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2019/10/30/fishers-return-to-the-north-cascades monthly 0.5 2019-10-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452258819-RCBSK0Q2T4A2OAFLUN5N/_72A9471.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452277549-IHKXBD5KP6KIEM5VR1V8/210B0875.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452253694-46SUNJR1BCNVMLLAEX3P/_72A9412.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452250029-O7Z4OMX1HXH0GTD7UZM4/_72A9356.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452250547-GRWB2J1SSWVJ3RKJ120Y/_72A9360.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452255414-PSIWTUAL6PKO4IIZTOWJ/_72A9423.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452277711-5RFJ5ITSH0B38DZUSANU/210B0926.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452280985-23NN7ZZAIVJKAMKSLQAO/210B0932.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452282269-EQ3XTUYAN3HG1RAWZ2X6/210B0981.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452998116-SVWXBZJO6VZV5K4IW15L/210B1126.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452261058-S8NZ8AT68TT4ZF3CC30I/_72A9621-2.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572453005943-RJSTW9ROV2HT47IM2IYE/210B1106.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452266016-LMH8P7ZZ3MA5RFDWRISR/_72A9630-2.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452268149-YTN7U17VS7J8PL65M3DE/_72A9639-2.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452274153-FUFUHSOMTBO248HNZEX9/210B0854.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452272488-ZE9GIU19FKJ24JEW8VN9/210B0851.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1572452990914-CI2N8M9D43L5JTQDLMOW/210B1237.jpg Blog - Fishers return to the North Cascades https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2019/10/19/scent-marking-black-bears monthly 0.5 2019-10-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1571549144346-10R925GGBKG1YTMNPYCF/IMG_8386.jpg Blog - Scent marking black bears A black bear smells a marking tree to learn about other bears that have visited the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1571549218315-DT6JANEUQ9DNH8O95UZK/IMG_8397.jpg Blog - Scent marking black bears https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1571549242909-ZXTUCXX0TOVGNG9SXNQ4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Scent marking black bears When bears mark trees they focus on two heights on tree, about bum height (for the bears) and should height for a standing bear. Here you can see the same bear inspecting the scent left behind by a previous bear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1571549330589-EPXW78MNIM62D7MU9549/IMG_8473.jpg Blog - Scent marking black bears And here’s the bear the first one was smelling rubbing its head against the tree. This black bear has a much lighter brown coat of fur. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1571549403102-34QSC118Z6XLMLMNB1HA/IMG_8480.jpg Blog - Scent marking black bears The same brown colored black bear rubbing its shoulders and back on the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1571549448738-F9THPOC8KU6JPHVITCR0/IMG_8483.jpg Blog - Scent marking black bears https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2019/3/21/cascades-wolverine-project-update monthly 0.5 2019-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1553185299649-1TD418LLFVVP7HBZKVLD/_MG_4006.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project Update In January we got our first wolverine detection of the winter and some of the best photographs yet for the project. We believe this is the same female wolverine who we photographed last winter at a different location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1553185541519-2YKSXUFKN1KD3EGJWC0H/210B2902.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project Update Tracks of a wolverine close to one of our new camera installations this winter west of Lake Chelan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1553185635150-VSNXI455PVM4X8ML9FQO/210B4678.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project Update In February, Mountain guide and wolverine lover Forest McBrian volunteered for a week to help us service our camera traps…and get in a little backcountry skiing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1553185875307-SBN4MQJRTK10CVE0UD4E/IMG_1933.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project Update Steph Williams, Drew Lovell, and David Moskowitz captured on our camera trap right after we set it west of Lake Chelan in late January. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2019/3/11/fishers-return-to-the-north-cascades monthly 0.5 2019-03-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1552321965404-H2A2YMN4AP0YE8WASA29/272A4026.jpg Blog - Fishers Return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1552321901638-5CTWIM8N3I6S998G76HI/210B5689.jpg Blog - Fishers Return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1552321914789-LUE1XC33FC1L5E8G1LFB/210B5698.jpg Blog - Fishers Return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1552321949230-IGT7P5HWFN17KIDBWZ3H/210B5722.jpg Blog - Fishers Return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1552321940870-T3647YOQFHWGP367XQ3Q/210B5763.jpg Blog - Fishers Return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1552321964698-ADKBOFQFAQOCFPLK6PRQ/272A4027.jpg Blog - Fishers Return to the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1552321976309-GAI8OQSSY31LE3R6L4CO/272A4031.jpg Blog - Fishers Return to the North Cascades https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2018/11/1/loss-and-love-in-the-caribou-rainforest monthly 0.5 2018-11-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984357278-UM2CLA1IXG683EHECGCT/IMG_5384.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571098284-RR5PWZ0AINGPDQL3Y71D/_MG_1076.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571099859-4B5W3CNNKUAW9K87W6TH/_10B4002.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Mountain caribou are a distinct ecotype of woodland caribou which can be found across the boreal forests of North America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571100704-KOGFYLZKIC5ZNBQZCBSE/_10B0488.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Despite the protection in a national park the South Columbia herd has diminished to just 5 animals from over 200 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571101529-F9LHZZDXS3FFB5G4STVS/_10B1834.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Two bull caribou squre up to spare. Hart Range, British Columbia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571102678-FDWTMNMPFSCBLGXYT4ET/_10B9749.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Old growth rainforests such as this one are highly valuable fall and spring habitat for mountain caribou, and for their valuable timber from the forestry industry. Trout Lake, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571103576-61WGB3N18S3K8YDJCE26/_10B7823.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest “We’ve been here 10,000 years, we're not going anywhere. We're gonna be here long after the province is done raping and pillaging the resources out of this land, and we're the one’s gonna be here cleaning up the mess that they've made” - Roland Willson, West Moberly Dunne-za Chief. Today, hundreds of years since Columbus first arrived on this continent, the West Moberly and neighboring First Nations continue to battle colonial infringement on their traditional territory, most notably in their ongoing battle to stop the Site C dam project on the Peace River in British Columbia, Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571105946-L16Y6N5HF8TICN0PXGQE/_10B6748.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Logging of old growth rainforest continues throughout the Canadian portion of the Caribou Rainforest. Northern Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571107391-XAYIGSVJ3CHLVPY07XNX/_10B0659.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Summer mountain caribou habitat. Columbia Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571108269-J4HUH392LA49I9PV0XVQ/_10B1919-Pano.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Home range of the North Columbia herd in winter. Monashee Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571109225-ICR05YFDBGDIVZPA1WB9/_10B0950.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Tree lichens are a vital found source for Mountain caribou in the winter throughout their range. Hart Mountains, British Columbia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571110249-DDV9KV769RBYNNQEJNBK/_10B0687.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Summer mountain caribou habitat. Columbia Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571111230-DXBETBV20S6VIP6A82AW/_10B6541-HDR.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Ancient inland rainforest on the eastern slope of the Northern Cariboo Mountains. A rare bright spot in protection of low elevation forests in the region, this forest was slotted to be logged until locals took action and forced the province to set it aside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984341912-T2VPPWDISEGQC4PHR6K9/_72A3363.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571112742-T8FX68UBUCVETJ50YNJZ/_10B3757.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Sunset in the Tonquin Valley, home of the largest, though diminishing herd of mountain caribou in Jasper National Park, Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571117576-1PVTGKKT0AHBXM2FR31S/_10B6984.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Feller David Walker dropping a rotten hemlock tree in old growth forest in the Northern Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia. Hemlock trees from this logging operation were destined for a pulp mill in Castlegar British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571118722-GKWNL788EA0LY44IHC6A/_10B9872.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Old growth western red cedar trees heading down the road out of caribou country. Columbia Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984374348-LAMKRZV2WO7T66Y2HHHD/_DSC6864.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571120676-40ZA8CNJRKO4MRPMX2I9/_MG_2701.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Wolverine in historic mountain caribou habitat in northwestern Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571121861-LIV3P7X5PQ1WMLHT1222/_10B7006.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest A caribou calf in the Klinse-za maternity pen, one of two attempts in BC to protect pregnant females and young calves from predators during their must vulnerable time of the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571124545-90P9NQVTLYF1TWBHE79H/_10B7357.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest Saulteau First Nations biologist Naomi Owens helps transport a pregnant mountain caribou to the Klinse-za maternity pen being opportated jointly by two First Nations and the province of British Columbia in the Hart Range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984334120-CVDF971908PQHT1MUKIB/_10B6981.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571125680-ACKMNN7P1S7GRSP5PNXN/_MG_0808.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest A full moon rises over a dying glacier in the Canadian Rockies. Climate change is affecting the ecosystem that mountain caribou call home. Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984319126-BQJP38T73C2CBTFW09A4/_10B2587.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984329648-3U4N5SQCERKY9UVYL1B8/_10B4507.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984350265-G1BNCEH6SCJ4QRCOYJ3I/_MG_9806.jpg Blog - Loss and Love in the Caribou Rainforest https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2018/10/25/whats-next-for-caribou-in-the-southern-selkirks-herd monthly 0.5 2018-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1540502424135-UERPX3JAEGZ55CV5IQ63/IMG_0818.jpg Blog - What’s next for caribou in the Southern Selkirks herd? One of the last members of the Southern Selkirks Mountain Caribou herd, photographed in the fall of 2017. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2018/9/1/arrigetch-peaks-brooks-range-alaska monthly 0.5 2018-09-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535814453924-MLX2J52ISWGZJI56J2Z1/_DSC6161.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Sunrise in the Aquarius Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535814497721-GVXLMPAZCM6M815DJJKX/_10B6703.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Shed caribou antler in the upper Aquarius valley with the sun behind East and West Maiden Peaks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535814577605-V4WZDPT0KP3DGZGPORKX/_10B6230-Pano.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Midnight sun from the summit of Shot Tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535814669415-OLHXSWXZ9RM29CF68FY6/_10B8110.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Early morning light in upper Arrigetch Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535825633425-0KPK6H9V8JDXNH1IEU1M/_10B5641.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Aiagomahala Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535825655972-HUM4HGQFY0MW3VXX9V70/_10B6185.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Steph Williams on a new 5.11a variation on Shot Tower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535825714861-QHY50YA76ZWX19FF0TCK/_DSC6203.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Aquarius creek from the shoulder of Parabola Peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536524890569-N1FDD61JTIMUB2EFFAF9/_10B8898.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska The Albatross cloaked in mist and its reflection in Arrigetch Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535825835509-C1DXA3MC41ZCQ60NBK0J/_10B7627.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska One of the many lakes in the Aquarius Valley and sunlit cliffs beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535825885100-U4JAC05C0AS23ZB4CC6J/_10B6420.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Patchy sunlight on the tundra in Aiagomahala Creek basin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535938378656-36CACPUAET13H7EDT6S1/_10B7518.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Mist and wet rock during a break in the rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535825785224-9JU6OMU2XXJBTVEC9VS3/_10B6739.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Forest McBrian traversing a wet meadow below the Maidens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535825690140-3IYH9MRWSTC362NNDZ5A/_DSC6166.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Morning light and mosquitos on the approach to Parabola Peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536524815538-XWGO102KQYBCF41MLNCN/_10B7510.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Mist and clouds on Disneyland Peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536524839891-4VU9C3OXQQ7Z2UJDFRHU/_10B7709.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Sun shower over Arrigetch Creek and Caliban Peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536524863031-832PCAOANTHDSS0LR4XR/_10B8133.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Forest McBrian hiking in morning light on the North Face of Xanadu Peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536524912521-2R5FDA6T8IDHIAG4GJSQ/_10B8242-Pano.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Rainbow in upper Arrigetch valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536524939330-RYD3319TE06Y9JDQ7C14/_10B9027.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska A dusting of late summer snow and clouds clock Xanadu Peak and Escape Pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536524962566-53K2C3DWLJN5E947PVVO/_10B9090.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Forest McBrian close to the summit of Ariel Peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536524997443-UNJDCAR69YG44CQ6EZMV/_10B9152.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Glacial tarn in a patch of sunlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536525019362-395I62XX7N9UDCA1K7OC/_DSC6765.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Rain over the Arrigetch Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535942994838-33RVFJUU7QNG2APDCIV1/_10B7179.jpg Blog - Arctic Light in the Arrigetch Peaks, Brooks Range, Alaska Sunlight on the Maidens and a waning moon. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2018/9/5/all-nations-gathering-center-and-youth-passageways monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536181664445-FY332BBVMX62D6M26KKN/_72A2643.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage All Nations Gathering Center, founded by Dallas and Becky Chief Eagle, is within the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. While the majority of the Lakota Nation’s traditional territory no longer belongs to them, reservations such as Pine Ridge remain sovereign land of an independent nation within the United States. To the west of Pine Ridge, ownership of the Black Hills remains disputed. Taken without treaty or permission by the United States when gold was discovered there in the 1800’s, the US Government offered payment for them in the 1980’s. The Lakota have never accepted this payment. They continue to state that, despite the fact that the United States holds de facto ownership of them, the Black Hills were not and are not for sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536181682441-RZVGG33Y7C3I1QHOOBDI/_72A3578.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Much of the gathering was spent in talking circles, exploring issues of community, healing, and the work of youth initiation. In this group, younger members of the gathering were invited to sit in the center and share their experiences and challenges with coming of age in the modern world and be witnessed by the rest of the group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536183182980-K9SP5A5ZY8X3PKFK0FLO/_72A3527.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage The daughter of one of the participants of the gathering joins the group of younger folks in the center of the circle for a moment of laughter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536184589374-OJEG4WJTUYSPL9VYY045/_72A2997.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Altar in the center of the meeting space for the gathering. Host Dallas Chief Eagle shared the story of the buffalo skull on the altar. Buffalo are central to Lakota culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536181669339-TSLT0THJ797LF562SBV8/_72A3104.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage A young member of the gathering sits with a group of olders and elders to ask them to explain a piece of art they created. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536181670427-ZD8T8BY6XNNZYKPOR8Y2/_72A3129.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Becky Chief Eagle sharing during a talking circle at All Nations Gathering Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536181682327-SYHQSF4RALQK7BXPV0XG/_72A3627.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Orland Bishop, part of the leadership of Youth Passageways, sharing his thoughts during a talking circle.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536184733381-RBRT3557YAKRYIIZW54B/_72A3047.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Ramon Parish, one of the facilitators for the gathering and a member of the Leadership Circle for Youth Passageways, listen intently during a talking circle.. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536184337408-TW6QDI3XGY92XS4YZ1AM/_72A3157.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Elder Chris Eagle Hawk shares stories from his life including his experience in Indian boarding school as a child. As was typical for many of his generation, he was forced to attend and when he was first brought there he spoke no English and was punished for speaking Lakota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536184440314-XTR9NB8N9SGH2V7K07A0/_72A3451.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Lakota man Duane Two Bulls explains points of contemporary Lakota culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536184318369-AEKG6AHTN8HTM4ZGAV9Z/_72A2672.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Photo bomber extraordinaire, Michael, is a young member of the Lakota tribe sorting out what’s next in life, a career in music or the possibly the Marines. This photo is from the visitor center of Badlands National Park which is contained within Pine Ridge Reservation. In the 1940’s the United States used eminent domain laws to take this land from the tribe and turn it into a military bombing range during World War 2. Residents were given a 10 day eviction notice. After the war, the United States moved it into the park system. It is currently managed by the National Park Service, in concert with the Lakota tribal government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536181664325-ZREE0FSA2TZUV4EU25OE/_72A2691.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Will Scott and two other members of the gathering reflect at the site of the Wounded Knee Massacre. In 1890, the US military killed 146 Lakota men, women, and children who were camped here, the last armed conflict between the US military and the Lakota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536181667123-63QYQTC6XH79A7CAUUIF/_72A2769.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage A moment of reflection and prayer at the graveyard at the Wounded Knee Massacre site. Adjacent to the mass grave from the massacre itself, others have subsequently been buried here. The victims of repeated waves of physical and cultural genecide including the massacre memorialized here, the complicated relationship between Lakota and other indigenous peoples and the United States is reflected in the American flags on the grave of tribal member on sovereign Lakota land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536184302182-TEATS047V7R6C391P4A6/_72A3269.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Lakota elder Cecil Cross leading participants of the gathering on a hike in the hills surrounding All Nations. During this break, he shared a few words and lots of passion and love for this land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536181673435-DKEQ9998DU8UKBFZU3DX/_72A3312.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage On a hike during the gathering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536181676795-H0DKOGRHHU66N0063KB1/_72A3350.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Dallas Chief Eagle collecting plants during a hike on the land where All Nations is based. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536184326624-91ZZJ167GUOZ1N43NY28/_72A3174.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536181668814-W8XL80WFGPHRJOAWB0MY/_72A2941.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Moonlight on a teepee at All Nations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536181667022-S56YJPO9VIYF8YLEW15P/_72A2809.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Horses at All Nations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536181677134-A0TFBLIUGLLOEHK6MUDK/_72A3386.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Sunset from the balcony of All Nations Gathering Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536181675940-2BNZZ98ARHDXSYP8L1RO/_72A3319.jpg Blog - A Cross-cultural Gathering on the Pine Ridge Reservation to Explore Youth Rites of Passage Dallas Chief Eagle looks out across Pine Ridge. One of the driving principles behind All Nations Gathering Center, written across the back of his shirt, is “Spirit Led.” https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2018/9/4/long-tailed-duck-nest-in-the-arctic monthly 0.5 2018-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536084983214-HW1WLA2GOA41UNIMF4PW/_DSC6623.jpg Blog - Long-tailed duck nest in the Arctic Mountaineer Forest McBrian points to the Long-tailed duck nest we discovered on the banks of an alpine tundra lake in the Brooks Range of Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536085052478-U3YC2A13HWJWMYYNWJZU/_DSC6614.jpg Blog - Long-tailed duck nest in the Arctic Like most ducks, Long-tailed ducks build their nests on the ground and line them with their own down feathers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536085105169-M34Y9O3B52GIG538B35Q/_DSC6616.jpg Blog - Long-tailed duck nest in the Arctic A single failed egg remained in the Long-tailed duck nest. We observed the pair and a single juvenile in the nearby lake. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2018/8/24/a-journey-to-bears-ears-and-grand-staircase-escalante monthly 0.5 2018-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535173925144-63J0U4Y4CCP7B443SKG5/_10B8688.jpg Blog - A Journey to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Firelight lights up the canyon walls and a cottonwood tree below a winter sky on the Escalante river close to its junction with the Colorado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535173969939-MVY1EORYN1VBHXGSAP53/_10B8527.jpg Blog - A Journey to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Darcy Ottey hopes across the stream running through Coyote Natural Bridge in Coyote Gulch, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535174013201-ED2C3GXZUF80HNJ5P4GE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Journey to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Petroglyph panal along the San Juan River, west of Bluff Utah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535174040004-P74UNJR6LNHMQV3VP4S9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Journey to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante One of the many spectacular ruins on Cedar Mesa, Utah. Bears Ears National Monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535174068408-QKW8ZTG3NZLY74VVWE3H/_10B0734-HDR.jpg Blog - A Journey to Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Sunrise from Muley Point, Cedar Mesa, Utah. Bears Ears National Monument. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2018/8/16/new-website-new-blog-and-new-content-coming monthly 0.5 2018-08-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1534439166515-01YJK2NPK3GOYZHMVQ2K/_10B5938.jpg Blog - New Website, New Blog, and New Content Coming! Drew Lovell climbing on the south ridge of Shot Tower in the Arrigetch Peaks region of the Brooks Range, Alaska. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1534439533775-YGQZYOYVFO1CK2N5VO3W/_10B8870.jpg Blog - New Website, New Blog, and New Content Coming! Mist clings to the Albatross and obscures Xanadu Peak and Melting Tower behind it at the headwaters of Arrigetch Creek, Brooks Range Alaska. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2018/04/southern-selkirks-herd-declines-but-efforts-to-save-caribou-and-the-rainforest-continue monthly 0.5 2018-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405099048-G3NOEJ6DHMZ87WIBWAUX/MG_9806-768x512.jpg Blog - Southern Selkirks Herd Declines But Efforts to Save Caribou and The Rainforest Continue Female caribou from the Southern Selkirks Herd from the summer of 2017. Photographed by David Moskowitz. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2018/01/cascades-wolverine-project monthly 0.5 2018-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405096549-1E5FTM7DBBXCP5LESN7N/DavidMoskowitz-3502-768x509.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project An American marten visiting one of our camera installations on a snowy December night. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405097549-IVL9U4X6Z3893R44WMW8/DavidMoskowitz-3520-768x509.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project A snowshoe hare at the same site. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405097948-XFM09HE39QK7YWE4DQP7/DavidMoskowitz-3557-768x509.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project The marten returned several times over the first three weeks this station was set up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405098449-4PZE0X9T403GUK3W0GE7/DavidMoskowitz-7700-768x512.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project Drew Lovell breaking trail as we inspect some high quality wolverine habitat below Liberty Bell Peak in the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405095949-MWIYI2PIYQ7GWSZEAD0K/10B7779-768x960.jpg Blog - Cascades Wolverine Project Project leader Steph Williams having absolutely NO FUN during our field work. Follow Steph on instagram at @stephwilliams9010. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2017/08/southern-selkirks-caribou-maternity-penning-in-the-works monthly 0.5 2018-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405095349-SKHZFLSGUNU1MET0QMMA/EK000071-768x576.jpg Blog - Southern Selkirks Caribou Maternity Penning In the Works One of the last mountain caribou left in the Southern Selkirks herd, photographed here in the Darkwoods Conservation Area owned by the Nature Conservancy of Canada. These caribou have been amazingly hard to track down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405094649-F9RCUNHYDDSP01C4AHTP/10B2532-768x512.jpg Blog - Southern Selkirks Caribou Maternity Penning In the Works Wildlife monitor Lenny Edwards, member of the Splatsin First Nation, walking the outside perimeter of the maternity pen north of Revelstoke BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405095548-OVQFDJJ831LF4VKDEA96/MG_0976-768x512.jpg Blog - Southern Selkirks Caribou Maternity Penning In the Works Three pregnant mountain caribou safe inside the Revelstoke maternity pen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405094749-6YRSFB86ZZYRUWG1ROZP/10B2579-768x512.jpg Blog - Southern Selkirks Caribou Maternity Penning In the Works Look closely to see the mountain caribou feeding inside the maternity pen in Revelstoke BC. The proposed pen in the Southern Selkirks would appear similarly and create a predator free environment for cows to give birth to young. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405094949-YJTNGQIW2AREW7OL7HN1/10B6920.jpg Blog - Southern Selkirks Caribou Maternity Penning In the Works Volunteers with the Selkirks Conservation Alliance are hard at work collecting arboreal lichens to feed the caribou in the maternity pen next spring, like these caribou in the Kline-sa pen further north. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2017/03/field-notes-winter-in-the-monashee-mountains monthly 0.5 2018-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405090348-HRW3K5IOKCBMUA2C2GDN/10B7956-768x512.jpg Blog - Field Notes: Winter in the Monashee Mountains _10B7956 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405090649-AXBNJ3P0AHK39VZQB4UN/10B7992-768x512.jpg Blog - Field Notes: Winter in the Monashee Mountains _10B7992 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405091349-KW57CY5GWJ10RD070ZLF/10B8097-768x512.jpg Blog - Field Notes: Winter in the Monashee Mountains _10B8097 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405091249-QA35VZ4UJZUH1NHRJCZP/10B8005-768x512.jpg Blog - Field Notes: Winter in the Monashee Mountains _10B8005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405091548-K4SD7NZPIFDZ27QI5UN5/10B8217-768x512.jpg Blog - Field Notes: Winter in the Monashee Mountains _10B8217 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405092854-620ZV00I85DP8DR0U47V/10B8964-768x512.jpg Blog - Field Notes: Winter in the Monashee Mountains _10B8964 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405092451-8XPMIRIWQEKAQAFQ9C74/10B8661-768x512.jpg Blog - Field Notes: Winter in the Monashee Mountains _10B8661 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405092749-089FPVRP9EEF92EXZY8H/10B8915-768x512.jpg Blog - Field Notes: Winter in the Monashee Mountains _10B8915 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405093349-KWLXO2YW2ICTVGT6NXEP/10B9451-768x512.jpg Blog - Field Notes: Winter in the Monashee Mountains _10B9451 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405093249-WB8ZZ1XVD72EJWZCX7FB/10B9109-768x512.jpg Blog - Field Notes: Winter in the Monashee Mountains _10B9109 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405093749-31AF2GN1C987GHPGG4SN/10B9499-768x512.jpg Blog - Field Notes: Winter in the Monashee Mountains _10B9499 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405094449-VA8760P5I0598MR1NNW4/10B9540-768x512.jpg Blog - Field Notes: Winter in the Monashee Mountains _10B9540 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405091949-OEQGTY462GM6BO8ET9BT/10B8406-768x614.jpg Blog - Field Notes: Winter in the Monashee Mountains _10B8406 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2017/02/mountain-caribou-initiative-camera-trapping-for-carnivores monthly 0.5 2018-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405089948-VVHQKHX4P5S6Z1R6TEZG/IMG_6325-768x614.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Initiative: Camera Trapping for Carnivores Anything unusual about this snowmobile packing job? Researchers in Idaho and Montana are using beaver carcasses or deer legs as attractants to lure rare carnivores like Canada lynx and wolverines to bait stations set up with hair snagging devises to collect genetic samples from animals without ever having to see or handle the animals. I’ve been hitching a ride out into the field with researchers and setting up my camera traps adjacent to their bait stations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405088449-I844SISELK97U1IUX5N0/72A4442-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Initiative: Camera Trapping for Carnivores Cody Dems (left) and Adam Lieberg set a bait station in the Mission Mountains of Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405088149-RH8E4AU4WSAOD38SASKJ/10B7577-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Initiative: Camera Trapping for Carnivores Cody inspecting the fresh trail of a wolverine in Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405089748-RCTPCA527VTKYNKITC2G/IMG_4094-768x576.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Initiative: Camera Trapping for Carnivores Skies and pack ready to go after setting up a camera trap for wolverines and lynx in northwestern Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405088849-MJXMR313STR9J7CT8VJA/DSC4533-768x508.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Initiative: Camera Trapping for Carnivores A Canada lynx enjoys some sunshine in a photo from one of my camera traps in Montana. Got many photos of this fellow in this beautiful subalpine forest. Its been many decades since caribou roamed these forests but lynx continue to call these mountains home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405089351-AF13XMXYMG8QWQTJB7GU/IMG_1020-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Initiative: Camera Trapping for Carnivores A photo bombing snowshoe hare set up in front of another camera in the Selkirk Mountains in Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405089048-X811DRDJ0VBA7ON3D6PR/IMG_0764-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Initiative: Camera Trapping for Carnivores An American marten takes in a snowy night at the same camera trap as the snowshoe hare above. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2017/02/why-is-representative-newhouse-defending-the-coal-industry-and-silent-on-climate-change monthly 0.5 2017-02-13 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2016/11/open-letter-to-patty-murray-united-states-senator monthly 0.5 2016-11-24 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2016/11/wolf-or7-expedition-documentary-now-available-free-online monthly 0.5 2018-07-12 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2016/09/people-of-the-caribou-mountains monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405079849-W5SKZQMFMSZBHYIKE8P1/10B2545-768x614.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Former logger Leanard Edwards, member of Splatsin First Nation, shared his thoughts about caribou and his other work as an environmental monitor from the Revelstoke Maternity pen where he helps look after the captive cows and calves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405085551-5OE4XEVYL6MEGMTR4OXH/10B9240-768x614.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Revelstoke Community Forest Corperation forester Kevin Bollefer and his dog gave us a tour of some of the experimental harvest methods they have been trying in order to minimize the impact of forestry activity on caribou. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405079248-YW4RDQBVNWHQIEQHLPRH/10B1614-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Boris and Alice servicing the feeding stations at Kennedy siding https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405086049-ET7G39X1PJBB175JH3HK/10B9784-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Virginia Thompson in her home with caribou maps. Revelstoke BC https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405079549-6KAHBFSTFUEMKVHE2WXV/10B2150-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Rami Rothkop, the mill manager for Harrop-Procter Community Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405083548-1AZCMIOQPKXAKMX5UG1T/10B7766-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Brian Pate, biologist for Wildlife Infometrics uses a spotting scope to search for caribou and other wildlife in the Hart Range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405083949-JQPE5ZYQV768GVJIPBTB/10B7838-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Chief Roland Wilson of the West Moberly First Nation spoke with us about his people’s connection with their traditional homeland and the current state of caribou conservation in that region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405086249-ZJS72415F08WP9W2IOVK/10B9872-768x614.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Paul Sarafinchan has been logging for three decades in the interior of British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405084849-15FYOPN024QTGBHUQ6KY/10B8175-2-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Kate Devine, of Revelstoke BC, spends her summers cruising timber (evaluating stands of trees for their lumber value) and her winters working as a backcountry ski guide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405081748-9B1TONHU0Z04358BX05M/10B6624-768x614.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Harley Poitras currently works as a log truck driver and informed us that “You can’t call yourself a log truck driver until you’ve rolled a truck at least once.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405087451-KZS1ZNXGD4O7AAJEXBFB/MG_7223-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest David Walker allowed us to follow him around for a morning of work felling trees in the northern Selkirk Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405086649-KPPWU5U38DNM91GS72H9/10B9937-768x614.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Ryan “Dunny” Dunford kicked up some powder for us on his mountain sled on Boulder Mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405079049-OR0G0ZVGCHFZY4BJX59L/10B0233-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Doug Heard, a legend in the world of Canadian caribou biology, shared stories and his current interests in caribou conservation from his home outside of Prince George. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405080849-VMFVQP4KAMDSHCODU4N6/10B5676-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest We interviewed Kootenai Tribal Chairman Gary Aitken Jr. along with biologists Scott Soults and Norm Merz at the tribal headquarters outside of Bonners Ferry, Idaho. The Kootenai tribe has taken on developing an updated management plan for mountain caribou on the USA side of their range for the USFWS. Gary noted to us that the Kootenai have a “covenant with the creator and a sacred obligation to care for the land.” Their goal was, rather than look at things “species by species”, to “take a ridgetop approach” in looking at how to “bring the ecosystem back to more natural levels.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405081248-ZB6LM1Y35HMCVXNIJT07/10B5882-768x614.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Gilbert Desrosiers is president of the Beaver Mountain snowmobile club in the West Kootenay mountains and has worked with the province of BC and the Nature Conservancy of Canada to ensure responsible riding in the Kootenays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405081648-EP23KYK3WVZUAI66BAXS/10B6025-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Three buddies from the eastern United States paused to chat with us at Kootenay Pass in the Southern Selkirks during their week-long backcountry ski vacation to the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405082349-DI1ITO0WTVU5L6YX9182/10B6887-768x960.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Outward Bound Instructor Judith Roberston of Nelson British Columbia on a backcountry ski tour in the southern Selkirk mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405082549-UCKDDVTWK1JRP9GIQCG9/10B7089-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Harley Davis and Garret Napoleon of the Saulteau First Nation at the Klinze-sa Maternal pen where they help monitor captive caribou cows and calves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405082748-SRH3YKCIK5QQQXUM462B/10B7434-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Erik Leslie (left), the forester for the Harrop-Proctor Community Forest, and two board members look over a map of the region they are responsible for managing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405082949-ZV5QPJ2XXFE50LWSULHW/10B7672-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Gordie Hale takes a break from his work moving logs on a logging operation in the southern Selkirk Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405084149-MF2HJ1FCTRJOY6AOGUK5/10B7864-768x614.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Naomi Owens, Treaty Manager for the Saulteau First Nation discussed her people’s involvement in protecting caribou and other resources on their traditional territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405084449-L6PT27ELJ8R0NGEPST13/10B7972-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Helicopter pilot Timothy Seabrook removing the door to his aircraft in the Hart Range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405085048-HVUD6RYWKOPYH2F7GY4E/10B8355-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Revelstoke Snowmobile Club president Daniel Kellie along with two club members, lean on the club’s new groomer close to the very popular Boulder Mountain trailhead, also the location of a dwindling number of mountain caribou. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405085850-PLTUGTAXW9D4QF85KLKZ/10B9658-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Ecologist Greg Utzig of Nelson British Columbia was part of the negotiations to create the 2007 Mountain Caribou Recovery Plan which currently steers conservation efforts of caribou in British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405086949-HEO1VAD1QTQFMX09LI68/10B9968-768x613.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Some of wildlife Biologist Rob Serroya’s research includes investigations into the relationship between moose and wolf populations and their relationship to caribou population dynamics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405087249-YVEG7PI4SB785QTYPTAD/IMG_4141-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Marcus Reynerson in a blind we constructed in the Monashee Mountains in July of 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405080551-JAP4TD0E2RGVZWTSFXWM/10B5300-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Kim Shelton seeks shelter from the rain this summer in the southern Selkirk Mountains close to the Washington-BC border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405087849-ISV4GK7HO1L47QYA0Y8U/unnamed-file-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest Colin Arisman skinning up through treeline in the Columbia Mountains in February 2016 on a multiday backcountry tour in the winter range for the North Columbia herd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405080249-CODORE3BX3D82O25Q2FM/10B3244-copy-768x512.jpg Blog - People of the Caribou Rainforest David Moskowitz inspects a recent clearcut in the Upper Seymour River on the west slope of the Monashee Mountains. Photo by Marcus Reynerson. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2016/08/skin-of-the-cedar monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405076749-A9A93K5Q3ZIIDWA403AQ/10B5981-768x614.jpg Blog - Skin of the Cedar Kim Shelton inspects the bark of a cedar tree which was cut and left in a cut block on public lands in mountain caribou habitat in the southern Selkirks of British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405073362-RM3U2AG6TTZI4N632WUO/10B4369.jpg Blog - Skin of the Cedar A recent cedar bark harvest. Traditional harvesting methods dictate how to harvest bark and how much should be taken from any particular tree in order to protect the overall integrity of the tree. The scar from such bark pulls can last for hundreds of years on these long living trees, a reminder of the long standing relationship between people and cedar trees in the Pacific Northwest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405078249-GRHMZGHO81UNA8BHLSZN/IMG_3098-copy-e1470494146308-768x1024.jpg Blog - Skin of the Cedar Cedar bark carefully harvested from a young cedar tree (seen in the background) in Washington State by Kim Shelton. Photo by Kim Shelton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405078549-6YTH8LLFLP5H2CQO9AJ6/IMG_3283-768x768.jpg Blog - Skin of the Cedar A cedar bark basket made by Kim Shelton filled with huckleberries. Photo by Kim Shelton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405076950-J7KFI43RCTJ3HPQB7W24/10B6541-768x512.jpg Blog - Skin of the Cedar The interior rainforest of the Pacific Northwest in many ways resembles the more well known forests of the coasts, though it is even more rare, being the largest and most interior such forest left on the planet. Towering western red cedars loom over an understory of devil’s club and other plants typically associated with coastal landscapes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405077249-JMW4MI3WZD37PWV30W7E/10B8680-768x512.jpg Blog - Skin of the Cedar A rare stand of middle elevation old growth cedar-hemlock forest in the Southern Selkirks. This forest is protected within the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Dark Woods Preserve, set up specifically to protect mountain caribou habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405076449-4X0IX1704JVF2Y37FCNW/10B5888-HDR-768x512.jpg Blog - Skin of the Cedar “The cedar tree is also a healing tree, healing to the soul and the heart. I have been told that just to stand with your back against a cedar tree will give you strength. I have found this to be true” says Kim Shelton, here seen doing just that on a cedar tree on the edge of a recent cutblock in the BC Selkirk Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405076049-1KAVWP5MDE18GL7699YH/10B5792-768x512.jpg Blog - Skin of the Cedar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405076549-SK119PK545QHOPC1VZ8N/10B5974-768x512.jpg Blog - Skin of the Cedar _10B5974 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405077851-NUMAFFSA9RLNH1G5Z9HA/IMG_5501-768x614.jpg Blog - Skin of the Cedar Does the economic calculations of the timber industry and the British Columbia provincial government accurately reflect how our society values cedar trees and ancient forests? Does their behavior in these forests reflect the values we as a society wish to express in our treatment of the forests and wildlife of this region? (Bobcat and cedar tree in Washington State) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405077648-DMQ3T9URDRKP99M4DZKD/10B9726.jpg Blog - Skin of the Cedar Kim Shelton stares up at a huge western red cedar tree. The magesty of the inland temperate rainforest is something that is striking in its own right, beyond the immessurable biological value of these forests. Fenger Memorial Grove, Trout Lake, British Columbia. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2016/07/close-to-caribou monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405073648-L1344RJ0Y6GTZXT391GW/10B5274-768x512.jpg Blog - Close to Caribou Dave also seems to be unfazed by the terrain, scaling peaks and traversing talus fields at a doggedly consistent and efficient pace – a result of having made a living in the outdoors for two decades. His goals at first seem completely unreasonable to me. The day is long: 11 hours of bushwhacking, with intermittent pauses to investigate tracks and set up camera traps – and I keep up mostly because I’m too stubborn not to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405073948-ZX04IW4WX11JFCSX8XUE/10B5398.jpg Blog - Close to Caribou The tracks of a wolf in a high mountain meadow in the Selkirk mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405073849-WTUIBBTFLLMXBP2OUY5M/10B5369-768x512.jpg Blog - Close to Caribou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405075248-7WW39486KYCE4H7SISC3/10B5464-768x512.jpg Blog - Close to Caribou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405075378-WMUC88EG7YGT423ZPMS7/10B5480-768x512.jpg Blog - Close to Caribou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405072450-CEP3TJ4TUG2IYJVV1Z2Z/10B2445-768x512.jpg Blog - Close to Caribou https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2016/05/spring-in-mountain-caribou-country monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405067489-55D384P3KA3Q2IZSKDTF/10B0889-768x512.jpg Blog - Spring In Mountain Caribou Country In the spring, mountain caribou drop out of the high mountains to forage. Once snow melts at higher elevations they return to the high country for the summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405070901-0ED7Y23YJ2HYHPNDIFRD/10B2578-768x512.jpg Blog - Spring In Mountain Caribou Country The fence for the pen built to protect pregnant females and their newborn calves from predators peeks through the rainforest covered hillside above the pen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405072149-RG4KNB2AP2D3W8CC0GFD/MG_0976-768x512.jpg Blog - Spring In Mountain Caribou Country Several of the cow caribou inside the pen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405070155-TWRB9TQNPQ4ZFEAHC7CR/10B2532-768x512.jpg Blog - Spring In Mountain Caribou Country RCRW has pulled all the stops to make sure their guests are safe and well fed. Len Edwards, one of the “shepherds” charged with monitoring the captive caribou, walks the perimeter fence each morning to make sure the fence is intact. Besides a tall visual barrier, multiple strands of electrified wire ensure that predators stay out of the large enclosure where the caribou roam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405069801-N5CBHPUIG80TK5BKK09W/10B1067-768x614.jpg Blog - Spring In Mountain Caribou Country This cut block within the North Columbia herds home range was cut last summer. I found tracks of a mountain caribou wandering out of what had been excellent caribou habitat until just recently. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405067049-SK2A9N0LKIOW8E6OFWRA/10B0195.jpg Blog - Spring In Mountain Caribou Country A story in footprints: Tracks found on the access road coming out of the above cut-block. The footprint of a mountain caribou is joined by the trail of a large black bear and the faint prints of a grey wolf. Wolves are effective predators of adult caribou, while black bears and grizzlies can take a massive toll on calves–the reason for the penning project going on in the nearby mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405071367-0U7DZ9JM3LMHTYE09PKA/EK000130-768x576.jpg Blog - Spring In Mountain Caribou Country A moose captured on a camera trap I set up to monitor the rainforest’s wildlife. Dense forest and thick brush make spotting wildlife difficult. The bright patch on this large, creek-side cedar tree is from the biting and rubbing of bears. Moose use the dense riparian forest as refuge, and venture out into clearcuts and logging roads to forage on the abundant brush growing in these openings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405065248-OSUJRNUE8I67WCMJNIQH/10B0042-768x960.jpg Blog - Spring In Mountain Caribou Country Another story in footprints. The tracks of a moose, a wolf, and a mountain lion. Moose populations, driven by logging, drive predator populations which in turn affect endangered caribou, leaving a tangled web of ecological relationships tricker to pick apart than these maze of footprints the animals themselves leave behind. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2016/04/klinse-za-caribou-maternal-penning-project monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405059058-V3O96XAXAGPG439KGJJH/10B8098-768x614.jpg Blog - Klinse-Za Caribou Maternal Penning Project Winter mountain caribou habitat in the Hart Range, BC. Photo by David Moskowitz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405061877-0SLIAVDEQYAPDAZCI584/IMG_1516-768x487.jpg Blog - Klinse-Za Caribou Maternal Penning Project A herd of caribou on a high alpine ridge. Photo by Marcus Reynerson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405063652-F9NG73X583FWKSROFPUI/MG_9688-768x512.jpg Blog - Klinse-Za Caribou Maternal Penning Project One of the transport helicopters lands on an alpine ridge in order to get set up for a capture. The clearing behind the ridge is a large high elevation clearcut, one of many in the area which have contributed to the need for the penning project. Photo by David Moskowitz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405059647-UBNPDCJEPOPO3XITDBUN/IMG_1092-768x512.jpg Blog - Klinse-Za Caribou Maternal Penning Project A caribou is offloaded from a helicopter and prepared to be transported to the pen. Photo by Marcus Reynerson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405062150-1GF79R824JSU6YK43Q06/IMG_7463-364x546.jpg Blog - Klinse-Za Caribou Maternal Penning Project Biologists Brian Pate, Line Giguere, and Doug Herd intake a pregnant cow caribou. Photo by Marcus Reynerson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405061572-KM7Z1G1KRN4YBX9APZUG/IMG_1307-768x512.jpg Blog - Klinse-Za Caribou Maternal Penning Project A view of the 18 acre pen. On the left, a group of biologists and veterinarians work on a caribou that has just arrived. Photo by Marcus Reynerson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405062548-0QVH97TG3715W4B5BUJV/MG_9160-768x614.jpg Blog - Klinse-Za Caribou Maternal Penning Project Lumber mill in Chetwynd British Columbia. According to two employees of this mill, most of the logs coming into this mill are from previously uncut forests in the region. According to these employees, Lowes in the USA is the chief recipient of the high grade dimensional lumber produced here. The lower quality lumber is shipped to China. Photo by David Moskowitz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405060448-8RQ9KAF2TCPVL186Q35F/IMG_1157-768x512.jpg Blog - Klinse-Za Caribou Maternal Penning Project A cow caribou just awoken from the process and gaining her bearings in the pen. Photo by Marcus Reynerson. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2016/03/does-the-mountain-caribou-initiative-support-or-oppose-the-wolf-cull-why-this-is-the-wrong-question-to-be-asking monthly 0.5 2016-03-15 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2016/03/what-is-conservation-a-view-into-the-human-economy-in-the-heart-of-mountain-caribou-country monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405055947-N0RJWFXJU11KGJOTU4C8/10B8736-768x512.jpg Blog - What is conservation? A View Into the Human Economy in the Heart of Mountain Caribou Country Deep powder snow, and seemingly endless mountains to explore it in, attracts the booming winter tourism economy in Revelstoke. Colin Arisman carves some powder in Glacier National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405055547-EV1U8CTO5K4NIRIKX7IT/10B8390-768x512.jpg Blog - What is conservation? A View Into the Human Economy in the Heart of Mountain Caribou Country Log truck carrying old growth logs into the lumber mill in Revelstoke British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405057347-D0PGIAQ040A5RF50ZMOG/10B9176-768x512.jpg Blog - What is conservation? A View Into the Human Economy in the Heart of Mountain Caribou Country Looking up through the canopy of old growth western red cedar forest. Though cutting of old growth in this area is still common, this particular stand, within the forest tenure of the Revelstoke Community Forest Cooperation, has been set aside and will not be cut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405058747-GQ7YF46IWRNLNDB7OJ82/MG_8589-768x512.jpg Blog - What is conservation? A View Into the Human Economy in the Heart of Mountain Caribou Country A number of companies offer heli-skiing from Revelstoke, and the sound of helicopters flying is part of the winter ambiance in town and the mountains around it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405055247-3CE2NC1YINGT4ENOV0L5/10B8356-768x512.jpg Blog - What is conservation? A View Into the Human Economy in the Heart of Mountain Caribou Country Daniel Kellie (left), owner of Great Canadian Snowmobile Tours and president of the Revelstoke Snowmobile Club, and club members Ron LaRoy (center), and Brad McStay lean on the front of one of the clubs groomers used to maintain the network of snowmobile trails the club manages all winter. Daniel noted that interest in snowmobiling in the Revelstoke area is growing, adding pressure to the areas currently easily accessible and legally open to to snowmobiling, a number of which have known mountain caribou populations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405058346-FZOZ1MH8TGABDPSAYYEU/MG_8527-768x512.jpg Blog - What is conservation? A View Into the Human Economy in the Heart of Mountain Caribou Country The long line waiting for the start of the ski lifts at Revelstoke Mountain Resort. The line was twice this long before the lifts started, as people wait for access to fresh high-mountain powder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405056448-AR169XBWFQ8MJ4CRVOAB/10B8851-768x512.jpg Blog - What is conservation? A View Into the Human Economy in the Heart of Mountain Caribou Country Kevin Bollefer, the operations forester for the Revelstoke Community Forest Corporation snowshoeing through one of the stands the corporation has recently harvested in. Kevin and the Community Forest are working on ways to carry out economically viable timber harvest which minimize impacts on caribou. He explained that this is easier to do in locations with high value timber. Locations where the value of the trees is less means that clearcuts are often the only viable option for logging, a result of a combination of market forces and British Columbia’s forest management regime. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405054347-AG28OHS3BHUE9A4C3P31/10B1919-Pano-768x310.jpg Blog - What is conservation? A View Into the Human Economy in the Heart of Mountain Caribou Country A beautiful day high up in the Columbia Mountains north of Revelstoke, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405053147-8V5TPUGNB0EGAH2B5KVD/10B0033-768x512.jpg Blog - What is conservation? A View Into the Human Economy in the Heart of Mountain Caribou Country Ryan Dunford playing in the subalpine on a snowmobile in the Frisby Mountain, just west of Revelstoke. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2016/02/a-progressive-approach-to-forestry-in-mountain-caribou-country monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405049447-7OSJGMOT03YOTX16SP6Q/10B7434-768x512.jpg Blog - A Progressive Approach to Forestry In Mountain Caribou Country Forestry manager Erik Leslie (left), reviews a map of the Community Forest’s tenure with two board members. The beautiful wood table in their office meeting room is built from wood from their mill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405051547-G4LODOJECLU4SGQFJPBL/10B7627-768x512.jpg Blog - A Progressive Approach to Forestry In Mountain Caribou Country Much of the low elevation forest managed by Harrow-Procter was burned over in the early 1900’s and is now dense second growth mixed conifer forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405049665-RW6BONFYOCX0WSZK80RL/10B7552-768x512.jpg Blog - A Progressive Approach to Forestry In Mountain Caribou Country A self-loading logging truck is loaded with western red cedar logs bound for a local mill which specializes in cedar products. Logs are sorted in the field with various logs going to the Community Forest’s own mill or other mills in region depending on the species and quality of the logs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405052847-STFRDBFZ5L67KJ0HMVS2/10B7918-768x512.jpg Blog - A Progressive Approach to Forestry In Mountain Caribou Country A log being run through the small saw which is the center of the company’s mill. Each log can be processed to produce the highest value product possible based on the species, size and quality of the specific log. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405052647-MX01WIWGK9UYG8YPQLPV/10B7864.jpg Blog - A Progressive Approach to Forestry In Mountain Caribou Country Finished tongue and groove cedar ready for sale. Customers come right to the mill to select the product they want or can submit custom orders which the company can mill to the specifications set by the customer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405052147-RG4LXR9C1IY98WFZXBYM/10B7629-768x512.jpg Blog - A Progressive Approach to Forestry In Mountain Caribou Country https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/12/mountain-caribou-herds-a-single-organism monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405047146-FSOSO3BEJ8UY9SSLYJBY/10B8486-HDR-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Herds: A Single Organism Sunrise over the Selkirk mountains in the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s Darkwoods Conservation Area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405046548-RUPILADY96DU6PJS6H0U/10B8418-364x546.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Herds: A Single Organism Kim Shelton bushwhacking through the southern Selkirks during our attempts to find sign of members of the South Selkirk Caribou herd. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/12/mcp-field-notes-visiting-the-kennedy-siding-herd monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405043747-XY4OW634SFFBIVSI1OV7/10B1870-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Visiting the Kennedy Siding Herd Two bull’s from the Kennedy Siding herd sparing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405048648-NTMA1OVDUV88HUL07QH2/MG_7683-364x546.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Visiting the Kennedy Siding Herd A glimpse into fall field conditions for caribou and photographers alike. Photo by Marcus Reynerson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405042647-Y6NARE10D0KIE6VSELEP/10B1526-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Visiting the Kennedy Siding Herd Marcus Reynerson following the trail of several caribou through fresh snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405042948-53Q4NUYFKK78XCQ6PHAC/10B1536-364x546.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Visiting the Kennedy Siding Herd Marcus Reynerson inspecting where a caribou dug through the shallow fall snow to access forage, in this case terrestrial lichens. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405048848-8CKQOBA6H1HIVQ0IAO70/MG_8280-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Visiting the Kennedy Siding Herd Several members of the Kennedy Siding herd in the thick pine forest characteristic of their late fall-early winter habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405040747-C5R38PV92LS7T7B4P53R/10B0239-364x243.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Visiting the Kennedy Siding Herd Biologist Doug Herd helping us get oriented for our field trip at his home office in Prince George, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405049147-GKL4J5WOOZADN6GERNJI/P1090799-768x576.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Visiting the Kennedy Siding Herd David Moskowitz braves a fall snow-storm to capture caribou photos. 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Josh prepares to step away quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405048347-G4XCGFT93YB1EMMH6180/MG_7641-12-768x614.jpg Blog - At Work In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405045047-3GU22AUL8H2ZYBFLII7X/10B8058-14.jpg Blog - At Work In the Woods Running the saw blade down the trunk to save the energy of having to carry it. Behind him, Josh is running out a tape measure to determine where to section the trunk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405045147-G3XXER4D5VVNN9FY26MM/10B8086-17-768x960.jpg Blog - At Work In the Woods "Bucking the tree". Careful not to pinch his saw blade, Josh cuts the trunk into sections for transport. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405048447-5TCGXIKFFNG9BA3U4XO7/MG_7678-20-768x512.jpg Blog - At Work In the Woods https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405044747-1P4EZZ0YIQYJ8RCTAJFA/10B8049-21-768x960.jpg Blog - At Work In the Woods The whole process of gunning, felling, limbing and bucking the trunk took Josh about 15 minutes for this tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405043847-3TX8AKQF2KBW6TSOHPC2/10B7879-3.jpg Blog - At Work In the Woods _10B7879-3 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405048147-MJNDFIAXS95YKE2ZER8D/MG_7510-4-768x614.jpg Blog - At Work In the Woods Josh's dog Sis wanders the woods during the day while Josh fells trees. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/09/mcp-cowboy-coffee monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/08/mcp-of-caribou-and-foolish-apes monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405036447-FGWMG1VM6AXMKIJWHCLL/10B1192-364x243.jpg Blog - MCP: Of Caribou and Foolish Apes The end of 88 km of logging roads in the Columbia Mountains. A recent rainforest clearcut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405040147-E35PPSL7YSO7Z3U2MP2G/IMG_41932-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP: Of Caribou and Foolish Apes Marcus Reynerson inspecting a caribou antler he discovered in the old growth forest just uphill from the end of the road and the last clearcut in the valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405039747-KLSP5U9OSYENKXOH2QWU/210B9958-1-768x614.jpg Blog - MCP: Of Caribou and Foolish Apes Log truck carrying old-growth cedar trees out of caribou country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405038151-5QQ9QZMYJWTAQKLMR015/10B3100-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP: Of Caribou and Foolish Apes Trees at the edge of a clearcut. Upper Seymour River valley, British Columbia. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/08/mcp-finding-mountain-caribou-in-summer monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405039447-Y4FZ9RZ2N9GEUMO00XUB/10B5375-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP: Finding Mountain Caribou in Summer Marcus Reynerson making his way across a wet meadow system in the Tonquin Valley, Rocky Mountains. Jasper National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1534992561876-X7PGJ74S8GJ83Q1PAF95/10B0761-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP: Finding Mountain Caribou in Summer Fresh snow on the summit of a peak in the Columbia mountains after a summer storm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535060180811-T7H20FKTUI3TP2MI4PXT/3.jpg Blog - MCP: Finding Mountain Caribou in Summer The end of 88 km (55 miles) of logging roads in the Seymour River watershed. Here avalanche chutes mix with recent clearcuts of inland temperate rainforest and remnant patches of old cedar forests where caribou still linger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535060208335-RJO90ZTL8XI7XC9T5BA5/4.jpg Blog - MCP: Finding Mountain Caribou in Summer The Tonquin Valley, accessible only by trail, and completely contained within Jasper National Park, is home to the largest remaining concentration of caribou in the park but even here caribou numbers are declining rapidly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535060232974-O75XRB2MBGB7EX4D1WTE/5.jpg Blog - MCP: Finding Mountain Caribou in Summer Mount Edith Cavell, a famous peak and glacier in Jasper National Park and area still occupied by caribou. Like mountain environments around the globe, the glaciers in the Canadian Rockies and Columbia mountains are retreating quickly. Most of the glaciers I observed while in the field had no accumulation zone anymore, leaving them as large blocks of ice melting in the warming climate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535060249869-KEFX7LNJ4WI1JAGKLA06/6.jpg Blog - MCP: Finding Mountain Caribou in Summer Moose tracks in the mud in the southern Selkirks. On my first trip to the area in 2009 I found only caribou sign in the area. On this trip all I could find was moose, elk and deer. Burgeoning moose and deer populations across much of the range of mountain caribou have lead to increased predation on caribou from wolves, mountain lions, and other carnivores whose populations are tied to moose and deer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405040247-APWZGVZZBESB94RRB73I/MG_0971-768x614.jpg Blog - MCP: Finding Mountain Caribou in Summer The survival of mountain caribou is not at all assured across much of their range. In the weeks and months to come I will continue to be researching this topic, planning future trips back to caribou country, collaborating with conservation organizations to help get the word out about this pressing conservation topic. Stay tuned! https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/07/mcp-field-notes-cariboo-mountains monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405020548-DHHICK9C1R7O8M8YUXSV/10B0132-HDR-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Cariboo Mountains Looking across the Rocky Mountain Trench at the Hart Mountains from the Cariboo Mountains. The Fraser River oxbows through the trench which divides these two mountain ranges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405020948-9QCBTS3Y96DLZWWVNWG7/10B0483-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Cariboo Mountains Treeline meadows and ponds where I searched for caribou in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405021148-I8W0G70EX6CB8H1VIL7H/10B0505-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Cariboo Mountains The wet meadow system was miles from the closes road or trail. With huge amounts of inaccessible forested landscapes to spread out in, mountain caribou can seemingly disappear into these mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405020648-DIJE129KDU61HJTNGLR8/10B0164-HDR-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Cariboo Mountains A double rainbow at sunrise precedes a violent thunderstorm that rolled across the landscape shortly afterwards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405035247-4JYOZ8RVIOWBIU703AJH/IMG_4128-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Cariboo Mountains The closest I came to caribou on my excursion–some old scats found while out exploring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405035647-F2KXGF3NZTQAG5Z6BGLW/MG_0426-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Cariboo Mountains I stumbled upon this little black bear while walking back to my truck at the end of a long day in the field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405035547-XZ3UWE543D6PXO85QZTI/MG_0370-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: Cariboo Mountains Mount Sir Alexander, 10,745 ft (3275m) towers above the peaks around it in the Canadian Rockies, across the Rocky Mountain trench from the Cariboo Mountains. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/07/mcp-logging-in-mountain-caribou-habitat monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405032048-ZFGCHZSJ3FA0KXCKM2X7/10B9872-768x614.jpg Blog - MCP: Logging in Mountain Caribou Habitat A log truck carrying western red cedar logs out of the home range of the Columbia North Caribou herd, past a sign warning motorists to watch out for wildlife on the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405031847-XERM2CZ8YKDMB5SZIM6J/10B9787-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP: Logging in Mountain Caribou Habitat Lumber yard in Revelstoke, British Columbia. The logging industry is a primary employer in much of the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405032248-MN3B8H3CO249887DTPSG/210B9811-1-768x432.jpg Blog - MCP: Logging in Mountain Caribou Habitat Mill worker on his way to work at the lumber mill in Revelstoke, British Columbia, a town where both timber and tourism are major and at times competing components of the economy. Mountain caribou conservation has put stresses on both in terms of restrictions on logging as well as the heliski and snowmobile recreation which are big business in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405023648-PRF415UT5PJXCDICKC52/10B16421-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP: Logging in Mountain Caribou Habitat A recently logged second growth forest in the Seymour River watershed. Industrial scale logging which employs large machinery to cut and remove logs often leaves a devastated appearing landscape behind, including lots of wood cut and left on the ground, to expensive to transport out for the value of what can be made from it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405020248-EEKO749DDIG4J72BAUUS/10B0105-HDR-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP: Logging in Mountain Caribou Habitat The likely destination of the logs cut in the landscape above. Stacked lumber with floating logs beyond them close to Salmon Arm, British Columbia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405031548-BYFO4Z1YT8KN5BDUVRZ3/10B97491-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP: Logging in Mountain Caribou Habitat Kim Shelton takes in the grandeur of a remnant stand of old growth western red cedar close to Trout Lake British Columbia. How we as a society place value on forests and trees such as these is highly varied. Whether places such as this, and the animals such as mountain caribou whom depend on them, will continue to exist in any significant quantity for future generations to argue about seems tenuous at the moment. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/07/mcp-field-notes-north-columbia-herd monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405023448-93H2PDJAPSJD382FOWPS/10B0721-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: North Columbia Herd. Looking out across the section of the Columbia Mountains I explored within the home range of the North Columbia Caribou herd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405023248-RLF239XAFE9NUI2GKGDZ/10B0706-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: North Columbia Herd. Numerous sets of fresh caribou tracks in the area told me I was in the right spot. Pictured is the hind foot of a bull caribou. Caribou are the only native North American hoofed mammal to regularly show dewclaws (the marks behind the main cleaves, feral pigs found in many places, though none in caribou habitat, also often register their dewclaws), though they show up more regularly in the fronts than hinds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405035447-TOZ0WET1G8VHW7X2GLZH/MG_0255-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: North Columbia Herd. Early one morning, close to first light, I caught my first glimpse of a mountain caribou, a bull with antlers in velvet. Female caribou also have antlers, though smaller than the males, another unique feature of this species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405022548-4V0CHTAESN5RX3M5XBQI/10B0687-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: North Columbia Herd. The subalpine landscape that caribou appear to prefer is one made of dense forests and wet meadows. This is a species that is definitely NOT afraid to get its feet wet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405034747-P9EA5W5KQ6DH7GELU6PD/IMG_3983-768x614.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: North Columbia Herd. The older tracks of a grizzly bear warned me that these creatures might be in the area. I spotted a mom and cub in the morning twilight on the day after I spotted the caribou. They didn’t spot me as they crossed an opening in the forest but also didn’t linger long enough for me to capture a photo of them. Though intrigued, I choose not to follow them to see if I might get another chance to see them. A little ways on I discovered the fresh tracks of a bull moose and calf heading into the same section of forest. An interesting story might have unfolded between these mothers and children of two of North America’s most ornery large mammals. I left this one as another one of the many mysteries that these dark forests hold. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/07/mountain-caribou-project-the-wet-belt monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405031448-2DU7MWFAUPY2A6O15OLX/10B9749-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: "The Wet Belt" Kim Shelton marvels at ancient trees. Mature stands of western red cedar such as this one, have become very rare in mountain caribou habitat because of their valuable timber. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405029048-0QLPXZIVJFY3Z32GD9GG/10B9555-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: "The Wet Belt" A much more common sight in the southern end of mountain caribou habitat. Over a century of logging have left the majority of low and mid-elevation temperate rainforests in a fragmented state with few late-successional stands left. These landscapes provide less food, less shelter and greater access to competitive ungulates and predators into caribou habitat. As caribou move into remnent patches of old trees they become more vulnerable to predators as compared to when they could spread out across a larger and less predator rich environment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405028578-IGCQWXY04HOASADV38I4/10B8581.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: "The Wet Belt" Kim Shelton reaches up toward the black tree lichen which grows along the trunk of this subalpine fir. The height of lichen growth indicates the approximate snowline in winters in these forests. Note that the lower portion of the tree has been scarred by a bear feeding on the inner-bark of the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405035947-0DZJQGTJQ87RFP94AXKU/MG_9884-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: "The Wet Belt" Black tree lichen on a subalpine fir, the chief food item in the winter diet of mountain caribou. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405030848-CF2GU06MBQ823587PCC4/10B9704-HDR.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: "The Wet Belt" Streams like this one coming out of Waldie lake in the southern Selkirks are feed by winter snowpack which provides defacto water storage for hydro-electric projects downstream. Climate models predict that this water storage service will be significantly reduced as the regional climate warms. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/07/mcp-field-notes-a-day-at-devils-hole monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405026748-YZA6HGFXUCL95H21ABC5/10B8243-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: A Day at Devils Hole A cloudy day on Devils Hole, a subalpine lake in the Dark Woods Preserve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405024848-MGGSCB4MCJ2712RU7CEG/10B8139-768x960.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: A Day at Devils Hole The track of a wolverine along the shore of Devils Hole. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405026349-5KDP54NLPDIOB27TAAMP/10B8183-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: A Day at Devils Hole Wet meadows at the upper end of Devil’s Hole. The scared tree in the foreground is a favorite marking post of the local bears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405027948-ZK1EBED205OSFOBQA7IT/10B8436-768x512.jpg Blog - MCP Field Notes: A Day at Devils Hole We set a camera trap close to Devils Hole which I will check in about a month. Stay tuned for results! https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/07/mountain-caribou-project-dark-woods-preserve monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405024362-S1F30KG2EXSHD1U2KW9K/10B7869-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: Darkwoods Conservation Area Caribou crossing sign close to Kootenay Pass on Canada’s Highway 3. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405027352-EN6LL8CTG3GN2007Y3AU/10B8328-HDR-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: Darkwoods Conservation Area Thunderstorm over the Darkwoods Conservation Area in the Selkirk Mountains of British Columbia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405028748-02I4X0N4LVKXT3YIGJIT/10B8680-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: Darkwoods Conservation Area Stand of mature western red cedar and western hemlock preserved within the Darkwoods Conservation Area. Late successional stands such as this one are very rare in the southern Selkirks after decades of logging and fires at low and middle elevations in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405024748-WCVGDHVM4V0KRSIB30S9/10B8042-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: Darkwoods Conservation Area Linear features such as this road and power line corridor in the range of the Southern Selkirk herd, often act as routes for wolves, who hunt caribou, and humans, who’s presence can displace caribou, to access mountain caribou habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405024447-LKB0Z1860NC0ZS461M73/10B8026.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: Darkwoods Conservation Area Wolf tracks along the road running alongside the power line corridor. The province of British Columbia has carried out extensive predator control in this area, killing wolves from three different packs in an attempt to protect the remaining 13 caribou in the South Selkirks herd. These predator control efforts have been extremely contentious amongst various groups involved in caribou conservation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405028048-TVGMHKBP3VP7CRF10SHL/10B8521-HDR-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: Darkwoods Conservation Area Porcupine Lake in the Darkwoods Conservation Area. The Nature Conservancy of Canada completely removed a road that had been built into this lake to reduce human access and increase the quality of habitat for caribou in this subalpine basin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405027648-P63M7E5IVR8YYSIEVGT6/10B8426-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: Darkwoods Conservation Area A large clearcut south of the Darkwoods Conservation Area, outside of the preserve on private timber land. The Nature Conservancy of Canada purchased Darkwoods to protect quality caribou habitat from ending up looking like this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405024048-V4XC5VJ8LOCPL51NN9RB/10B78321-768x960.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: Darkwoods Conservation Area The large round front print of a mountain caribou. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405027548-50EAJF14VCMPUQLAE76C/10B8416.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: Darkwoods Conservation Area Kim Shelton plowing through the subalpine brush in the heavily forested Selkirk mountains searching for signs of one the remaining members of the Southern Selkirks caribou herd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405030448-DRTV90R7ODXY7N9H08JB/10B9582-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: Darkwoods Conservation Area Sunset on the dark woods of the Darkwoods Conservation Area. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/07/mountain-caribou-project-the-adventure-begins monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405032375-YW86OW7WHSIZPPGDVJAO/IMG_0033_2-1-768x492.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: The Adventure Begins Caribou country in northeastern Washington’s Selkirk mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405032948-Q8P8HK7M9R6ZO431VO9J/IMG_0117_2-1-364x454.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: The Adventure Begins Tracks of one of the members of the South Selkirks herd which travel back and forth across the USA-Canada border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405032747-M85272FWUFZZB1A84ANR/IMG_0108_2-1-364x547.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: The Adventure Begins Caribou trail in the Selkirk mountains of southern British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405034448-Q7BH7A1CXFQXF1RUSG3M/IMG_0410_2-1-3-364x547.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: The Adventure Begins Grizzly bear tracks just north of the Washington-British Columbia border. Grizzly bears are also a sensitive species in much of this region. Over the next month I will be exploring and documenting the ecology of caribou and how they interact with the mountains they call home, the other wildlife they share the landscape with, and the people that live, work, and play in caribou country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405023849-9RU0VIWK36LZ9YLNU2H2/10B5020-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountain Caribou Project: The Adventure Begins Maligne Lake in Jasper National Park. Mountain caribou populations are being closely monitored in even large wilderness landscapes such as in the Canadian Rockies. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/06/trailing-black-bears-in-the-north-cascades monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2015/03/winter-mountaineering-triple-couloirs-on-dragontail-peak monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405017248-9BQ990C51K2P051ALT9S/IMG_2107.jpg Blog - Winter Mountaineering? Triple Couloirs on Dragontail Peak Dragon tail Peak in the moonlight. The Triple Couloirs route starts in the obvious snow gully around the center of the face. Note the headlamps on the right side of the face. From our camp on the lake we watched a party retreat off of the face via multiple rappels in the dark. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405016948-9Z2JTYVBCJW8BJA0TU8L/IMG_2078.jpg Blog - Winter Mountaineering? Triple Couloirs on Dragontail Peak Cam Alford making his bed for our brief evening at Colchuck Lake, using our climbing rope as part of his mattress. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405018748-ZOGWJ9KUB9AVNGZ4NGHE/IMG_2114.jpg Blog - Winter Mountaineering? Triple Couloirs on Dragontail Peak Inspecting equipment for our early morning start. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405019448-MNW0PF5C7SHYHH96EE70/IMG_2120.jpg Blog - Winter Mountaineering? Triple Couloirs on Dragontail Peak In the moonlight, Cam makes coffee for our pre-dawn start. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405019648-L0D71XL3ODMV2BTGANRB/IMG_2145.jpg Blog - Winter Mountaineering? Triple Couloirs on Dragontail Peak After we left camp at 5 am, unfortunately, my camera stayed tucked in my pack until high up on the route as we navigated three pitches of ice and the first two couloirs. After safely navigating into the third couloir, with all of the significant technical obstacles behind us I snapped a few shots. Here Cam ascends steep snow towards the bottom of the third couloir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405019848-MGO9VQX4S3Q4MOLXR5IX/IMG_2167.jpg Blog - Winter Mountaineering? Triple Couloirs on Dragontail Peak IMG_2167 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405020051-G6JEW5SM7SYL82PC70DZ/IMG_2181.jpg Blog - Winter Mountaineering? Triple Couloirs on Dragontail Peak Close to the summit of the Triple Couloirs on Dragontail Peak, Cam Alford looks out over the snow covered North Cascades. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2014/12/time-lapse-1200-miles-in-the-tracks-of-a-lone-wolf monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2014/11/fall-in-the-north-cascades-alpine-larch monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405015748-6FFHCEOO6BF39L0XOOVK/10B5245.jpg Blog - Fall in the North Cascades: Alpine Larch An alpine larch and the granite spires of Kangaroo Ridge in the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405012948-GOOEKOVD3T45BHDLO2CT/10B5057.jpg Blog - Fall in the North Cascades: Alpine Larch Darcy Ottey on a fall outing in the North Cascades of Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405013048-LWZCX1AYOMJ6TCFJMDE2/10B5086-768x512.jpg Blog - Fall in the North Cascades: Alpine Larch During the fall, the limited range of alpine larch is illuminated brilliantly all along the edge of treelike in the high country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405015454-RFTNF31L42U4N6JLKD68/10B5229-768x512.jpg Blog - Fall in the North Cascades: Alpine Larch At the lower elevations in their range alpine larch blend with subalpine fir and Engelmenn spruce. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405016547-KQFITROHH92VDTD5YUFZ/MG_7307-768x614.jpg Blog - Fall in the North Cascades: Alpine Larch A grove of alpine larch below the snow covered north face of Frisco Peak and the Lyle glacier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405016148-3436OS3NBKFVTS1R207J/10B5297.jpg Blog - Fall in the North Cascades: Alpine Larch A few alpine larch dot the upper reaches of Early Winters Creek with the iconic Liberty Bell massif beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405013249-OVOHPY0MHQ7JDKOEKY5X/10B5190-768x512.jpg Blog - Fall in the North Cascades: Alpine Larch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405014848-1JOSOECSH3CV8YRLUGPM/10B5225-768x512.jpg Blog - Fall in the North Cascades: Alpine Larch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405015848-R89UZ0L97PVC42IY3XY6/10B5249-768x512.jpg Blog - Fall in the North Cascades: Alpine Larch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405016048-VTG21BBA33RN1HC8A9DA/10B5266-768x512.jpg Blog - Fall in the North Cascades: Alpine Larch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405016847-QLT2XUPUUDY99X03ORFC/MG_7311-768x512.jpg Blog - Fall in the North Cascades: Alpine Larch https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2014/08/back-to-where-it-all-began-alpine-climbing-in-the-alps monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405008148-8ZL2C1YKOOJSFXLCGU6U/10B3429.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps Erin Smart heads out on the snow arete leading away from the Aguille du Midi. Amazingly enough this photo was taken just a few meters from where the lift drops tourists, climbers and skiers off, leaving right from the town of Chamonix. One minute I was on the street eating a fresh pastry from a local bakery and 15 minutes later I found myself in some of the most stunning alpine terrain I have traversed in my life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405008347-3RWRER872FU542P0AP2E/10B3521.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps Erin navigating fresh snow on the Cosmiques arete, a classic climbing route on the west side of the Aguille du Midi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405008249-HL6QXUNIV5FWN97QY9HP/10B3506.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps Erin smart leading out on mixed terrain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405008548-RMR6E8OXZOX13U9Y5498/10B3619.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps At 4810 meters (15,781 feet), Mount Blanc is the highest peak in the Alps. Clouds stream off of the lee side of the heavily glaciered peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405008948-7926ERL0TBK9YZ5TTRPD/10B3710.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps _10B3710 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405012248-IDA07OF0ZV8WRCO18ESE/Mere-de-glace-panorama.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps The Mere de Glace glacier flows down off of Mount Blanc and the surrounding peaks. While still miles long, the thickness of the glacier has shrunk dramatically over recent decades…an example of the shifting climate in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405011848-PXRWZJYOTLEZI3YVTLAN/IMG_7116.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps Erin Smart on the trail into the Envers Hut, situated above the Mere du Glace. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405012148-58OL3XA2TPK4RQDL5EHY/IMG_7262.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps Situated in an almost fairy tale like setting, the Envers des Aguilles Hut, managed by the French Alpine club provides lodging and food for climbers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405011948-5ZAOLIOKNCJNQIMYPTGB/IMG_7136.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps Mountain guide Miles Smart at a belay on a route above the Envers hut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405009048-SEOWKMRU0QESN9VTDPS6/10B3902.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps Forest McBrian examines the Eperon des Cosmiques route before our ascent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405009248-8RV1OT5T6H483HAJHDGG/10B3987.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps Forest McBrian leading out on a traversing pitch lower on the route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405011048-MIM1G733SQ2DVJD5NMOF/10B4044.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps Erin getting into the crux moves of the route, a series of cracks leading through a large roof. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405009449-OGLD3BOS8F17QINFB06S/10B4034.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps Erin pulling over another thoughtful move on the same crux pitch of the route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405011349-GQJUYIXTQ6L4X8OANRZH/10B4132.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps Forest wandering up through a series of cracks in beautiful granite towards the top of the route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405012648-N8NBQB4320IOQQDBUQIF/Mount-Blanc-Panorama.jpg Blog - Back to where it all began...Alpine climbing in the Alps The view from a belay stance on the route. Mount Blanc in the background. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2014/08/mountaineering-glaciers-and-climate-change-in-the-north-cascades monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405000049-9IOM1OZ1D12TTBI9E68J/10B3110-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Darcy Ottey on the approach to the Colonial Glacier cirque. Colonial Creek falls off to the left with Colonial Peak above it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405000248-K1ZGZSPXBIOQ5C9HKDJR/10B3231-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Camp on the edge of the recently formed lake at the terminous of the Colonial glacier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405005651-T76V1V17M2OC8FQVVF2W/10B3340-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades A blanket of clouds cover lower elevations in the North Cascades with high peaks sitting like islands in the sea at sunrise. The image is similar to how these mountains often appeared during the ice age when glaciers often covered lower elevations in much the same way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405005848-U130RK3VZ8PSLMPHTCGX/10B3353-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades _10B3353 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405001248-NMM9C9X0IXRY94UZ7ASF/10B3260-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Receeding glaciers leave behind moonscapes of scoured bedrock covered with piles of rubble and rock flour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405001461-70WYE4D53KXEMQW0YIR5/10B3264-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Glacial ice exposed at the very top of the Colonial glacier (upper left of this photo) suggests that this glacier no longer has an accumulation zone. Under current conditions, it is just a matter of time before the glacier disappears completeley–perhaps within the next several decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405004548-PMNROXOFDS74WJ06HPN5/10B3309-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Current maps show glacial ice extending much further down then where the actual terminous of the glacier is now. The retreat of the glacier has created this newly formed lake. Chunks of glacial ice still float in the lake, demonstrating how quickly this landscape is changing due to shifts in the climate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405005148-TT64H1XVF69MPTWCV9T1/10B3311-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Glacial lakes such as this one are filled with large amounts of ground rock powder giving the water a dark milky green appearance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405000548-WK5IB0S12VCX21VUJ8GY/10B3243-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Earth, sky and water merge with a heavy fog sitting over the snow and ice choked glacial lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405000848-SS2HLUJNN6Q9HFT9GG85/10B3246-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405001048-U9GP1VV211QK26G13M5C/10B3254-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Inclement weather dashed our plans for several peak climbs but did not deter us from venturing further south, over the Colonial glacier and onto the Neve glacier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405003548-R3WIM1O3IGSDJWH0ST6L/10B3267-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades The vast exapanse of one of the largest glaciers in the North Cascades, the Neve Glacier with Snowfield Peak sitting at its head, on the left side of the frame. Seen from the Neve-Colonial glaicer col. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405003748-DYDJE01VPE4MZUM7IJ8P/10B3275-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Darcy Ottey descending onto the Neve Glacier as a cloud rols over the glacier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405004048-6TE0A3W2WNKG0EXS42HO/10B3279-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Heading into a cloud on the glacier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405004148-S1G8VGJGE0Z1DMRA4NLO/10B3280-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades On the broad expanse of the glacier, the peaks and landmarks disappear leaving an eerie world with land and sky blending together into a world of white. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405003348-PKR7UAA37GQD94WRAB1V/10B3266-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Paul Bunyon’s Stump, Pinnicle, and Pyramid peaks from Colonial-Neve glacier col. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405005348-20ZW77ZELV3OD8AUM9S9/10B3319-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Looking north from the area into the upper Skagit river valley. Ross Lake, a large reservoir built to provide hydro-electric power for the city of Seattle is a more obvious sign of our species quest for energy then the retreating glaciers of the region but both reflect the long reach of modern human’s influence on even the most wild and rugged landscapes in the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405007448-3M22GNGC7A507ZTBP047/10B3362-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Descending into the clouds from the glacial cirque back into the forests of the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531405007748-I1YKJKIQ5CSELOITVK2M/10B3371-768x512.jpg Blog - Mountaineering, Glaciers and Climate Change in the North Cascades Sections of forests on the western slope of the North Cascades get enough precipitation to qualify as temperate rainforest. Only 10,000 years ago these slopes likely appeared much like the higher elevations do now, having just been released from retreating glaicers which filled the mountains and flowed down into the ocean. Climate models predict these mountains to get warmer and wetter in the decades to come. Glaciers will retreat and forests will advance unslope in an ongoing advance of forests through these mountains which began millenia ago. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2014/07/tribal-canoe-journey-to-bella-bella monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404996848-A4DTRRQP51L9K5IFF7JV/MG_9551-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella Members of the Blue Heron Canoe family and students of the LEAF school paddle the canoe along the shores of an island on the central coast of British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404997249-KI215PKCXVS85TH5A3R2/MG_9675-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404987347-ZAU1QJYPNMYPPQ9FAHR8/10B1225-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella Along the route to Bella Bella, canoe families were often hosted for dinner and celebration by the nation whose traditional territory they passed. Here, members of about 20 canoes and their support boats came ashore and were hosted by the Wuikinuxv First Nation in a bay called Open Bight on the mainland coast of British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404987547-TLVLMTE1EA3S8JUMXER2/10B1245-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella Meals often included traditional foods such as salmon and many other foods from the sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404987248-Q2DNRSFR52OJ7HKAT3XN/10B1218-768x614.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella Salmon cooking over an open fire in a traditional methods using split cedar to secure the fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404988848-J773FKOOVYJVG6J8Z3GM/10B1751-768x431.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella Before coming ashore, a ceremonial landing often took place. The most elaborate landing protocol at the end when all 42 of this years canoes landed in Bella Bella. Each canoe presented its self and asked for permission to land and share songs and dances with the hosts. The request was responded to with a heartfelt welcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404999548-WIC3KA3C4LJQ74INC3H7/MG_9978-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella Skipper and canoe-builder Michael Evans presents Blue Heron Canoe of the Snohomish people, at the landing ceremony in Bella Bella. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404989547-J5LOXPV0ZE33CGUFHW0K/10B9711-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella In the evenings, after landing in a new host nation’s territory and enjoying a meal provided by the hosts, each tribe would share songs and dances with the hosts. This evening, in the territory of the Namgis, was hosted in their beautiful long house in Alert Bay, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404991948-G4JDNGJSFO99P77T4617/10B9737-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404992247-0550V4A0I1C108WMM12A/10B9798-768x614.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404992348-LS5NOBWIVIR2KS2UTHY2/10B9834-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404989381-0GTWXMHY8A2ZPOFTWBAG/10B2010-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404989247-X3XTGNEAT77N16PBWL0H/10B1954-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404986147-JZ3UP10O4UHGE72KCHEO/10B0623-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404986348-9VNA9AVOXFYZZZZJ5Q9K/10B0691-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404984148-QMTSWMPY70BD5GBW3GX6/10B0311-768x614.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404983747-57G08GBQ4IACH48CTXEJ/10B0280-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404983647-FY1DYNGR33PKPY80AR4W/10B0258-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404986047-J2QK56K077HYQ0VB2Y0M/10B0483-768x614.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella Dr. Murphy explains the identity of a crab found in the intertidal zone close to Fort Rupert, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404986548-9W8EJ0ZKLP8G9II0S95G/10B0819-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella Exploring a remote beach in Cape Scott Provincial Park on the northern tip of Vancouver Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404999350-ARNBBPUX0ECUM9XL0UAW/MG_9926-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404997448-GZPCGKXW4JIWKY7PWRFX/MG_9809-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404997548-8D6547VOSEFMIOFJHO8C/MG_9904-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404996148-MUJFP3ATJPUWF5NPY6NO/MG_0143-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404996048-CRR371C9EXRS09VI7BNR/MG_0082-768x614.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404987848-R704K1U83B95BOY1BQVV/10B1599.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404986448-LUNJ5GIOCO4N4B3E3ZUO/10B0795-768x431.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404985447-I0T4LB8UUS5NO1U78A2Y/10B0355-768x614.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404983547-KC3JO61QA2SUDEO5V778/10B0181-768x512.jpg Blog - Tribal Canoe Journey to Bella Bella https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2014/07/a-week-at-home-in-the-methow-valley monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404996348-2CFB2SGBZ34D29CZGJE0/MG_9109-768x512.jpg Blog - A week at home in the Methow Valley. A brief pause for a very flighty creature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404996648-VTJ92YDEMA85EZDYGC8R/MG_9172-768x614.jpg Blog - A week at home in the Methow Valley. Supper on the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404992648-3HA1FBAX15OKZUT45OY8/EK000085-768x576.jpg Blog - A week at home in the Methow Valley. Female and cub black bears inspecting a well traveled game trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404992877-E19XPZG1BRS27HQN03B0/EK000795-768x576.jpg Blog - A week at home in the Methow Valley. EK000795 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404992776-LJY42CI8O5A2VKEUJKFV/EK000285-768x576.jpg Blog - A week at home in the Methow Valley. A wolf investigating along a lightly traveled forest road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404996747-GX2HVQOKN5IDSBF8B8AM/MG_9264.jpg Blog - A week at home in the Methow Valley. Some one doesn’t need any notification that the Saskatoon berries are coming on here in the valley! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404995548-9MY52NLMMOR1UXZY6J9N/IMG_6643-768x576.jpg Blog - A week at home in the Methow Valley. Vasiliki Ridge, Silver Star Peak, and Snagtooth Ridge as seen from the base of the base of Big Kangaroo Mountain…one of my favorite parts of the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404992448-Z6OE4UM5GHVD2KFS629U/Cedar-Creek-8-768x366.jpg Blog - A week at home in the Methow Valley. Looking down into the upper stretch of Cedar Creek and towards the peaks of the northern Sawtooth range on the eastern edge of the North Cascades, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404992947-MVKA9RWZIEP7XMYJOMIQ/IMG_6392-768x576.jpg Blog - A week at home in the Methow Valley. Ryan Audett taped up and racked up for a pitch on First Ammendment on the formation known as “Le Petite Cheval” in the Early Winters Creek Drainage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404993350-5HIGJCCA6UEMX1J1K6XT/IMG_6496-768x576.jpg Blog - A week at home in the Methow Valley. Josh Cole reviews the route description as Ryan sets off on another pitch of the route. Liberty Bell and the road cut of the North Cascades Scenic Highway can be seen in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404993051-ANW7IA86XLFUD8MET2GC/IMG_6488-768x576.jpg Blog - A week at home in the Methow Valley. Ryan peers around the corner sorting out the best line on a route none of us had done previously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404999648-6VDPIZ56LJXG5O3JNQSE/Willow-Basin-7-768x267.jpg Blog - A week at home in the Methow Valley. Looking down the Willow Creek Basin towards Early Winters Creek and the North Cascades Scenic Highway, framed by Kangaroo Ridge and the Silver Star Massif beyond. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2014/06/or7-expedition-mission-accomplished monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404978748-3NG1L57X7TW4N4LFD3JR/10B2033-768x512.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! Sunrise over the Zumwalt Prairie in Wallawa County Oregon, part of the home range of OR7's natal pack. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404978848-BPO4VIESYSPA3NCOCAN4/10B2304-768x614.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! Huricanne creek and Sacajawea Peak in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, Wallawa Mountains, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404978948-6T71KKX7N6JX60VDYDMM/10B2518-768x512.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! Crossing the upper Imnaha river on a log jam in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404979248-FPVGJFMUS66A6O0YCNXU/10B2550-768x960.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! Tracks of a lone wolf in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404983048-OSGQREY6MCWU44OEY5ND/IMG_5812-768x576.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! Galeo Saintz pedels towards the sunset on a quite road in northeastern Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404982351-G416DQFJR9RJXQVJGAAA/10B5435-768x512.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! Rachael and Jay rolling through the pine forests of northern California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404980347-WU5IBYX883A2BM8GA7LL/10B4995-768x512.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! Stars over Mount Mcloughlin, in the southern Oregon Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404981847-73OYG04IQIK60S8FRNCT/10B5079-768x512.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! Sunrise on Mount Shasta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404979952-L6HVFCDAIKHM0JNXI8ZQ/10B4775-768x512.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! Jay Simpson nears to top of a pass in the Oregon Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404982648-FH8V6RV2LY25ETTECNM8/10B5747-768x512.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! _10B5747 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404979747-CCJNOXA0EWA5WNF32DAP/10B4467-768x512.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! Sunrise over Crater Lake, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404982547-5SOZST9LXTC6QIE5X8EV/10B5525-768x512.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! lava flow in Modoc National forest, California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404979647-KUGWEVDGDML987BSSDY8/10B3783-768x512.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! Stars fill the night sky in sparsely populated northeastern Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404982748-KGKSO5LJ0DPZXMCDO1Y0/10B5847-768x614.jpg Blog - OR7 Expedition: Mission Accomplished! The expedition crew a few days before the end of the route. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2014/02/big-cats-big-surf-and-big-roads-out-and-about-with-the-santa-cruz-puma-project monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535066490366-YOWWD27U6FWQ5LRDRGT6/1.jpg Blog - Big Cats, Big Roads, and Beachfront: Out and About with the Santa Cruz Puma Project The San Francisco Bay area is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States but still includes a matrix of open spaces and wild lands that mountain lions have managed to carve out an existence in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535066557359-ZZO5UGW5Z7NFIZLSKSTS/2.jpg Blog - Big Cats, Big Roads, and Beachfront: Out and About with the Santa Cruz Puma Project The primary study area for the project is the Santa Cruz mountains which run south from San Francisco. Plant communities range from redwood forests to arid chaparral and oak woodlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535066587232-KP7VP8OPU283CAIUK639/3.jpg Blog - Big Cats, Big Roads, and Beachfront: Out and About with the Santa Cruz Puma Project On the eastern edge of the Santa Cruz mountains, residential areas intermix with parklands and forested mountains creating a fragmented landscape that mountain lions travel through carefully. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535066628005-DJW08488SLJOFH85E7EX/4.jpg Blog - Big Cats, Big Roads, and Beachfront: Out and About with the Santa Cruz Puma Project In order to get detailed information on the movements of mountain lions, the project live captures mountain lions and attaches a GPS collar to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535066643680-XJGJJPKRKA1RL9R3UK6Q/5.jpg Blog - Big Cats, Big Roads, and Beachfront: Out and About with the Santa Cruz Puma Project Hounds are used to track the cat which typically climb a tree to evade the dogs. Researchers can anesthetize the mountain lion, give it a physical exam and secure a radio collar to the cat. Here roundsman Dan Tichenor has just released one of his hounds on the fresh trail of a mountain lion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535066658221-RA417FIG2ZZUMLKCHSYC/6.jpg Blog - Big Cats, Big Roads, and Beachfront: Out and About with the Santa Cruz Puma Project Treed mountain lion in a Pacific madrone tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535066681284-BLZBS7XJEJQAJWEE7SXF/7.jpg Blog - Big Cats, Big Roads, and Beachfront: Out and About with the Santa Cruz Puma Project Besides a GPS unit, the collars also include a radio signal transmitter which researchers can use to get close enough to the cat to wirelessly download data from the collar. Other collars have a transmitter which allows GPS data to be transmitted via cell service. All of the lions in the project with these collars are currently on a family plan I was told (seriously!). Here wildlife biologist Paul Houghtaling is attempting to locate a collared cat in a large stand of redwood trees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535066733155-YOJ95XJEFWQTTILR5IJH/8.jpg Blog - Big Cats, Big Roads, and Beachfront: Out and About with the Santa Cruz Puma Project Once the data has been collected from the collar’s the detailed geographic information collected can be used to address a wide variety of research questions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535066759911-CV2KWXML9M7KFE0D45S6/9.jpg Blog - Big Cats, Big Roads, and Beachfront: Out and About with the Santa Cruz Puma Project One big question that the project is studying is about the diet of mountain lions and specifically where on the landscape they are hunting in relationship to various habitat types and levels of human presence on the landscape. Here field technician Chris Fust has used information from a collared cat to discover the remains of a deer killed by the mountain lion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535066781614-F5IJJ1EEUKIQOIETTFLG/11.jpg Blog - Big Cats, Big Roads, and Beachfront: Out and About with the Santa Cruz Puma Project Another topic of great interest to the project and numerous other conservationists in the area are the effects of roads and highways on mountain lions ability to move around the region. I spent a day out in the field with Tanya Diamond (pictured here) and Ahiga Snyder from Pathways For Wildlife whom are studying wildlife crossings of numerous roads in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535066807870-EOYWICTFX7CBFL2OO8L4/12.jpg Blog - Big Cats, Big Roads, and Beachfront: Out and About with the Santa Cruz Puma Project Researcher Ahiga Snyder servicing a remote camera at a break in a fence adjacent to Highway 1 which wildlife have been using to access the roadway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535066834621-84VHGQVMGSOMTU42T2H0/13.jpg Blog - Big Cats, Big Roads, and Beachfront: Out and About with the Santa Cruz Puma Project Sunset over the Pacific Ocean from Wilder State Park just north of Santa Cruz California. Stunning natural beauty has drawn hundreds of thousands of people to the San Francisco Bay area for decades creating the current challenges the region is facing to conserve local wild lands and wildlife but also a human population deeply invested in the outcome. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535066864980-R5B1F7YROU4836W0WQ9I/14.jpg Blog - Big Cats, Big Roads, and Beachfront: Out and About with the Santa Cruz Puma Project https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2014/02/wildlife-in-the-methow-valley-viewed-remotely monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535067337455-UL2D06MQRZWA9ARE716D/1.jpg Blog - Wildlife In the Methow Valley, Viewed Remotely Mule deer, such as these two are one of the most conspicuous species of wildlife in the Methow Valley and show up in camera sets in many low elevation camera traps around the valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535067360974-DMBZUTA60574XO4AHRM5/2.jpg Blog - Wildlife In the Methow Valley, Viewed Remotely A young mountain lion explores the same location where the deer from the previous image had visited earlier. Other images from this camera captured both this lion and its mother in the same location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535067404233-9SO9NDI92MYX7E0VK8BM/3.jpg Blog - Wildlife In the Methow Valley, Viewed Remotely An adult mountain lion sniffs at the buried remains of a deer which had been cached about a week before by either himself or possibly another lion that uses this area. After inspecting the area briefly, this lion moved on without retrieving anything of the buried carcass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535067437789-GEEU0TTFCINZ4ZSC04GY/4.jpg Blog - Wildlife In the Methow Valley, Viewed Remotely Golden eagle and black-billed magpie feeding on the remains of this same carcass which had been excavated by a bobcat several days earlier. In this image I had the camera looking down on the sight from an overhanging tree branch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535067461203-5FKU6GZZJKGKDDUEG431/5.jpg Blog - Wildlife In the Methow Valley, Viewed Remotely A group of river otters bounds along the banks of the Methow River. I set this camera at a location where I had found sign of a number of species of wildlife and the set also captured images of mountain lion, deer and beaver. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535067511388-0OBREGXXE4KEE6XXPM7M/6.jpg Blog - Wildlife In the Methow Valley, Viewed Remotely A photo of myself. As part of setting a camera trap I will trigger the camera and then inspect the images it is capturing to make sure the focal area of the camera is capturing the area I am interested in. Behind me is the remains of a mule deer that had been killed and consumed by wolves several weeks earlier. Here I am using the carcass as an attractant to draw carnivores into the range of the camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535067542640-CZZRLBHF8RY8V4DGK9SO/7.jpg Blog - Wildlife In the Methow Valley, Viewed Remotely A pair of coyotes inspecting the carcass. They scent marked the area and then left without scavenging on the carcass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535067585325-FEVAHWYHB1RHXU0SQDOE/8.jpg Blog - Wildlife In the Methow Valley, Viewed Remotely This bobcat was more interested in getting a meal out of the deer carcass! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535067626565-RGH5AWA96K2TXDWLO2BA/9.jpg Blog - Wildlife In the Methow Valley, Viewed Remotely Even after many other visitors, a hungry wolf returned to the carcass to feed on the bones and hide that remained.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535067663964-0H6Z9TO810ZL4UW34KZJ/10.jpg Blog - Wildlife In the Methow Valley, Viewed Remotely A mule deer buck captured on a Forest Service camera set by Ray Robertson and I in a location we had found tracks of wolves.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535067697590-S8ID4JRBIFTGC8BG1K5V/11.jpg Blog - Wildlife In the Methow Valley, Viewed Remotely A daytime image from the same camera. The short ears and stocky muzzle of this animal identify it as a wolf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535067763048-IZA14FULDJ8V29VG3FF5/12.jpg Blog - Wildlife In the Methow Valley, Viewed Remotely Several weeks later, this coyote was captured at the same location, identified by its more slender build and narrow snout. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535067789713-BAFUX2TJQV9BA68QV6V7/13.jpg Blog - Wildlife In the Methow Valley, Viewed Remotely Remote camera set targeting wolves and mountain lions along a game trail. For this camera set I am anticipating the travel route of these species through my interpretation of their tracks and knowledge of how they typically travel through this particular location. I expect that I will also get photos of mule deer, and coyotes as well as possibly bobcats and red squirrels. Will keep you posted on how this one turns out…its out there right now! https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/12/a-night-out-methow-valley-style monthly 0.5 2018-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535068167852-85NEJYWK1W1ICHH93GCG/1.jpg Blog - A Night Out, Methow Valley Style Starlight on the North Cascades…3897 second exposure, 12 degrees Fahrenheit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535068195825-CLNJE5EXMCEKK6QY06W5/2.jpg Blog - A Night Out, Methow Valley Style Big Dipper over WInthrop Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535068224270-CPN12BHF9K5KA9ONFDZA/3.jpg Blog - A Night Out, Methow Valley Style Stars circling around Polaris, the North Star. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535068272130-076C7Z04Y34SLGQK6CHB/4.jpg Blog - A Night Out, Methow Valley Style Low clouds sit over the valley at the first light of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535068337463-UOT6K8WR37O5YJCCPDT3/5.jpg Blog - A Night Out, Methow Valley Style Low clouds cover the Methow Valley as the first light of the day hits the high peaks of the Pasayten Wilderness on the eastern edge of the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535068302694-476N0RP978W1P285AV2T/6.jpg Blog - A Night Out, Methow Valley Style First light on Oval Peak, one of the highest summits the Lake Chelan-Sawtooth Wilderness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535068465218-3H44XSZ6IE0T77WRKC9D/1.jpg Blog - A Night Out, Methow Valley Style Reynolds Peak, another one of the high summits in the Sawtooth Wilderness, and often a climbing objective for students on mountaineering courses through the Northwest Outward Bound School which has a basecamp in the Methow Valley. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/12/radio-interview-on-radio-west monthly 0.5 2013-12-06 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/10/cybertracker-conservation-track-and-sign-certification-northwestern-oregon monthly 0.5 2018-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535068766279-D3BOIMM4LWMNOXQEO6WE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification: Northwestern Oregon Garth Oldman inspects the work of a black bear who bit and ripped the bark off of this western red cedar tree. Such activity is typical scent marking behavior of bears. Oregon Coast Range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535068807749-IQFXJ9J9KJSU1EBO49MF/2.jpg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification: Northwestern Oregon The distinctive circular opening and fine toothmarks of a deer mouse feeding on Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana) acorns. Found in a space under a fallen log along the Columbia River, downstream from Portland Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535068818161-2BI5XWHYGTSYLBQNEJDY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification: Northwestern Oregon The scapula and humerus of a male sea lion found on Deer Island in the Columbia River. Male sea lions swim up the Columbia River to feed on salmon where they converge at fish passages below the first dam on the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535068866715-OVDRDAZ4G1IQG0F14RQJ/4.jpg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification: Northwestern Oregon The unusual track pattern of a coyote missing one of its front feet. Note the circular imprint of the leg without the foot just to the left of a plant. The tracks of a raccoon can be found to the left of the coyote. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/09/alpine-climbing-in-the-bugaboos-british-columbia monthly 0.5 2018-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396136480-REYP1IFGCBNBQNVDM3CO/1.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. One of the spires of the Bugaboos comes into view during the hike up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396155343-IF5KEB155PP5NH6JGG7O/2.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. The trail up to the alpine includes one ladder and several sections with bolted chains to assist with a safe ascent along the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396184331-6GSYO2T0YSG6ODRMKBF7/3.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Erin Smart reviews her climbing guide below Bugaboo Spire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396203594-WF38CWX8A50PP7RVZRUS/5.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Applebee camp sits on the granite prow below Eastpost Spire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396226856-CZA8MTBJOVMF9QTCCFNC/6.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Sunrise on Snowpatch Spire, above the Crescent Glacier. Bugaboo Range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396248792-CV1LKUDW6L8XDOS9VV1H/7.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Sunrise over peaks to the North of the Bugaboo Range and the massive tongue of the Vowell glacier below them. As seen from the ridge between Bugaboo Spire and Crescent Spire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396282485-L0Y2W6PMZU6PIELXPRRB/8.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Just as we arrived to the base of the steepest section of Bugaboo Spire’s northeast ridge an electrical storm rolled in. Erin shares her thoughts about the situation from where she hunkered down in the talus. Snowpatch Spire beyond disappears into the clouds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396304212-XU724BQ3GCZNU34R43DV/9.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. After the lightning passed we retrieved our metal climbing gear from under a blanket of hale at the base of the route and retreated down the ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396326220-NPSK9RK9I2HSKZ6SPG6Q/10.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Erin Smart laying out gear to dry out after the storm in the Bugaboos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396352971-5QDQWLGUEF5AVHNDV9PO/12.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Climber on the second pitch of MacTech Arete (5.10b) on Crescent Spire, a beautiful line on a magnificent granite face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396446362-2STPQT8R6X2HEGRBXL9X/13.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Erin racks up to lead out on MacTech Direct on Crescent Spire. Snowpatch Spire and the Crescent Glacier beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396518678-ELEGLDD801HA7T6QV80Q/14.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Erin Smart getting down to business on a roof on the forth pitch of the route (5.9). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396552062-M4I5J1UP70PWGZF3GH5E/15.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Erin Smart sending the roof on the 4th Pitch of McTech Direct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396615116-34O5ICXBO95BY821JQY7/16.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Jason Cramm leading high on the route next door to us, Paddle Flake Direct. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396635839-F3QMH4OY17YX6VDUGU7O/17.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Jason Cramm on Paddle Flake Direct with the northeast ridge of Bugaboo Spire beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396687203-XTRHLCXWW4Q0V62J39H3/18.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Unidentified climber on the false summit of Pigeon Spire. Howser Spires and the upper Vowell Glacier beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396712690-78KAHDZ1TDBFMJ0IWWHS/19.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Second attempt was a success for Erin and I on Bugaboo Spire’s northeast ridge (Grade IV, 5.8). Here Erin traverses from the north summit to the south summit for our descent down the south ridge of the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396747121-P06G5M2EZPZYAMLBS33Q/20.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. Looking down on Snowpatch Spire from close to the summit of Bugaboo Spire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396765910-RT5DN9JK98KCCBIS491B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. This beautiful mountain range is quickly changing–not from the climbers that flock to the area but climate change. Glaciers in this part of the Purcell Mountains are in fast retreat due to climate change, apparent here from the vast stretches of bare glacial ice and the very thin remaining snow cover of much of the rest of them. The Crescent glacier, in the foreground, no longer has an accumulation zone and it is only a matter of time before the ice which remains disappears completely. Learn more about climate change at 350.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396780993-OHIEI7Z4HTLJWXMIJCBS/22.jpg Blog - Alpine Climbing in the Bugaboos, British Columbia. A basket of “mucky fires” and a pint of IPA at the Pedal and Tap in Kimberly, BC was a perfect way to celebrate a successful trip to a stunning location!   https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/09/wildlife-tracking-certifications-in-europe monthly 0.5 2018-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535145938750-5QKQE10GBRBSFM1U6I8U/1.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking Certifications In Europe Casey McFarland discusses the sign left by a wild boar rubbing on the base of a tree in the Saxony region of Germany during a Track and Sign Certification event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535145968105-X4AZ8DHCU4OAHWGSP9W2/2.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking Certifications In Europe Footprint of a wild boar (Sus scrofa). Eastern Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535145997035-7YZX4AG9PTB2O2PUJQ9N/3.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking Certifications In Europe Participants in a Track and Sign Certification Event in the Liptovsky region of Slovakia inspect sign left by a brown bear (Ursus arctos) climbing a large tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535146589674-LN2FIE1SQAD1TO7MFT9F/4.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking Certifications In Europe Tracks of a Great cormorant from the shore of a reservoir in the Liptovsky region of Slovakia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535146640266-D4FOJZY918PPX2R3ILP1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Wildlife Tracking Certifications In Europe Tracks of two young wolves (Canis lupus, left and middle) and a large European badger (Meles meles) in sand. Saxony, Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535146661098-5WZ11YQXMWVKS0DGISEY/6.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking Certifications In Europe Footprints from a stone marten (Martes foina) found under a bridge in eastern Germany. Note that a Euro 2 cent peice is the same size as a US penny. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535146687476-LBZIZSFZ9EHE7M6C9MZK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Wildlife Tracking Certifications In Europe While Europe and North America share many similar species, there are a number of behaviors typical in Animals in each location which are not common in similar species in the other. The Great Spotted woodpecker, similar to the North American Hairy woodpecker, collects and breaks open pine and other conifer cones for the seeds within, in a mannor not typically observed in North America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535146703240-DII4BDCJTNYO06J99YHE/8.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking Certifications In Europe Front (below) and hind (above) tracks of a wood mouse (Apodemus species). Saxony, Germany. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535146730554-VM2EJFUVHYF52M39M427/9.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking Certifications In Europe Numerous certificates where awarded in all 4 countries we visited including everyone who participated in the evaluation in Germany, pictured here. Congratulations to everyone. We will be finding an online home for the names and certification levels of folks certified in Europe through Cybertracker Conservation shortly. Stay tuned!   https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/07/a-taste-of-the-canadian-rockies monthly 0.5 2018-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535146828341-HL3JKYV7WJDDZ1T0FSOW/1.jpg Blog - A Taste of the Canadian Rockies The Kootenay River flows from the crest of the Rockies through Kootenay National Park to the west, its waters eventually joining the Columbia River and heading to the Pacific Ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535146892717-2IPIHH5TKRP96KZRJ92P/1.jpg Blog - A Taste of the Canadian Rockies The massive peaks and glacier dwarf a canoe on Lake Louis, one of the most popular destinations in Banff National Park. Later in my trip I was joined by several family members who dealt admirably with my camera affliction, including here while on Lake Louis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535146961671-CFSL6CJ2VINPUB8SUSB8/1.jpg Blog - A Taste of the Canadian Rockies This distinctive pattern on a lodgepole pine is the work of a red-napped sapsucker which drills into the bark to get the tree to exude sap. This sap attracts insects which the sapsucker returns to feed on. Jasper National Park, Alberta. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/06/climbing-the-stuart-glacier-couloir-mount-stuart-north-cascades monthly 0.5 2018-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535147470294-HI87RC7J18FS4Y5XLJ7E/1.jpg Blog - Climbing the Stuart Glacier Couloir, Mount Stuart, North Cascades We made our camp at the base of the Sherpa and Ice Cliff glaciers close to where our descent route would return us to at the end of the route. For the alpine start we were planning for summit day we turned in early. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535147505709-ZFCJ5QTLX0HQ5FPKECIS/2.jpg Blog - Climbing the Stuart Glacier Couloir, Mount Stuart, North Cascades We crossed the Stuart Glacier in the dark, having left camp around 2 AM. Here Joel Reid navigates a crevasse on the glacier by headlamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535147593078-SMNZM8YIN7LDK5YW46ZI/3.jpg Blog - Climbing the Stuart Glacier Couloir, Mount Stuart, North Cascades We crossed the burgshrund on the top of the glacier at first light and ascended the lower section of the couloir, about 40-50 firm snow, which runs up the northwest face of the peak. At the narrowest section of the couloir are two steps of steeper terrain. Here Joel Reid leads out to climb a pitch of mixed rock, ice, and snow with a belay from Trever Waage. Trevor lead the next step of ice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535147613946-KPJ19F1A9C207JFU17R7/4.jpg Blog - Climbing the Stuart Glacier Couloir, Mount Stuart, North Cascades Joel and Trevor approach the top of the couloir on Mount Stuart’s west ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535147640656-1KSJ6P73DY2K33TSVEBJ/5.jpg Blog - Climbing the Stuart Glacier Couloir, Mount Stuart, North Cascades The route to the summit finishes on the West ridge; beautiful granite and stunning exposure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535147684074-OZF6V7C7FVDQ1MWQNAAG/6.jpg Blog - Climbing the Stuart Glacier Couloir, Mount Stuart, North Cascades Trevor reaching for a good hand hold, high on the west ridge. The Stuart Glacier Couloir drops away below him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535147723289-614Z0X0TL1IULL0I9MRM/7.jpg Blog - Climbing the Stuart Glacier Couloir, Mount Stuart, North Cascades Joel Reid tops out on the summit of Mount Stuart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535147743291-GSTDU7R3WGDRSE5S0NJR/8.jpg Blog - Climbing the Stuart Glacier Couloir, Mount Stuart, North Cascades After a careful descent to the east and then down the Sherpa Glacier we made it back to our camp, greated by a family of mountain goats.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535147761045-T00MWPFKLLUKLHBJV44X/9.jpg Blog - Climbing the Stuart Glacier Couloir, Mount Stuart, North Cascades https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/06/wildlife-track-and-sign-certification-southern-washington-cascades monthly 0.5 2018-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148001164-UGTL33GNC00DCS2M472E/1.jpg Blog - Wildlife Track and Sign Certification: Southern Washington Cascades While the mountain itself is a protected National Monument, outside of its boundaries the timber industry is very active in the southern Washington Cascades. Here huge clearcuts cover entire hillsides above the Swift Reservoir on the Lewis River. The swath of trees along the water’s edge is a mandated setback from fish bearing waters required by Washington State environmental regulations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148036958-M6U0RU945LIF47VOX4BR/2.jpg Blog - Wildlife Track and Sign Certification: Southern Washington Cascades Tracks of a cow elk (above) and her young calf (below) found on a forest road during the evaluation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148068592-HBGKWNTQK2I1JI5TQYA1/3.jpg Blog - Wildlife Track and Sign Certification: Southern Washington Cascades The lush forests along the upper Lewis River are home to a large herd of elk and numerous other species of wildlife. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148089393-5S1DYMHN156ENNJQQQ0O/4.jpg Blog - Wildlife Track and Sign Certification: Southern Washington Cascades Left hind track of a bush-tailed woodrat (Neatomoa cinerea) in fine dust under a bridge along Pine Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148126056-98X8P9JY9Q1UA77E1HJG/6.jpg Blog - Wildlife Track and Sign Certification: Southern Washington Cascades Laura Belson inspects an elk antler rub on a red alder on the edge of a wetland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148165930-TTZCLF2CSKEQS6KCRZAJ/7.jpg Blog - Wildlife Track and Sign Certification: Southern Washington Cascades Justin Miller inspects the sign left behind by a woodpecker foraging on mountain pine bark beetles on a lodgepole pine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148194624-X8RURER42SO78V3YYGT1/8.jpg Blog - Wildlife Track and Sign Certification: Southern Washington Cascades Participant Lloyd Murray inspects wildlife sign on the edge of the Muddy River. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/06/afternoon-with-a-monk-seal monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148301752-U32DR3VADTLZ39LGBJQ3/1.jpg Blog - Afternoon with a Monk Seal Participant Lloyd Murray inspects wildlife sign on the edge of the Muddy River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148426267-AHJ5O1OMCIC3BCD4TUHV/2.jpg Blog - Afternoon with a Monk Seal Apparently the world can be overwhelming, even for creatures that spend much of their time lounging on the beach in Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148839107-MD9A1WPIFB2O807G4OVF/1.jpg Blog - Afternoon with a Monk Seal While very graceful in the water, monk seals move awkwardly on land where they are vulnerable to harassment or worse from humans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148857959-PSQ69AD8Z7HFBSHXGFYT/2.jpg Blog - Afternoon with a Monk Seal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148883636-BTNXVKT9GXVY4E1FROO6/3.jpg Blog - Afternoon with a Monk Seal Hawaiian monk seal heading back to the ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148929376-FHOIGEARTWFWAV4VEDEY/4.jpg Blog - Afternoon with a Monk Seal Once in the water, monk seals can move more easily. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535148951966-EF511IJ73EE0V4Q3ML2H/5.jpg Blog - Afternoon with a Monk Seal https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/06/wrapping-up-the-wildlife-tracking-intensive monthly 0.5 2018-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535149094425-RR43JSR1AETYG9PDYP9N/1.jpg Blog - Wrapping up the Wildlife Tracking Intensive for 2013 Mark Kang-O’Higgins inspects the marks left on a leaning alder by a scent marking black bear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535149162668-GNBCOJ00041MG3T6AJEJ/2.jpg Blog - Wrapping up the Wildlife Tracking Intensive for 2013 Douglas Cowan inspects a scent marking scrape next to a rotting log from a mountain lion found on a trail along the edge of a wetland on the western edge of the Cascade Mountains. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/05/wildlife-tracking-at-the-slickrock-gathering-hosted-by-b-o-s-s monthly 0.5 2018-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535149906168-OX1PX160G1S31HZ8E0A1/1.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking at the Slickrock Gathering hosted by B.O.S.S. A myriad of prints of small animals including mice, voles, woodrats, lizards, a snake, and numerous insects were found zig-zaggging across the sand protected under this rock overhang along Deer Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535149929136-CQNQUPVJKITYQ7C543MU/2.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking at the Slickrock Gathering hosted by B.O.S.S. BOSS instructor Lori Jonestrask and Apprenticeship Director and instructor Bryan Puskar inspect the tiny nest of a humingbird found under another overhang along the creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535149995861-4IFESIRKP2FN42A8D80O/3.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking at the Slickrock Gathering hosted by B.O.S.S. We first cut the trail of the mountain lion on an old road southeast of Boulder Mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535150025687-SLB6HVLX4E5TOHTUL24C/4.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking at the Slickrock Gathering hosted by B.O.S.S. The left hind track of the mountain lion discovered on the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535150067131-W3BFPB87946MV1VMOIGU/5.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking at the Slickrock Gathering hosted by B.O.S.S. When the large cat left the road and began meandering through aspen stands, grassy clearings, and through open pine forests, the trail became much more difficult, forcing us to anticipate where we believed the cat likely traveled and search for clues of its passage along this route. This process of prediction and follow up allows the tracker to move much more efficiently across challenging substrates. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/05/track-and-sign-certification-northern-arizona monthly 0.5 2018-08-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535150559824-PAYW443EMBPQ0SNHZFHQ/6.jpg Blog - Trailing Workshop and Track and Sign Certification: Northern Arizona Rayne Zhaughsome on the trail of a herd of elk during a trailing workshop held north of Flagstaff Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535150601835-D32KMGOG7BIFE63TIRWH/7.jpg Blog - Trailing Workshop and Track and Sign Certification: Northern Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535150647137-LND93YRS8AD4HIK9WPVP/9.jpg Blog - Trailing Workshop and Track and Sign Certification: Northern Arizona https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535150706052-27U1594JIL41HQTG8FJN/10.jpg Blog - Trailing Workshop and Track and Sign Certification: Northern Arizona Jill Cooper and Rebecca Fitzpatrick inspect the trail of a turtle under a rock overhang. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535150766464-WE9COU38IS47TSLH1V0S/11.jpg Blog - Trailing Workshop and Track and Sign Certification: Northern Arizona These tracks of a kit fox in dust where one of the first questions during the evaluation. Their small size, very slender shape of the hind foot and diminutive size of the metatarsal pads differentiate these tracks from those of a grey fox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535150832882-9C6TN42PWOD834RHUGXX/12.jpg Blog - Trailing Workshop and Track and Sign Certification: Northern Arizona Local expert Matt Monjello, seen here discussing sapsucker feeding sign left on a juniper tree, organized and assisted with the evaluation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535150907274-G7GMG3VQEU8TKD313P5Y/13.jpg Blog - Trailing Workshop and Track and Sign Certification: Northern Arizona Rayne inspects the remains of a mule deer during the evaluation. It can be hard or impossible to definitively say how an animal such as this one died but several clues indicated that this deer may have been consumed by a mountain lion and scavenged by coyotes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535150971233-6G3RDVGG9KXYYTJCQ4PA/14.jpg Blog - Trailing Workshop and Track and Sign Certification: Northern Arizona https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/05/track-and-sign-certification-in-the-swan-valley-montana-with-northwest-connections monthly 0.5 2018-08-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535151342181-QCZ6UFEJJL8RWGC1GU09/15.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in the Swan Valley, Montana with Northwest Connections We started the evaluation on the Northwest Connections campus on the Swan River. Here I am explaining how the evaluation process works at the start of the first day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535157818154-8QPNVXLDVB9BCB0VHAR1/16.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in the Swan Valley, Montana with Northwest Connections The evaluation included a number of questions about the remains of a white-tailed deer which had been consumed by wolves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535157839394-F8XD9SH27DNGIPNUJZUF/17.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in the Swan Valley, Montana with Northwest Connections Inspecting a leg bone from the deer which had been partially consumed by the wolves revealed the bone marrow which offers clues to the health of the deer at the time it died. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535157863514-EM2AW5T58MS2GV92VRMA/18.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in the Swan Valley, Montana with Northwest Connections Mike Mayernik taking an answer from participant Andrea Stephens about the elk antler rub on the tree between them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535157891445-9TLZWBPLM52VB7N8UJ21/19.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in the Swan Valley, Montana with Northwest Connections Heavy snow Saturday night and Sunday morning called for desperate measures. Here Adam Lieberg, Conservation Program Coordinator for Northwest Connections, uses a broom to brush snow off of sign we had found during our scouting for the evaluation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535157917803-Z34YNYZ23E0F0O910PF0/20.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in the Swan Valley, Montana with Northwest Connections The scratch marks left by a mountain lion on a leaning tree along a well used game trail above the Swan River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535157948986-IR3TCF83X15ILW9D3GYW/21.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in the Swan Valley, Montana with Northwest Connections Mike points out one of the questions on the evaluation about a mountain lion scat and scrape, created by a scent marking behavior of the large cat, found along the same game trail as the claw marks from the previous photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535157977687-A2BPT2TJ7HGHKER7EFK4/22.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in the Swan Valley, Montana with Northwest Connections We took refuge under a bridge for a few questions on the snowy Sunday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535158017602-SONFJ2SGIWD0U8RI8E77/23.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in the Swan Valley, Montana with Northwest Connections A blade of grass points to the tip of a mink track found under the bridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535158056351-WZOC30TSP9DUK35EB7U6/24.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in the Swan Valley, Montana with Northwest Connections Every question on the evaluation is discussed thoroughly after all the participants have submitted their answers. Here we are discussing the sign left behind by an elk which used its incisors to peel bark on a small tree and then rub its head against the tree, a common scent marking behavior of elk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535158088867-Q9PZRIPN6DUW38EP5M3W/25.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in the Swan Valley, Montana with Northwest Connections The shredded bark has all been peeled upwards due to the fact that elk only have lower incisors. Numerous hairs from the elk got stuck in the ragged bark and sticky pitch of the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535158133539-KW0HZBVH7FZWW1UGHRGB/26.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in the Swan Valley, Montana with Northwest Connections Congratulations to everyone who participated in the evaluation. In this particularly talented group of wildlife trackers, everyone earned a Level 2 certificate or higher! https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/05/pacific-wren-nests-formerly-winter-wren monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535158431660-80S6P7X7L8IXU8XDN8VB/1.jpg Blog - Pacific Wren Nests (formerly Winter Wren) A Pacific wren singing from a branch above its large spherical nest in a Sitka Spruce. Hoh river valley, Olympic National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535158465186-Q6LXT2NMHC5SIDPA6HY1/2.jpg Blog - Pacific Wren Nests (formerly Winter Wren) A Pacific wren peers out from the entrance at the side of its nest. Olympic National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535158493644-TS6N7TWQFR4SXW8I87K4/3.jpg Blog - Pacific Wren Nests (formerly Winter Wren) Note the slender conifer twigs around the entrance to the nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535158551325-586O9LOWW0PM046ZMYIX/4.jpg Blog - Pacific Wren Nests (formerly Winter Wren) A Pacific wren with insects in its bill bound for young ones in a nearby nest. West slope Cascades, King County, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535158526305-55O7T1NAEYR6KET8YXGC/5.jpg Blog - Pacific Wren Nests (formerly Winter Wren) Two bushtits at the entrance to their nest in the Snoqualmie Valley in western Washington. Bushtits (Psaltriparus minimus), a similar sized bird found in much of the Pacific Northwest as well, also build enclosed nests out of mosses and lichens. Bushtit nests are more pendulous with an entrance towards the top of the nest. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/04/hiking-the-kalalau-trail-on-kauais-napali-coast monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535586884782-C4PR9V3UX6JP2G4ISFQM/1.jpg Blog - Hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai's Napali Coast Waves role in on Kalalau Beach, reached by an 11 mile trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535586909273-P3051I8HOTEOD6I252CB/2.jpg Blog - Hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai's Napali Coast Stunning views highlight much of the Kalalau trail on Kauai’s Napali Coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535586957377-XOZ94IEFEODSLVJLVOCM/3.jpg Blog - Hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai's Napali Coast Another ocean view from the trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535586978325-9YH02EFABUF83319DGFK/4.jpg Blog - Hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai's Napali Coast The trail crosses several lovely streams cloaked in tropical forests including this one were we made our dinner and breakfast at our first camp during the hike in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535586999460-50PUR6PG3MY7OD5F0QV9/5.jpg Blog - Hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai's Napali Coast A craggy peak juts out of the forest above the warm waters of another one of the streams along the Kalalau trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587091284-MI0H68PXHB43Z8P5R4Y4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai's Napali Coast Hikers on the Kalalau trail, dwarfed by the cliffs and ocean beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587106992-N75I2NMA0LB0ZCATOPWY/7.jpg Blog - Hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai's Napali Coast Sign along the trail into Kalalau beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587130620-4DTMXW536FQF9S9PD4AB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai's Napali Coast On the final decent to Kalalau beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587153084-KGIYWSQ2IZFOATS8ANO9/9.jpg Blog - Hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai's Napali Coast Sunset on Kalalau beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587185066-BSDCN7TZ9JDIDVRZJK7F/10.jpg Blog - Hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai's Napali Coast An endangered Hawaiian monk seal hauled out of the ocean for an afternoon. Kalalau Beach, Kauai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587202163-MEI0IZ0EK8F09GIG0SBI/11.jpg Blog - Hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai's Napali Coast Hawaiian monk seal returning to the ocean as the sun begins to set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587223744-0U1VJ7W422JLDLPR2WCO/12.jpg Blog - Hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai's Napali Coast Evening light on the peaks and coastline. Napali Coast, Kauai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587240869-HVP1R6SAU3BKNH4EWBHQ/13.jpg Blog - Hiking the Kalalau Trail on Kauai's Napali Coast Darcy Ottey taking in the evening light from an ocean side perch. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/03/methow-conservancy-track-and-sign-certification-northcentral-washington monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587526949-3YEBP979AWO9TENXY8MH/1.jpg Blog - Methow Conservancy Track and Sign Certification, Northcentral Washington Solid snowpack still lingered in the valley bottom and on north facing slopes in the Methow for the evaluation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587532255-P2U3JRJ87LPPSSPU0RTJ/2.jpg Blog - Methow Conservancy Track and Sign Certification, Northcentral Washington All four feet of a mountain lion where it landed in soft mud after leaping off of a rock and over a lead of water on the edge of the river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587541483-NEGYFIT4N4J04CPQ5UPU/3.jpg Blog - Methow Conservancy Track and Sign Certification, Northcentral Washington A family of beavers had been busy through the winter on a side channel of the Methow River, leaving a wide variety of interesting signs behind including this small dam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587555138-RK2RX59CSW0X7T9WWLB8/4.jpg Blog - Methow Conservancy Track and Sign Certification, Northcentral Washington Inspecting a scent mound created by beavers along the shore of a pond they had created on the edge of the river. Beavers drag mud up onto the bank and deposit a secretion called castorum on these mounds which are an important way that resident animals communicate that an area is occupied to other beavers in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587570768-WCHO7T6FTH484HQ5G3H8/5.jpg Blog - Methow Conservancy Track and Sign Certification, Northcentral Washington Scientist and educator Kim Romain-Bondi and Heidi Anderson inspect the remains of a deer found in the woods by a small excavation as they attempt to determine who made the excavation. The size and distance between the clawmarks in the bottom of the dig, along with the size and shape of the hole were indicative of a coyote’s caching behavior. Kim is the owner and proprietor of the North Cascades Basecamp which provides lodging as well as educational and recreational opportunities in Mazama Washington. Heidi is the Stewardship Director for the Methow Conservancy and came out to help record peoples answers during the certification event! https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/03/humboldt-county-california-track-and-sign-certification monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587850184-LUNH0NC5XWZR3DXDS6RV/1.jpg Blog - Humboldt County California Track and Sign Certification Inspecting the tracks of a bounding long-tailed weasel (Mustela frenata) in the coastal dunes close to Arcata California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587873181-YHJ975H6I0Q78PDPTNM2/2.jpg Blog - Humboldt County California Track and Sign Certification Long-tailed weasel tracks. Photo by Kim Cabrera. Kim has an amazing collection of track and sign photos posted online at her website: bear-tracker.com. Click on the image to check it out! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587886693-CT9MXN71OB3AZF3AW3S6/3.jpg Blog - Humboldt County California Track and Sign Certification Alison Osgood inspects a redwood tree. Participants in the evaluation had to determine what removed the bark from this young redwood tree and why. The answer: A black bear removed the outer bark so it could feed on the cambium layer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587905956-PPGSEVMMHCTVKUYY0Q17/4.jpg Blog - Humboldt County California Track and Sign Certification Track and Sign Specialist Matt Nelson leads a conversation about the trail of a black-tailed jackrabbit. Click on the image to find out more about Matt Nelson and his work at redwoodcoastanimaltracking.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587925112-IC6AWUCEJCQHGBSIWA0O/5.jpg Blog - Humboldt County California Track and Sign Certification Andrew Underwood carefully inspects the mandible of a Virginia opposum (Didelphis virginianus). Identifying this bone was the last question on the evaluation. All questions on evaluations are about things which the Evaluator has found in the field. photo by Matt Nelson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535587991847-3E4HX46ZW6WNES9T9VNU/6.jpg Blog - Humboldt County California Track and Sign Certification Front (below) and hind track of a bobcat. There were a number of questions about bobcat tracks on the evalation. photo by Matt Nelson. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535588013839-ULTW8J12054H1GUKZCDF/7.jpg Blog - Humboldt County California Track and Sign Certification Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Evaluation, all of whom earned a Certification! https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/02/the-remains-of-an-owl-and-other-finds-from-the-field monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535588190969-8GKD37JRDYRO75PPUVHF/1.jpg Blog - The Remains of an Owl and Other Finds from the Field Teaching assistant Dan Gusset and student Erin Campbell inspect the bite mark of a black bear found on a small tree along a game trail. Such marks are commonly produced by scent marking bears whom also claw and rub such trees in efforts to attach their scent to tree for other bears to find. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535588228215-69Z6NLZHG0898QUOZ3Q1/2.jpg Blog - The Remains of an Owl and Other Finds from the Field Douglas Cowan inspects a pika hay mound found under a bridge along the Snoqualmie River. Pika typically live at higher elevations in the Cascades but here were making use of the large boulders laid down at the base of the bridge which mimic higher elevation talus fields. Pika’s collect vegetation in mounds for later consumption in the rocks where they live. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535588268046-IA61A9EADNAAJYB9COE9/3.jpg Blog - The Remains of an Owl and Other Finds from the Field Trever Ose examines some elk hair on an antler rub. Antler rubs are an important scent marking behavior of bull elk associated with the breeding season. After abraiding the bark of the tree with his antlers, the elk will then rub the tree with his face, shoulders and the base of his antlers to attach his scent to the tree. The scent acts as an advertisement to female elk in the area and a challenge to other males. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535588369381-GLBV4BQMXC7CRS0XYJ1O/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Remains of an Owl and Other Finds from the Field Front (below) and hind tracks of a muskrat in fine river mud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535588399649-PY09V2U1SAY1WMPIAMAT/2.jpg Blog - The Remains of an Owl and Other Finds from the Field All four feet (two fronts at bottom of the frame, hinds above) of a river otter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535588429963-NJNROW42IO3J4ZS1K1P7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Remains of an Owl and Other Finds from the Field The wings of a snow goose which had likely been consumed by a bald eagle on the banks of the Puget Sound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535588452099-68CJBJCNL99MFHSFT24C/4.jpg Blog - The Remains of an Owl and Other Finds from the Field Identifying bird feathers found in the field at the end of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535588493130-3AV4HFJP3MWCC5TNW782/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Remains of an Owl and Other Finds from the Field Feathers from a barn owl (left) and short-eared owl, both found on the edge of a large field filled with vole sign where each owl had likely been hunting when they were killed. The short-eared owl remains where found scattered in the brush bellow some trees in a location where a larger bird, such as a great-horned owl or bald eagle might perch to consume a meal. The barn owl feathers where found below another tree on the ground and was also likely consumed by a raptor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535588508446-33ZC9VIJ5P5AEJZY7XAF/6.jpg Blog - The Remains of an Owl and Other Finds from the Field The class under a particularly large Sitka spruce on the bank of the Middle Fork of the Snoqualmie River. The large amount of reddish debris at the base of the tree is the result of a feeding Douglas squirrel. Such a midden is created when the squirrel consumes conifer cones from a favored perch and discards the remains onto the forest floor below the perch. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/02/short-eared-owls-and-northern-harriers monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/02/wolves-in-the-land-of-salmon-one-of-the-best-new-travel-books-according-to-national-geographic-traveler monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535396992284-RC57X1CXMGB88JH2EZBG/1.jpg Blog - Wolves in the Land of Salmon: One of the Best New Travel Books According to National Geographic Traveler https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/02/snow-geese monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/01/track-and-sign-certification-in-southern-texas monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535589069861-WNOXILDHFISQPRDGMNRO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in southern Texas Track and Sign Evaluator and Texas Parks and Wildlife Biologist Jonah Evans leads a discussion about the tracks left by several coyotes traveling on the shore of Laguna Atascosa in southern Texas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535589115854-KFQWC6JZ62TUL1QGUAN7/2.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in southern Texas Tracks of a bounding Hispid cotton rat (Sigmodon hispidus) in mud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535589172883-I8QH82Z5TVAYX8AU83K4/2.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in southern Texas Front and hind tracks of an oceolot (Leopardus pardalis). The Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge contains one of the only breeding populations of this wild feline in the United States. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535589192072-BT1Q0Y26GPWTGLQ6HCKQ/4.jpg Blog - Track and Sign Certification in southern Texas Congratulations to everyone who earned a Certification during this event. Click on the image for a complete list of certified wildlife trackers in North America.   https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/01/the-making-of-land-where-kilauea-volcano-meets-the-pacific-ocean-hawaii monthly 0.5 2018-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535397997647-1GHMXGGWLAPTF4ZG63LR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398024882-HO1X7FCS7Y1LKIKH40N8/2.jpg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398037260-B3M50B14KZJOW09KO3DN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398049381-RZPIIH6SKNX107LOERO8/4.jpg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398065215-RUCBM17PD5OLT5RHAWFQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398080320-D4695UFLY95PCDZQ84JE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398095682-AGPMMHL9NBZ3GLTVXN77/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398110870-YA2HX8TZVDCI1UFK706Q/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398125228-K6E0PMYX9Z2029I6KHSM/10.jpg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii Darcy Ottey poses with the newest rocks on the planet. We watched the still slightly glowing pile of basalt to her left ooze out of a crack in the rocks and harden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398167091-5B0MM03E8686IB2HV0NN/13.jpg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii The line of smoke in the distance marks the path of lava flowing down from the rift where it comes out of the earth, seen here across a vast plane of basalt from the recent flows from this rift which has been releasing lava on and off for years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398189253-844PYZNOWLXC1QRTLKIR/14.jpg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398208843-IKALOX4RPVMTLMVWBR67/15.jpg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii The fluid arcing shape in this basalt is characteristic of the slow moving lava, referred to as “pahoehoe” in Hawaiian, which it was formed from. As the cooling rock contracts cracks such as this one form in the newly formed basalt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398243005-SX2BJ1IBEVPNMD3FN3TY/17.jpg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii A young ʻōhiʻa lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha) tree has sprouted up and flowered in a crack from a lava flow which is just a few years old. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398324490-AEWFNDT5WP0Z6G185VWT/19.jpg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii Morning light illuminates the eastern sky while stars still shine higher in the sky above the glowing cauldron of Kilauea’s main crater on the big island of Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398341797-7DXX9HWF02X4BPXSCG5O/20.jpg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii As the daylight grew stronger more of the moonscape surrounding the crater could be seen, the result of lava rising and pouring over the edges of the crater previously. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398361291-10G8VIRZV7ETC37FQ56J/21.jpg Blog - The Making of Land: Where Kilauea Volcano Meets the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii The current main crater of Kilauea smokes in the distance, beyond the still steaming floor of the Kiauea Iki crater, the remnants of a volcanic event from the 1950’s in which the foreground crater filled with hundreds of feet of lava.   https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2013/01/dropping-into-cove-canyon monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273537135-8SC3F2U0UXXAODR8MM7N/_MG_0745.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Ryan Audett trekking upslope from the Colorado River towards the canyon rim early in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273538513-A89GCGETCEDHZULTW6OA/_MG_0748.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon One of the many cliff bands we passed through to reach the canyon rim before we could traverse to the head of Cove Canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273539642-YX4MUW63VI07P76TQ9QZ/_MG_0755.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon A view from the top. Cove Canyon falls away on the right. After reaching the rim we traversed several miles of beautiful slickrock to reach the entrance to Cove Canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273540948-5SU9L6ICLNSREHPR1F5J/_MG_0767.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon After several weeks on the river at a much lower elevation, the sight of juniper trees was a novel one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273542047-CT26PYDT2V30IYSP22IH/_MG_0754.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Looking down into Cove Canyon during our approach to its head from the rim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273543105-QUOZ43LRTQWO2I35MIN1/_MG_0780.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Ian Mallinson on one of the first rappells of the day which dropped over a series of undercut ledges before a free hanging section into a dry plung pool below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273544246-KOFGLAF0BWDWZGKORNFU/_MG_0791.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon A tricky rappell for canyoneer Ryan Audett in Cove Canyon, which feeds into the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273545539-37BVP3ZZ7NPAPB44B4I6/_MG_0811.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Stephanie Williams rappelling next two a hanging garden in Cove Canyon, a tributary of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273546662-F91LXFFL53DUCMRB6XAM/_MG_0818.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Ian on a free handing section of a rappell which took us down next to a trickling waterfall and beautiful hanging garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273547705-XR5VIK4EPPIK220MWG0W/_MG_0856.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Stephanie setting up to lower past an undercut section of a rappell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273548860-A0BDNGZ1B98EGQP36CGP/_MG_0860.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273549992-BNE1H1GM4KDI9WAI9C12/_MG_0863.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Marion Biddle looks on from the far right as Stephanie descends past the lip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273550973-TJVAOZ0KHG67ZQIINCM7/_MG_0903.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Canyoneer descending a deep limestone slot in Cove Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273551884-6SGMZRU7O22ES805H3NH/_MG_0899.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Stephanie Williams descending a step section of limestone. Cove Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273553098-IJ53F6QVUIFXMGQBULW9/_MG_0915.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Ryan descending a steep step into a plung pool (hidden by the lip in front of it) while Lesley McClurg looks on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273554063-XFXDLPB9Q9C6X0ZR5RHB/_MG_0927.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Canyoneer Lesley McClurg on rappell in Cove Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273555047-SCNVK215T2L1K3H2JKEW/_MG_0968.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Marion, geared up in a dry suit for this rappell which ended in a pool of water below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273555938-C5F9V0KQF7PGMHCI1HKP/_MG_0964.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Descending a deep slot in a limestone layer towards a pool of water in Cove Canyon, a tributary of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273556933-QWCLF1WHWP6LNGEQV429/_MG_0976.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Downclimbing via headlamp light, Ian eases his way into the last pool of water, his dry bag floating nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273557827-Y5UZTKZFMPA89XYWHAF7/_MG_0983.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon Ryan and Marion placing a nut as a back up to the existing rappell anchor for the last rappell of the route--two rocks jammed into horizontal crevise close to the lip of the drop. We backed up many of the exisiting natural rappell anchors on the route, sending one of our lighter members down last who would clean the extra gear before descending themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273558717-2W3QB12IDP5V1F5FHZH7/_MG_0580.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon A campfire, cold beers, and dinner prepared by our expedition mates waited for us back at camp along the river. All and all an amazing day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273559477-NH0DY2FSQM020XFWD063/_MG_0411.jpg Blog - Dropping into Cove Canyon The book GRAND CANYONEERING, by Todd Martin, was an invaluable resource for all our canyoneering adventures on the river. I highly recomend this book for anyone looking for some awesome canyon adventures while floating the Grand Canyon! It is extremely well researched and organized. The writing is both clear and engaging. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/12/grand-canyon-wildlife-birds-and-tracks monthly 0.5 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273738166-YM9Q93MI6F8EZ5YL2AUH/IMG_2826.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks The drag marks created by the tail of a beaver in loose sand is one of the most common tracks observed along much of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273739411-EZQLSCKW8N6OLEWNTLU2/IMG_2850.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks The large tracks of a beaver coming out of the water. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273740508-E11UA56XJ60XAZEKKVRH/IMG_2873.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Two front and a single hind foot of a ringtail. The pocket knife is 4 inches long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273741545-Z8697VBPKS5WC2IEPHS5/IMG_2872.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Left front (below) and hind tracks of a ringtail. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273742595-EOGC6Q9IQQRLCVBSJAYH/IMG_3084.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Front (below) and hind tracks of a grey fox. Fox tracks were common along the river throughout the canyon. This small lighter is a little less that 2.5 inches long. Fox tracks are typically slightly less than 2 inches in length. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273743641-ITP1RPNEJVQV398DS9WS/IMG_3162.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Right front (on the left) and hind tracks of a grey fox. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273744753-P1HVDZ43KWHRSZSLYUQZ/_MG_0450.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Scat from a ringtail on top of a can of food. Ringtail's often sneak onto rafts at nigth to raid expeditions fruit supply. They prefer apples to oranges. Their amazing ability to get into tight spaces allows them to get into just about anywhere they want to on a boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273745699-X68EVSE28RTM95N1L3V8/IMG_3100.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks The typical bounding track pattern of a rock squirrel. Their tracks are suprising large (about .75 inches long). Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273746752-DYVV3BV9BU6DQBEB7JW0/IMG_3095.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Front left (below) and hind left (above) tracks of a deer mouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273747786-NFSXUCKM85G3AB7LC17Q/IMG_3066.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Right front (above) and hind (below) tracks of a bushy-tailed woodrat. Tracks are about half an inch in lenght. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273749064-20FTOF0NIJDEZFK0H9WD/IMG_3073.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks The bounding pattern of a deer mouse can be seen faintly next to the much larger tracks of a woodrat to the right. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273750087-MXY9PUCA1PRT2573HQFZ/IMG_3127.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks The handland tracks of a northern racoon. This species tracks didn't start appearing on the river until the lower strech of the canyon. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273751079-NPMIAEFKB5OYF5AMFAN7/IMG_3150.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks The long claws are one of the clues that this is the front foot of a striped skunk. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273751987-4DXOPLQ2EXZ90XOK4YYZ/_MG_1730.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Left front (below) and hind tracks of a striped skunk. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273752807-9IMJFZPMK56MM3ZJDY6D/IMG_2831.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks The bounding track pattern of a spotted skunk. The smaller tracks are from deer mice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273754003-J1RIGQAPJ4JAB321SJJO/_MG_0760.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Burrow holes of a Merriam's kangaroo rat. Desert specialists, kangaroo rats spend their days underground where they avoid the heat of day and conserve water. They come out at night to forage. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273754950-KKTSIIBEUDXY4PWVOMJV/_MG_1382.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Tracks of a Great Blue Heron in mud along the river. Tracks are about 6 inches long! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273755900-GO39I61QOWUD7URS3HBF/IMG_3075.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Common raven tracks, about 3.75 inches in length are common to find in and around human camps where they come to forage for scraps that humans may have left behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273756846-XOOXENCC6D69D79WDOJF/IMG_3137.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Gambel's quail tracks are about an inch in length. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273757873-FVLAB13RL6AADZY8KPJD/IMG_3138.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Quail often travel in large groups, as illustrated here by the confusion of tracks. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273758705-J9Q1I5EUBJQR7L5L9WX6/IMG_2819.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Canada geese tracks along the banks of the Colorado River. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273759512-8LCIHRM8DJGFFA4IDNS7/IMG_3169.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Keep your eyes peeled for conical depressions in loose sand. These are traps built by ant lions, a type of insect larvae. The ant lion waits burried beneath the sand at the bottom for an ant or other small insect to slip in to the hole at which point it grabs its prey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398705920-H9PR6S00DD4SBWB5BFAW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks A great blue heron takes flight along the Colorado River. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398720198-WX07ZK09JO7MLT6980EU/3.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Ross’s x Snow goose hybrid. We saw a single pair on the river. They had probably stopped during their southern fall migration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535398807719-L5DUYAERB6PKSRTBXTB1/4.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Canyon Wrens were one of the most common birds to see or hear along much of the river. Their beatiful lyrical song echoeing off the canyon walls was one of the most amazing sounds on the river. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535399176854-1GFV6ZALIMCJAF6BDPUH/5.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks A common raven looks out from a perch on a sandstone ledge. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535399201786-78CPWB25FTZT56MZ8DJC/6.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks A first winter white-crowned sparrow. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535399227406-KTTXF4TY59I80S3X8S9C/8.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Rock wren. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535399249134-3NOVC18SWP2AKWQ9ZX2R/9.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks Patience and careful observation revealed this ruby-crowned kinglet in the brush up a side canyon. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535399301408-O5BQ0QQPNCJI6FEVOHVX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks A bighorn sheep ram foraging along the shore of the Colorado River. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535399317838-ISKP05Y97G2A2FLYPJJU/11.jpg Blog - Grand Canyon Wildlife, Birds, and Tracks A group of bighorn sheep ewes in Tuckup Canyon, a tributary to the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/12/another-look-at-northern-flying-squirrel-tracks monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535485899904-7H09YB6N0U1MJO7HR7Z1/1.jpg Blog - Another Look at Northern Flying Squirrel Tracks The left hind foot of a frozen northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) from the Burke Museum’s Mammalogy Collection. Note that toe 5 is nearly as long as toes 2-4, while toe 1 is distinctly shorter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535485926741-2GUFOA4J1UB9AGPWYAJM/2.jpg Blog - Another Look at Northern Flying Squirrel Tracks Rubbings made from a plaster cast of the tracks of a captive northern flying squirrel in sand. Collected by Kevin Mack at PAWS in Lynwood Washington. Various feet are labeled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535485954280-LUSZXZX3PXE37TBZYWEZ/3.jpg Blog - Another Look at Northern Flying Squirrel Tracks A digital drawing over the rubbings to help enhance the appearance of the structure of the tracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535485976607-1LZNVVV42NHL74JHFMBP/4.jpg Blog - Another Look at Northern Flying Squirrel Tracks Original notes and sketches from my book research on the species from 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535485996996-M5QY8QPUTAV2JPKKSJYX/5.jpg Blog - Another Look at Northern Flying Squirrel Tracks Notes and sketches from my research at the Burke Museum from 2012. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/10/mount-st-helens-institute-track-and-sign-certification monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535589522150-9F5QOPX0LBWLRZ41YSES/1.jpg Blog - Mount St. Helens Institute Track and Sign Certification Matt Nelson, Track and Sign Specialist, assisted me in the delivery of the evaluation. Here Matt is leading a discussion around the remains of a mule deer which was killed and butchered by a human hunter and subsequently scavenged by coyotes. Questions around this carcass led to a lengthy and detailed discussion on how to differentiate the patterns of sign left behind around carcasses by other large carnivores such as mountain lions, black bears, and wolves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535589545774-FLK11MY4U8H7BGIST5I5/2.jpg Blog - Mount St. Helens Institute Track and Sign Certification Naturalist Dan Daly inspecting a beaver chewed stick along the banks of the Klickitat River. Dan performed impressively and with a score of 98.5, earned his second Level 3 Certification. Nice work Dan! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535589566140-00D1Q5PUEUKA9N30KSZS/3.jpg Blog - Mount St. Helens Institute Track and Sign Certification Matt Nelson photographed me leading a discussion on the identification of a collection of feathers from a Ruffed grouse found on the side of a forest road. David Scott (Track and Sign Specialist) and Casey McFarland (Specialist and Evaluator for Cybertracker Conservation) are the authors of the excellent resource pictured here, Bird Feathers: A Guide to North American Species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535589596544-O7CZMQW5ZS8AJJHUMJQ6/4.jpg Blog - Mount St. Helens Institute Track and Sign Certification The camber of this primary wing feather is an important clue about the original owner of it. The heavy downward curve in wing weathers is typical for game birds such as Ruffed grouse. This curve helps give them explosive take off power, an important survival trait for ground birds trying to escape terrestrial predators. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/10/wildlife-tracking-in-the-tatry-mountains-of-slovakia monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486332632-EBABKSIXZILFKFGZV2AC/1.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia My initial impressions of northern Slovakia during my train ride through the country was that it reminded me much of the state of Montana, with the notable addition of castles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486343396-1X1VY51CRXKBFWK5B2QU/2.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia Tracks of a European Red deer (Cervus elaphus). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486363553-JWA0UPEADIDDR9BIJ4YA/3.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia The right hind track of a European Brown Bear (Ursus arctos). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486394389-4WZE4ZS8E57WI86CQPNS/4.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia European river otter (Lutra lutra) tracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486416033-RAL7ZF3UHNVZN4WXYNUL/5.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia European lynx (Lynx lynx) track. Tatra Mountans, Slovakia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486444805-IBADB91DC8MYLTS6YF79/6.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia A spring in the forest used extentively by Wild Boar as a wallow. Tatra Mountains, Slovakia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486468943-J63DTVJMXO1VHDRS5X0C/7.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia A tree close to a spring wild boar’s use as a wallow. Robin Rigg, Slovak Wildlife Society Founder and Director, inspects the scar and mud on the base of the tree is from repetitive rubbing from boars on the tree. Tatra Mountains, Slovakia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486487602-EDK89MXUU59XKU0VC2VV/8.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia A red fox moves through the brush in morning light. Tatra Mountains, Slovakia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486502139-KWSX2IRQRDWFST2MN0WU/9.jpg Blog - Wildlife Tracking in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia Participants in the wildlife tracking workshop Slovak Wildlife Society hosted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486524198-YYVRO1Z1BR2SGJ4F4IMW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Wildlife Tracking in the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia Evening light in the Tatra Mountains, Slovakia.   https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/10/making-hay-in-the-caucasus-mountains-of-the-republic-of-georgia monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486651163-TX5ZVKWWNH4ADNYTL78K/1.jpg Blog - Making Hay in the Caucasus Mountains of the Republic of Georgia Three men from the village of Iprali work in concert cutting wild hay in a high elevation meadow in the Sveneti region of the Republic of Georgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486663734-HJI56C78TX8A8H29LOWO/2.jpg Blog - Making Hay in the Caucasus Mountains of the Republic of Georgia Careful attention to keeping you blade sharp is required for cutting hay with a scythe. Men will typically sharpen their blade after each row of hay they cut and the distinctive sound of sharpening stones against the metal blades of scythes rung out across many of the mountain valley’s we traversed during our fall travels in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486684528-DFK62JLQOFOPXKXHNUMA/3.jpg Blog - Making Hay in the Caucasus Mountains of the Republic of Georgia Often, hay is carefully collected into mounds which are left to dry before being hauled back to the village and stored for the winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486713153-YDGOKQ211ENS6XNUREJQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Making Hay in the Caucasus Mountains of the Republic of Georgia Hay mounds dotted hillsides up and down the mountainsides across much of Sveneti during the fall. Caucasus Mountains, Republic of Georgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486728397-RGCHOZS60GZ6465TK68W/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Making Hay in the Caucasus Mountains of the Republic of Georgia Hay mounds are eventually collected and loaded onto either trucks or wooden sleds pulled by cattle to be hauled into the village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486752058-89J7C4O6CRW1R9B2X8YK/6.jpg Blog - Making Hay in the Caucasus Mountains of the Republic of Georgia Hay being hauled out of the mountains to the village of Ushguli. Sveneti, Republic of Georgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486773912-NNY9NBK7Q51931XSUGE0/7.jpg Blog - Making Hay in the Caucasus Mountains of the Republic of Georgia A wooden hay sled sits in front of a modern barn built with a traditional design, while two cows rigged for hauling it rest in the shade. Hay is stored in the top while livestock are penned below during the winter. Sveneti, Republic of Georgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486795282-DCVDMN43J0J0TS33MOFT/8.jpg Blog - Making Hay in the Caucasus Mountains of the Republic of Georgia A massive and growing ravine sits on the edge of a village in Sveneti. Intensive and long term cattle and other livestock production have left many hillsides scared with with such erosion, while thistles and other weedy species that tolerate heavy grazing pressure flourish in much of the range lands in Sveneti. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486833057-O2L6XL4X5VLQJH6AXYII/10.jpg Blog - Making Hay in the Caucasus Mountains of the Republic of Georgia Part of the welcoming committee for the village of Ushguli. On our walk into the village we were also greeted by a horse, several pigs, and a very large but quite amiable dog. Caucasus Mountains, Republic of Georgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535486842405-5V6MAD3Z676XMNR8CKRB/10.jpg Blog - Making Hay in the Caucasus Mountains of the Republic of Georgia The abandoned village of Ghuli sits below the imposing summit of Mount Ushba. While wolves and bears are reported to still roam these mountains, during two weeks of trekking in the region I never saw sign of even a single wild hoofed mammal or any other terrestrial wildlife larger than a fox. Millennia of pastoralism have left a heavy mark on this staggeringly beautiful landscape. Sveneti, Republic of Georgia   https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/10/jefferson-land-trust-track-and-sign-certification monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535487473935-U8JTCDML42WPXW4ZVCZU/1.jpg Blog - Jefferson Land Trust Track and Sign Certification Jonathan Goff takes answers from Evaluation participant Heather Harding. Heather earned a Level 2 Track and Sign Certificate. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535487523696-I611S87DDUPE6TKOQBD5/3.jpg Blog - Jefferson Land Trust Track and Sign Certification An aplodontia cut these stinging nettle stalks and dragged them back to the mouth of its burrow. Olympic Peninsula, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535487600839-GX381EVCTP5R6AMR72TK/5.jpg Blog - Jefferson Land Trust Track and Sign Certification Erik Kingfisher, seen here inspecting the tracks of a Great Blue Heron, earned a Level 3 Track and Sign Certification. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535487492671-820ZU03HRCA1UH8EJOJO/2.jpg Blog - Jefferson Land Trust Track and Sign Certification   Naturalist Justin Lake, who assisted me in delivering the evaluation, inspects tracks along the beach on the edge of the Strait of Juan De Fuca, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535487556293-GCTMFQN7BK1PFKSXK0OS/4.jpg Blog - Jefferson Land Trust Track and Sign Certification   Naturalist Nicole Larson records her answers to track and sign questions along the Dosewallips River. Olympic Peninsula, Washington. Nicole earned a Level 2 Track and Sign Certificate. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/10/mother-of-rivers-the-mountains-and-glaciers-of-georgias-caucuses-range monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535488121250-BLD5JG1476XLVU9N9UW8/1.jpg Blog - Mother of Rivers: the Mountains of Georgia's Caucasus Range Though not the highest peak in the range, at 4,710 m (15,453 ft), Mount Ushba is a massive peak and generally considered the most challenging mountaineering objective in the range. Seen hear at sunset with a steady stream of clouds forming and streaming off of the lee side of the summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535488149459-MMBBIA5T2MN01W1CAKJR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Mother of Rivers: the Mountains of Georgia's Caucasus Range Mount Ushba (left), neighboring Mazerie Peak, and the massive rock covered lower portion of the Ushba Glacier photographed via moon and starlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535488163376-RFJKWXK2YJGXQFA6NK1E/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Mother of Rivers: the Mountains of Georgia's Caucasus Range Murky waters pour out of the snout of the Ushba Glacier, one of the headwaters of the Inguri River, one of the largest and economically most important river in Georgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535488192827-443EZ8KQR67GS20D80V1/4.jpg Blog - Mother of Rivers: the Mountains of Georgia's Caucasus Range Intrepid traveler crossing the ragging glacial outflow several miles downstream from the snout of the Ushba glacier in the Republic of Georgia’s Sveneti region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535488213622-R0G6LF5F3OYZRZ9X025B/5.jpg Blog - Mother of Rivers: the Mountains of Georgia's Caucasus Range The torrent of water pouring over the glacier carved cliffs bellow Mount Ushba have carved out a deep ravine into the landscape. Svaneti Region, Republic of Georgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535488306831-FOC3ZEL3QCKEV1LDRYK1/5.jpg Blog - Mother of Rivers: the Mountains of Georgia's Caucasus Range The massive bulk of Jhanga peak and Mount Shkhara from the west, drapped in ice and fresh snow, give birth to another tributary to the Inguri River. Sveneti Region, Republic of Georgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535488246465-WMEU9S6CV26SBNWZPCXR/6.jpg Blog - Mother of Rivers: the Mountains of Georgia's Caucasus Range A rainbow straddles the mountain valley and snout of the valley glacier flowing off of the Shkhara massif. Georgian Caucuses Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535488344082-4KBLRR0QLZ7A8B9F89P2/7.jpg Blog - Mother of Rivers: the Mountains of Georgia's Caucasus Range Mountain ash’s brilliant red-orange after the onset of fall temperatures above the glacier fed river leading down to the tiny and remote village of Adishi. Sveneti Region, Republic of Georgia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535488373228-6EPOYZUSXZVBT07V852N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Mother of Rivers: the Mountains of Georgia's Caucasus Range The Lamaria Church, near the town of Ushguli, with the southern face of Mount Shkhara, 5,193 m (17,040 ft), in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535488400629-LPB54L16UNBXALF1JVCB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Mother of Rivers: the Mountains of Georgia's Caucasus Range Downstream, the impacts of primitive sewage systems, unbelievable garbage disposal practices, unfettered livestock access, old mining activity, and a massive hydroelectric dam take their toll on the Inguri River, but here at its headwaters it flows free and beautiful off of some of the highest peaks in the world.   https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/06/north-cascades-national-park-wildlife-tracking-certification monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404845847-1ZNGLHTV2GIYAOLQCFM5/img_13091.jpg Blog - North Cascades National Park Wildlife Tracking Certification The right front foot of a mink (Neovison vison) in fine glacial silt found close to the mouth of Thunder Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404846348-9PXW8GE587NNC21GNT02/img_1312.jpg Blog - North Cascades National Park Wildlife Tracking Certification These tracks of a Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) were found just down the shore from the mink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404846648-NMU6K6PRQED63PM0M422/img_1313.jpg Blog - North Cascades National Park Wildlife Tracking Certification This unusual sign of a beaver (Castor canadensis) in the riparian forest along Thunder Creek stumped many. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404848648-6BO5C25YA2MY105IECPX/img_1315.jpg Blog - North Cascades National Park Wildlife Tracking Certification Roger Bean, who earned a Level III Track and Sign Certification contemplates the beaver feeding sign during the evaluation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404849148-1NBB7U0YU52AGU7S8MKF/img_1320.jpg Blog - North Cascades National Park Wildlife Tracking Certification The weathered track of a black bear (Ursus americanus). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404849748-BRXWCLYT8JC0PNZLRFYG/img_1324.jpg Blog - North Cascades National Park Wildlife Tracking Certification Terry Kem, founder of Deerdance, earned a Level III Cerftication as well on the evaluation, seen here photographing a sign post tree well used by black bears along Thunder Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404850148-GZHH6XBQYSTQ09FM4X0V/img_13251.jpg Blog - North Cascades National Park Wildlife Tracking Certification Moose (Alces alces) are rarely sighted in western portion of the North Cascades, but these pellets indicate one had passed by the Easy Pass Trailhead along the North Cascades Scenic Highway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404850347-GFRA9B6KVQ0V1ZUXUXBC/img_1328.jpg Blog - North Cascades National Park Wildlife Tracking Certification Scat from a bushytailed woodrat (left, Neotoma cinerea) and a pika (Ochotona princeps) were both discovered in a large talus field. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404852448-5IKBLGZFZCOJUBZBI5MN/img_1334.jpg Blog - North Cascades National Park Wildlife Tracking Certification Susan Brown, a graduate student in the North Cascades Institutes Masters of Education program, assisted with the evaluation. Pictured here by a powerline pole that had been bitten and rubbed on by black bears.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404853047-CT4DB537BSPH3VVKWSLV/img_13362.jpg Blog - North Cascades National Park Wildlife Tracking Certification https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/05/alpine-skills-training-at-northwest-outward-bound-school monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404907448-RZUCO9N5W6KRPYSA0MV4/mg_4933.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School Outward Bound Instructor Sam Ecenia dives into Alpine Skills Training on Mount Hood to start of the summer field season for Northwest Outward Bound School’s summer season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404906847-XEWOP340HS7XZGFJ8GQC/mg_4893.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School Heading up towards our camp on Mount Hood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404907147-5N94J6HIUMXZKLFC7ZXC/mg_4909.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School We set up our camp at the end of this glacial moraine above the terminus of the Elliot Glacier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404908148-KI5QHKCIAWLTM8CH1HFA/mg_4992.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School Our camp on the moraine above the Elliot Glacier on Mount Hood https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404907348-WBY6ZZ2K99YA7R5RMQR7/mg_4928.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School Six year Outward Bound veteran Jess Stuecklen practices her self arrest skills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404907547-A8WALOJ0PNPF9RBC9XZT/mg_4938.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School Outward Bound Instructor Sam Ecenia self arrests after a face first digger. Being able to stop yourself from sliding on steep snow is a fundamental alpine climbing skill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404910448-3YHBNLHI5SC71ZGESF7B/mg_5017.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School Outward Bound Instructor John Rudolph practicing his crevasse rescue skills–building a snow anchor and transferring the weight of a fallen climber from his harness to the anchor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404910650-D6EYFUTZS5VHSE3TKX6W/mg_5037.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School Jess bounds in a snow anchor. Participants had 15 minutes to construct an anchor and transfer the “fallen climber” to it during this drill. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404907948-6EJCOQ4J8TUUNUY39N2U/mg_4958.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School Outward Bound Instructor Molly Hayes relaxes in camp after a full day of skills practice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404908047-38Y8U98KG6CPFO948T6F/mg_4963.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School Mount Hood as seen from our camp location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404841248-E36OY7GP9PL41QU9MQAT/img_0997.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School We left our camp at 2 am for our peak bid, arriving at the base of the steep terrain close to the summit just as the sun was about to rise   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404841947-XMDKNA2WWIFFOLEF3BDK/img_1015.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404842547-Y831PGQLDENWFN3AUH9L/img_1029.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School Hard snow up to about 55 degrees made for fun and exciting climbing conditions on the way up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404841647-GYEJN04R8IGCBVNM2L11/img_1007.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School Sunrise over the Columbia River as seen from about 9000′ on the Cooper Spur route https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404842647-XD95UFT820RBVJWYI1CD/img_1031.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School Laura Berglund and Sam Ecenia pause for a moment as we get into the steepest portion of the climb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404841747-JMVHHX3KJQ6QHGVEOV53/img_1008.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404842848-V41D75PBHTR49AZYZEL8/img_1032.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School View from a belay close to the summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404842947-FHBM13GAJEXJ5LYPKMJ7/img_1036.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School Sam Ecenia constructing a snow anchor for the final pitch of the climb. One of the basic educational concepts of Outward Bound is to “Impell People into Value’s Forming Experiences”. In classic Outward Bound fashion participants in the training practice all of the components of the peak ascent on the days leading up to the climb and then were impelled to put the skills into use to ensure the safety and success of our team endeavor on the climb. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404844747-3ACUGYS4ZIP919IA8NUG/img_1049.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School After leading the final pitch of the climb, Jess Stuecklen belays Laura Berglund as she crests the summit of Mount Hood, the tallest peak in the Oregon Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404845247-USRUJ52S8DWO1FF1MGN7/img_1083.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School View of the final portion of the Cooper Spur route which ascends the wind sculpted lower slopes before weaving through the bands of rocks to reach the summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404845448-6FDSET8XZTYWYLMZ3D1C/img_1089.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School John Rudolph demonstrates one of Outward Bounds educational tenets–craftsmanship–in the fine meal he prepared for us at the end of our summit day. Nothing says excellence in alpine cooking like long strands of gooey melted cheese! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404842048-UHOBA07C79B781WFLUMP/img_1027.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School The Northwest Outward Bound School Mission is to conduct safe, adventure-based experiences structured to inspire self discovery, self reliance, compassion for others, and care for our environment.For more information about Northwest Outward Bound School, vist nwobs.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404910376-LC43AJAR1NDR7W9W3JD0/mg_49981.jpg Blog - Alpine Skills Training at Northwest Outward Bound School The silhouettes of Mount Adams and Mount Rainer at sunrise as seen from the northeast side of Mount Hood. Northwest Outward Bound runs courses in some of the most stunning and wild places in the Pacific Northwest including mountaineering courses in the Oregon and Washington Cascades. To sign up for courses visit outwardbound.org. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/05/creeping-voles-exposed monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404903048-BNUJ74SANU9ZDGENSIN9/mg_4522.jpg Blog - Creeping Voles Exposed Creeping voles are a relatively small species of Microtus, typically found in forests here in the Northwest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404903648-PQW90EMUWAVRW2856JDP/mg_4637.jpg Blog - Creeping Voles Exposed Field marks which identify this as a creeping vole include its small size, short tail, and small ears which blend into it fur as well as its forest habitat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404903347-UGZJQY8P9RR0JJ1CLJ64/mg_4588.jpg Blog - Creeping Voles Exposed Creeping vole (Microtus oregoni) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404900747-8EIUFKA5EF70FY81KPC5/mg_4519.jpg Blog - Creeping Voles Exposed Alexia Allen carefully handles the vole by its ruff. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/04/cybertracker-conservation-track-and-sign-certification-event-in-the-swan-valley-montana monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404888447-IH8EYPHBKNOIPC0PKWFJ/mg_41881.jpg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification Event in the Swan Valley, Montana Senior Tracker and Evaluator Mark Elbroch points out some of the finer details of a track during a discussion of one of the questions on the Evaluation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404896047-2U4BDYIXWEBF9HAMR1BI/mg_4329.jpg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification Event in the Swan Valley, Montana Senior Tracker Brian McConnell, who assisted in delivering the evaluation, points out one of the questions, marks on an aspen tree to Adam Lieberg, Conservation Program Program Coordinator at Northwest Connections. Adam correctly interpreted them to be made by a black bear which had climbed the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404888347-TGAI457GZC3O2V5ETWJ1/mg_41811.jpg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification Event in the Swan Valley, Montana What species and which foot? Front and hind tracks of a red fox. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404891847-GLLXA75CCPA3UW7P5NGX/mg_4212.jpg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification Event in the Swan Valley, Montana What species, which foot, and what was the sex of this animal? The left hind foot of a female mountain lion https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404892147-A6NO9N3XLTRG7Z8F4W4F/mg_4248.jpg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification Event in the Swan Valley, Montana What species (in regards to the lower tracks)? The front and hind foot of a wolf (above are the track of a whitetailed deer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404892347-GZU4E8P6E7LK3QF54ZFS/mg_4267.jpg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification Event in the Swan Valley, Montana What happened to these shrubs? Tim Nelson inspects the work of a buck deer which left these marks on a serviceberry shrub with its antlers the previous fall, a marking behavior associated with courtship and breeding activities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404892648-KRQNV6MWEBWLYK9DYRQ3/mg_4276.jpg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification Event in the Swan Valley, Montana Who removed the bark from this burl on a lodgepole pine? From left to right, Track and Sign Specialist Matt Nelson, Mark Elbroch, Preston Taylor and Adam Lieberg discuss a contentious question, a burl on a lodgepole pine which had been debarked by a red squirrel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404895247-PIC9UXI9NPBHDJ9WQPQ5/mg_4289.jpg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification Event in the Swan Valley, Montana Who left this track? The weathered footprint of a grizzly bear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404895847-DCFZ83ERWQHN51GLOZ1T/mg_4325.jpg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification Event in the Swan Valley, Montana Mark and Jenn Wolfe discuss one of the harder questions on the evaluation, the identity of a jawbone found in the field–in this case a wolf! Mandibles were not in short supply, and the striped skunk and black bear jawbone were also questions on the Evaluation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404899048-T3DSNHNYQJ5KEKCDDCHG/mg_4349.jpg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification Event in the Swan Valley, Montana Who made this hole? A foraging badger. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404838947-JXJXKRMHEB1GTNS8U0BE/img_0838.jpg Blog - Cybertracker Conservation Track and Sign Certification Event in the Swan Valley, Montana Congratulations to everyone who participated and earned a certificate at the event! https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/04/pulling-down-at-frenchman-coulee monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404879848-KX0V90JDIMHRK8ZZVSFV/mg_39841.jpg Blog - Pulling Down At Frenchman Coulee Mountain guide and photographer Erin Smart clips them on “Clip Em or Skip Em”, 5.8 on Sunshine Wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404880347-LZ7J47KUP0SSX2WL4A78/mg_39931.jpg Blog - Pulling Down At Frenchman Coulee Soaring with the cliff swallows.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404880548-SW3VM5D1GQMWPR5PHHEV/mg_3994.jpg Blog - Pulling Down At Frenchman Coulee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404883748-426F12DI3GKFU1XJ791N/mg_4034.jpg Blog - Pulling Down At Frenchman Coulee IFMGA certified Mountain guide Forest McBrian racks up for his next climb https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404884247-SWA1UQWV4V1ZB771J3VG/mg_40462.jpg Blog - Pulling Down At Frenchman Coulee Forest Mcbrian getting started on the Vantage classic “Air Guitar”, 5.10a, on Sunshine Wall.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404884648-WWLZAKPLDLZCWSGCIO05/mg_4060.jpg Blog - Pulling Down At Frenchman Coulee https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404887747-PGD27NLG567A3FGUAVXE/mg_4154.jpg Blog - Pulling Down At Frenchman Coulee https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/02/wolf-tracking-in-wisconsin monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404873049-URAAS022DDYPGWKGICB4/mg_33912.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin Front track of an adult Wisconsin wolf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404873449-4TGGUJLHLBIGCQXNW73C/mg_3410.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin My coinstructor, and founder of the Earth Native Wilderness School, David Scott, inspects the recent scent marking activity of a wolf under a large hemlock tree just off of a forest service road in the Nicolet National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404837048-4A327HM0G77VJTF5CI1C/img_00082.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin David Scott and Teaching Drum staff member Chris Bean discuss the home range of the Giant Pine Pack which the class spent several days tracking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404873548-GP026P56GF03KY8KYL3J/mg_3430.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin Prior to the start of the program, Teaching Drum founder Tamarack Song took David Scott and I out to visit the folks participating in the rigorous 11 month long Wilderness Guides Program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404873649-6WUFEUK3GX2FJD0RCDL1/mg_34402.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin The participants in the Wilderness Guides Program invited us into their sleeping shelter, where they are weathering the snow and subzero temperatures of northern Wisconsin in relative comfort. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404875949-JVBCTS78O3BU02DIYCAZ/mg_3448.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin The outside of their winter quarters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404876076-WSVDXFV5IX3YK3AOKAN3/mg_3480.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin Tamarack Song looks on as one of the Guides in training works an elk hide on the frozen lake by their winter camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404876148-ITZKD4F2MXUD95PARW4S/mg_3548.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin Tracks of a fisher bounding into the forest. Fisher sign was relatively common in many of the locations I visited while in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404876348-CCFAIJHELQJXMHSHV1HS/mg_3584.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin Participants in the Wolf Tracking Expedition inspect the scat left behind by a large fisher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404877149-EH7G0H0P30KT8HHBXXI2/mg_3663.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin Front track of a wolf found on the program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404876647-KM4SQONAJ61AMP64P1O2/mg_3641.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin Conservation Biologist and wolf researcher Ron Schultz shared tracking tips and stories from his years of field work capturing and collaring wolves in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404876748-TQS3ZGIOMC8UAGUTNR9T/mg_3653.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin Teaching Drum staff member Leah Moss inspects a set of fisher tracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404876447-DFPTW68K7FRJ9XQSE1BE/mg_3596.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin Tracker Randell Westfall inspects the cavity created by an excavated cache of deer meat made by a wolf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404838147-4FZZN1KNRY0HMVFLO7B1/img_0497.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking In Wisconsin Wilderness Awareness School meets Teaching Drum in the North Woods.   https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2012/01/a-winter-day-in-eastern-okanogan-county monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404866849-2N3RN0V91VRR6WWTO9OP/mg_3176.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County Arid valley south of the town of Conconully. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404872848-EU3OYLNVNNO0OLIOEIOI/mg_3369.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County Abandoned building close to the former town of Nighthawk on the Similkameen River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404868682-0LFPZTMW9K1DHZBITYXK/mg_3200.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County Conconully Cemetery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404868448-I1T74468GIW468FMR8A5/mg_3190.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County Tattered flag flying in the Conconully Cemetery   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404868754-KHOVW6MM55IYEMI4PQM4/mg_3209.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404868850-HT1B87NP92T1A8QS2T6Y/mg_3226.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County Blue Lake, Sinlahekin Wildlife Area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404869062-RYUMAECZWVH0VT0W02UL/mg_3254.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County Sinlahekin Valley, Sinlahekin Wildlife Area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404869253-3634PKF3939U10PGJ24T/mg_3280.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County Valley north of the town of Loomis, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404869365-4JKGX76578PKNT3VZUHL/mg_3286.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County Palmer Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404872181-SMYCSQBIY09GQ359YLE0/mg_3298.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County Palmer Lake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404872351-V6RZ82HNZ8X79OZ9EXUP/mg_3308.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County Similkameen River and Chopaka Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404872449-LGKOPFYMNKCIKPE0N1A7/mg_3318.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County Similkameen River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404872549-AMFM3CDS1BYYS1OFR9T8/mg_3344.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County Entertainment in the Similkameen River Valley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404872649-XOL0VC4RZPRUZAYK5863/mg_3360.jpg Blog - A Winter Day in Eastern Okanogan County Abandoned mine rigging and tailings pile close to the former town of Nighthawk, Washington. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/10/conservation-northwest-ocotober-newsletter monthly 0.5 2011-10-06 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/09/16-20-the-aroma-of-rotting-salmon monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404865548-VOLG216XBANMPRAJAE4A/mg_2052.jpg Blog - 16-20: The aroma of rotting salmon A black bear carries its prize back to shore for a late afternoon meal. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/09/15-getting-teased-like-a-raven-swooping-on-a-wolf monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404866649-07KWRDV4LUBOVQCYULOK/mg_2505.jpg Blog - 15: Getting teased like a raven swooping on a wolf The remains of a very recent meal of some rainforest wolves on the British Columbia coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404863152-GND1G5EQY2QCANH6XBEG/mg_1851.jpg Blog - 15: Getting teased like a raven swooping on a wolf A raven taunts a wolf in morning fog. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/09/day-14-they-come-in-the-night monthly 0.5 2011-09-08 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/09/1213-go-for-the-eyes monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404862649-FQHA053OJAJI8RQ1DOSF/mg_16772.jpg Blog - 12/13: Go for the eyes A raven pecks out the eye of a recently expired pink salmon in a shallow stream on the British Columbia coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404866549-CQOK2WV3RU78RMV21RAO/mg_2422.jpg Blog - 12/13: Go for the eyes Two men dwarfed by the rainforest they are about to enter. They were out counting fish carcasses along the stream to determine the number of salmon returned thus far for the Heiltsuk Nation’s Fisheries Program. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/09/11-a-not-so-great-bear monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404862378-V1TNFE1HVS2DW3PAENYO/mg_15932.jpg Blog - 11: A not so great bear A young black bear makes its way across a coastal stream in the Great Bear Rainforest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404866249-384GR39DUGD4KVTY3KFW/mg_2363.jpg Blog - 11: A not so great bear Tug pulling a barge loaded with rainforest trees, dwarfing a fishing vessel to the right. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/09/day-10-of-fish-and-bird monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404865849-I6C86393HUOB8XJEQODZ/mg_2217.jpg Blog - Day 10: Of fish and bird Doug enjoying a cup of coffee during the morning commute to the office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404858748-WBULFGQ1Y2Q9OD5NWLNH/mg_1352.jpg Blog - Day 10: Of fish and bird The Office https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404866049-TMRYKQATQEIKX3JIHX5Q/mg_2268.jpg Blog - Day 10: Of fish and bird The only sign of wolves we found today were a couple of brainless chum salmon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404860848-E7OLKHTLOK0P8H92TMOH/mg_1467.jpg Blog - Day 10: Of fish and bird Chum salmon swimming upstream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404861747-D1RHOK9SSNPKFTR1U8EF/mg_1476.jpg Blog - Day 10: Of fish and bird Jumping Coho salmon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404862148-NT86DS8ME3QG57R7FGD2/mg_1525.jpg Blog - Day 10: Of fish and bird Black turnstones   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404861647-RA3VZ5SJMN0XEVBU9AWR/mg_1475.jpg Blog - Day 10: Of fish and bird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404861847-F3J50CTK7EEES3QJR37W/mg_1477.jpg Blog - Day 10: Of fish and bird https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/09/day-9 monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404837648-QITFWAKVOQBP9QK6EWI4/img_0092.jpg Blog - Day 9 View from my blind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404838047-KLKMENUKPTW122EVYVNH/img_0135.jpg Blog - Day 9 Dinner https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/09/day-8-why-i-am-up-here-for-21-days monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404837548-LJYI06MDO2ZMT1K1ORLY/img_0086.jpg Blog - Day 8: Why I am up here for 21 days Shearwater Fuel Dock. Featuring gasoline, diesel, and a slot reserved for floatplanes. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/09/and-on-the-7th-day-he-rested monthly 0.5 2011-09-01 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/08/day-6-sick-of-listening-to-ravens monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404858547-80G2TJDG2WLIC286EP5B/mg_11661.jpg Blog - Day 6: Sick of listening to ravens One of the many ravens lingering along a salmon bearing stream and feeding on the remains of coho killed the day before by wolves. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/08/day-5-puppies monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404857847-6LN5ANAOTTERX1BC2CNA/mg_1119.jpg Blog - Day 5: Puppies! Three curious wolf pups in a wet meadow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404858648-NI120DEL6JUYX3C9AEDJ/mg_1172.jpg Blog - Day 5: Puppies! Two ravens discussing the morning’s events.Learn more about my project on Wolves in the Pacific Northwest! https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/08/day-4-quiet-day-on-the-water monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404865751-J5GAKO0RC3P0ZUOULD5G/mg_2066.jpg Blog - Day 4: Quiet day on the water Calm morning water on an inlet north of Bella Bella https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404857648-0ERR2KTP50UAUJAVXC5Z/mg_1007.jpg Blog - Day 4: Quiet day on the water Jumping chum salmon are a common sight in the still waters close to fresh water streams at the moment https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/08/day-3-salmon-are-spawning monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404865051-AY0LZPTIYUG0FGTE6LV9/mg_1894.jpg Blog - Day 3: Salmon are spawning! Spawned out chum salmon in a small stream in the Great Bear Rainforest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404865450-9IB11M7GV61UU69JXR81/mg_1998.jpg Blog - Day 3: Salmon are spawning! Chum salmon carcass with the top of the head removed by a wolf and a fresh wolf scat besides it. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/08/great-bear-rainforest-day-1-2 monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404837348-3D740TGZSU36YVLPBWE4/img_0047.jpg Blog - Great Bear Rainforest Day 1-2 View from the flight into Bella Bella-a maze of rainforest clad islandsand wandering ocean inlets bounded by the Coast Range to the east https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404862950-5QPPATQEDWD4Y2KBZLDU/mg_1768.jpg Blog - Great Bear Rainforest Day 1-2 View from the water on my first day out in the field https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404857547-U8ERGRJ16MKW0CURCV1A/mg_0899.jpg Blog - Great Bear Rainforest Day 1-2 Doug Brown, the field station manager for Raincoast Conservation Foundation,and my guide, spotted this wolf along the shore of a small island northeast of Bella Bella. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/08/black-backed-woodpecker-nest monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489430805-N55NZ27XXJLR82R42GPJ/1.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489430975-Q31G3DU73KDLPH5RI901/2.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489431514-T5U5JFNAN1Y18AC7EEOP/3.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489431678-CVVZ0Q19T5YZYZ3KABD2/4.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489432139-KR2TL1EOFAXSMYIY8LSD/5.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489432281-Y7I0QVDJ8PBR1THYRECD/6.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489433339-7R4NFV2CENCDOSV3ET5P/8.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489433508-YKHAIMUEMPYE5NYUXURX/9.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489433963-DMOSG8N4ESRNEZA79QJI/10.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489434153-KB1712T74751WIKULUC3/11.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489434511-6B0MI6U25LMUC5BZZW63/12.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489434801-ACMF51UB3PMAFLCS9F40/13.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489435198-VR88GYVX7A6TP9IHRJLP/14.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489435329-6VZ3DMX40HDSKVXHH1H6/15.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489435613-NVCRKZKBHPY551LFH4W6/16.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489435893-ZXGY0C9IGHO16YBK72EJ/17.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535489436507-PZZHOCV43OCWZJTRNNNH/18.jpg Blog - Black-backed Woodpecker Nest https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/07/do-mink-neovison-vison-have-webbed-feet monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404904447-XSSCY5UG4EPY5EJMVM9P/mg_48512.jpg Blog - Do mink (Neovison vison) have webbed feet? Left front foot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404906447-74F5RC9XZ01JZH3SSUOT/mg_4852.jpg Blog - Do mink (Neovison vison) have webbed feet? Left front foot with toes splayed showing mesial webbing between toes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404904208-F30QBFQTN6VQR9O6CN5G/mg_4847.jpg Blog - Do mink (Neovison vison) have webbed feet? Hind feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404904347-Y35LSKO7A2RGA7S0LODM/mg_4848.jpg Blog - Do mink (Neovison vison) have webbed feet? Toes splayed on hind foot revealing webbing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404906667-415PLE0DV267I81BQIZW/mg_4854.jpg Blog - Do mink (Neovison vison) have webbed feet? Top view of a hind foot also showing webbing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404895351-0MCD2HVRZWBG2CJUHJ2J/mg_4305.jpg Blog - Do mink (Neovison vison) have webbed feet? All four tracks of a mink in a typical loping pattern for the species. In this deep substrate the webbing between the toes has registered. Tracks from along the Snohomish River, Snohomish County, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404895649-K80BZR9N6VKFR5FDP4RI/mg_4307.jpg Blog - Do mink (Neovison vison) have webbed feet? Closer view of two tracks (left hind on top of left front) from the same set of tracks as above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404853289-PLODXKYD817IGOW45T5R/img_8254.jpg Blog - Do mink (Neovison vison) have webbed feet? Tracks a small (likely female) mink from along the Yakima River in Kittatas County, Washington, also in a typical loping pattern. In this firmer substrate the mesial webbing has not registered. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/06/clayoquot-sound-revisited monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404857049-WQ0PCHRXJ8NPE8ERCMHE/mg_01622.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound Revisited Sea Otter patrolling coastal waters north of Ucluelet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404857448-F71PVS94Y63WI147S55O/mg_0170.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound Revisited The return of extensive bull kelp forests along the northern Pacific coast has been associated with rebounding Sea otter populations, a classic example of a trophic cascade. Bull kelp was released from heavy browsing pressure by sea urchins with the return of otters which love to eat urchins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404948745-CI15IDF0O7J33OQ1BXTQ/mg_9852.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound Revisited Rocky coastline close to Wye Point, north of the town of Ucluelet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404948946-W3CBE4XM295M715262PA/mg_9933.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound Revisited Guess the beach brings out the playful side of more than just juvenial people. Here two yearling wolves play with washed up seaweed on an island in Clayoquot Sound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404955748-KIBV4EKUY736D3RN38SK/moskowitz_9819.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound Revisited Wolf crossing a lead of water at first light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404854748-6VLRIZ0H48SSS3D9VXHF/mg_0154.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound Revisited We watched this randy male black bear following a smaller female bear earnestly, stopping only to rub vigorous on a large drift wood log, a behavior which increases during the breeding season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404854947-FGPQUG7P7EM3VLC3B4TP/mg_0160.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound Revisited Oystercatchers are one of the most common shorebirds in the Sound this time of year. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/03/freeloading-chicken-update monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2011/02/the-curious-case-of-the-freeloading-chicken-and-the-wolverine monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404938846-STF4UESJW79YPYQP7EDB/mg_86911.jpg Blog - The Curious Case of the Freeloading Chicken and the Wolverine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404936445-IA17B1WCM7XIKDDW0H6N/mg_8668.jpg Blog - The Curious Case of the Freeloading Chicken and the Wolverine Writer Chase Edwards (http://poboxtheeurovan.blogspot.com/) looks on nervously as Pete attaches the bird to the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404936945-EO9W9O13HPIJBEHJX9NU/mg_86712.jpg Blog - The Curious Case of the Freeloading Chicken and the Wolverine Pete attaching the chicken, wrapped in chicken wire, securely to the bait tree with remote camera in background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404937046-ZZA0N7CF1W7BWFFZ2DCI/mg_86732.jpg Blog - The Curious Case of the Freeloading Chicken and the Wolverine Chase unwrapping the strong smelling scent lure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404937346-LKOWIALCFJ3WIAZA92Z4/mg_8681.jpg Blog - The Curious Case of the Freeloading Chicken and the Wolverine Chase, clearly relishing the opportunity to smear the bait tree with beaver castorum, an irresistible scent for many creatures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404939246-FR3R0QH8EB6I3ZGHKALZ/mg_8710.jpg Blog - The Curious Case of the Freeloading Chicken and the Wolverine Chase and Sam celebrating a job well done. Much of the skiing that followed, while punctuated by (brief moments of) fine turns, might otherwise be described much like dancing with a partially frozen chicken across a floor of slide alders, avalanche debris, and thinly covered raincrust. Stay tuned here for photos we get from the camera!   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404936046-1EILQQCUABTE2TI22AIX/mg_8642.jpg Blog - The Curious Case of the Freeloading Chicken and the Wolverine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404935848-IUU8FP7XQK2H1GS0ZFI6/mg_8641.jpg Blog - The Curious Case of the Freeloading Chicken and the Wolverine https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2010/11/seattle-times-article monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404955548-OONEAHXXJ0RH30X5702C/moskowitz-184811.jpg Blog - Seattle Times Article American marten (Martes americana) track in snow. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2010/09/bears-for-a-change-of-pace monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404927346-M2SXUSW2HQ1BSO7PNWSC/mg_6810.jpg Blog - Bears, for a change of pace Black Bear feeding on huckleberries. East of Heart Lake, Olympic National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404928747-G667PK8Q4R4DSOHTNIR4/mg_6837.jpg Blog - Bears, for a change of pace Black bear, Olympic National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404931158-VULWDGO0PGD33URF9IDR/mg_6856.jpg Blog - Bears, for a change of pace Black bear, Olympic National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404933246-Y481XLSO1EVY263GYZJ3/mg_7685.jpg Blog - Bears, for a change of pace Darcy Ottey with the Hoh River Valley and Mt. Olympus in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404933646-79I4JIIRWWZB9FFAJMIE/mg_7686.jpg Blog - Bears, for a change of pace Darcy Ottey watching a bear feed in the meadow beyond her. An Olympic marmot was also watching the bear with much scrutiny. West of Swimming Bear Lake, Olympic National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404935146-CC9LDER4EMJSPAE94L5I/mg_7702.jpg Blog - Bears, for a change of pace Western Heather Vole (Phenacomys intermedius). Lunch Lake, Olympic National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404933146-18SKZWAKXCWJNG7GHHEP/mg_7671.jpg Blog - Bears, for a change of pace Stream in the Sol Duc River Valley, Olympic National Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404932845-GZUGYFTORUCOM189XTWY/mg_6962.jpg Blog - Bears, for a change of pace Black bear, feeding on huckleberries. Olympic National Park. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2010/07/clayoquot-sound-b-c monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404927100-WAM7CXGGH2UTJOFC21QH/mg_659211.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Wolf tracks along west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404918846-Y7NP7UY9XK068KT9338O/mg_60071.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Bald eagle above a foggy forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404925647-HRC12BX44N5XL8M25G1U/mg_63641.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Carcass of juvenile humpback whale on beach of island in Clayoquot Sound https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404918345-P8GR6Q28KOT7DEZV10OO/mg_59511.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Racoon foraging for sand flees on beach of island in Sound https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404914672-KA8FZXDL7U08POD5XTNW/mg_57831.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Black-tailed deer feeding on seaweed on island in Clayoquot Sound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404914846-HZ46321NT91DQ1VMR962/mg_58041.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. River otter scent marking on seaweed as tide goes out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404914575-B5FY2TQPF53PRBWXAJWU/mg_57691.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Black bear foraging for invertebrates in the intertidal zone by rolling rocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404926545-ZPQ38B1FOF1HEJJ3BDTP/mg_63841.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Large Sitka spruce in ancient forest on island in the Sound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404918746-7IVRBMAGCRF87PXDKKBQ/mg_59931.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. A gray wolf trots along the beach early in the morning with ravens in the background. West Coast, Vancouver Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404932946-9HFAPEMHTZUU8CTIGE9J/mg_69701.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Tofino Inlet, Clayoquot Sound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404919445-TX1S40SGH04IIXCFES5L/mg_60701.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Harbor seals lounging at low tide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404914048-PJ5RSS6FXHVMLL3C14WI/mg_56901.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Atlantic salmon fish farm in Clayoquot Sound with uncut forest in background. Several rivers with no clearcuts or roads in them are seeing massive declines in salmon numbers due to sea lice and other issues associated with fish farming in the Sound. The smell is overwhelming, far worse than a dairy farm and totally shocking in such a wild setting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404912149-ZNS4Y4T3DGMBGTGFLSIX/mg_56691.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Active clearcut logging in Clayquot Sound. Top of the photo is uncut oldgrowth. Bottom is regrowth from a previous clearcut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404932446-2S40FTG0RPXOENW95L42/mg_69601.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Growth rings: over 200. Destination: ? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404931376-JUFFTUR1EDP549F6DBO5/mg_68601.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. Huge western red ceder stump set amidst second growth forest of planted Douglas firs. Note that the original nurse log that the ceder tree started growing on in still under the stump, attesting to the volume of biomass in the previous ancient forest and the literally centuries it took to create the structural diversity so important to many Old growth obligate species. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404922845-RBQ6D8ESPC05Y400X8ZX/mg_62982.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. mg_62982.jpg?w=300 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404928646-NJO6K3NBH6E9Q15X87YH/mg_68261.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. mg_68261.jpg?w=300 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404932147-3O7TTFZFMY281QFQDOYQ/mg_68751.jpg Blog - Clayoquot Sound, B.C. mg_68751.jpg?w=214 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2010/07/wildlife monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404935354-Z6EZU8CD6UYELM4UP4QL/mg_770211.jpg Blog - WILDLIFE Western heather vole (Phenacomys intermedius). Olympic National Park, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404903747-D3Y1CMY4LJUUS2CX0CA9/mg_471411.jpg Blog - WILDLIFE Winter Wren with insects in its mouth bound for hungry young. Western Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404929046-UGINDN7F3BU6DL2WE9E6/mg_68371.jpg Blog - WILDLIFE Black bear.Olympic National Park, Washington Wilderness, North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404915146-YUJ69U53D2IOYPON6YWU/mg_5848.jpg Blog - WILDLIFE Male Franklin’s spruce grouse. North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404823014-VUNJBBFSHF3FRRN6YI20/davidmoskowitz-blacktaildeerbuck1.jpg Blog - WILDLIFE Black-tailed Deer BuckKlamath Mountains. Northwestern California https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404830048-04BDPN727L24PDWYR7HQ/davidmoskowitz-westerngreysquirrel1.jpg Blog - WILDLIFE Western Grey Squirrel feeding on acorns in an oak tree. Klamath Mountains. Southwestern Oregon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404835348-ALPMB8GKD7N1ZCJ7EPVB/dmoskowitz-westernjumpingmouse1.jpg Blog - WILDLIFE Western Jumping MouseSelkirk Mountains, southeastern British Columbia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404825448-AHOEX6HC0RTB7P6LPXO7/davidmoskowitz-grizzlybearonelkcarcass1.jpg Blog - WILDLIFE Grizzly Bear on Elk carcass. North Fork Flathead River, northwestern Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404834647-YXPT2406LCB7H1S0JLUF/dmoskowitz-bullmoose1.jpg Blog - WILDLIFE Bull Moose. Northeast Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404826448-QT545E77SO048CR3VEAI/davidmoskowitz-mountaingoatsinthemist1.jpg Blog - WILDLIFE Mountain goats in mist. Goat Rocks Wilderness, Washington Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404822583-QPS5BAJKA7EDBBM82I3R/bighornsheep1.jpg Blog - WILDLIFE Bighorn Sheep Ram. Clemens Mountain, East slope Washington Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404827147-5LD20NPN4JXBXFU1VXHV/davidmoskowitz-pointreyes-30571.jpg Blog - WILDLIFE Great Egret. Bolinas Lagoon, Northern California. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2010/06/northwest-people monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404919062-ERSD19BJYZ5BXV5H4UVK/mg_60251.jpg Blog - Northwest People Outward Bound Instructor Jacob Anderson climbing the Horsefly couloire on Reynolds Peak, Sawtooth Range, North Cascades, Washingtion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404911048-FXLBVQXQFYA33VG3A64Z/mg_55381.jpg Blog - Northwest People Naturalist Marcus Reynerson inspects a black bear den discovered by David Scott who looks on along with Gabe Spence and Brian McConnell. Western Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404952445-OZ8EPO4POBMBPEA8TXBS/moskowitz-10132.jpg Blog - Northwest People Climbing guide Forest McBrian shows off some stylin’ moves. Bellingham, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404953577-UE43TU6XBP4C4716MF8B/moskowitz-16681.jpg Blog - Northwest People A taste of winter for Emily Gibson.Washington Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404854648-71I4BG6DVJSC2MF4ENFU/mg_01172.jpg Blog - Northwest People Casey McFarland prepares goose feathers for photographing for his forthcoming text on Bird Feathers of North America (co-author David Scott). Redmond, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404826248-5J9LMPFTI98KVCH94IA2/davidmoskowitz-marshwrennest-26621.jpg Blog - Northwest People Naturalist Emily Gibson inspects a marsh wren nest she discovered. Potholes, WA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1535648911933-S85WK8LBTDPZ5NBW9WL3/1.jpg Blog - Northwest People Darcy Ottey on a sunny fall day in the Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404827648-NO7SYVF7RBA4CY0B6C8T/davidmoskowitz-rosalevintakesaphoto1.jpg Blog - Northwest People Rosa Levin taking a photograph,North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404829747-46L0TPDFPJ1J54PCMFEB/davidmoskowitz-stevesmithappliessunscrean1.jpg Blog - Northwest People Mountaineer Steve Smith applies sunscreen on a bright day.Ragged Ridge, North Cascades Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404825348-X8G2ZJ98DJTBHDHDEI4E/davidmoskowitz-forestmcbrian1.jpg Blog - Northwest People Forest McBrian reflects on life and love. Nisqually Wildlife Refuge, Puget Sound Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404823038-UVB3UAVPTOKN5L06MS4K/davidmoskowitz-blingbling1.jpg Blog - Northwest People Bling Bling takes a well earned rest bellow High pass. Glacier Peak Wilderness, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404956347-36S4O73S07JVRUTFIRYS/photo301.jpg Blog - Northwest People Drawing badger tracks from a plaster cast.Vashon Island, Washington. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2010/02/wildlife-of-the-pacific-northwest monthly 0.5 2010-02-09 https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2010/01/tracks-in-snow-winter-2009-2010 monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404955247-XX3B3WJACUUDIY75I499/moskowitz-18481.jpg Blog - Tracks In Snow, Winter 2009-2010 American marten (Martes americana)left hind track. North Cascades, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404858247-FUWF9GAHITGQPJGMZIHG/mg_1157.jpg Blog - Tracks In Snow, Winter 2009-2010 Gray Wolf (Canis lupus)hind track. Northern Rockies, Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404859049-JQXX7YWCCEKGWAGRDYDM/mg_1376.jpg Blog - Tracks In Snow, Winter 2009-2010 Mountain lion (Puma concolor)left front track. Northern Rockies, Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404861948-2820DJQX517K8EBBLNC3/mg_1485.jpg Blog - Tracks In Snow, Winter 2009-2010 Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)left front below left hind tracks. Northern Rockies, Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404952846-B88JPKQZSJ9APZ88ZX1N/moskowitz-1227.jpg Blog - Tracks In Snow, Winter 2009-2010 Moose (Alces alces)hind track. Northern Rockies, Montana. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2010/01/pacific-northwest-landscapes monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404953046-5ZTQPSULYXVFML6RJVTU/moskowitz-1653.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Ponderosa pine and hoar frost.East slope Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404952546-AXLCZQBVJX31FJGPFMFI/moskowitz-1204.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Kintla Lake.Glacier National Park, Montana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404896647-8F4V9325J3OZD29HVQUF/mg_43341.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Mount Shuksan and the north fork of the Nooksack river.North Cascades, WA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404899247-XC92XJSTM8IMFO9O7NLZ/mg_43601.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Hoar frost on snags. North Cascades, WA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404840947-YAPIBZBWDZHQ2L6OS601/img_08881.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Sunrise over Mount Redoubt.North Cascades, Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404838748-PAP6BS15YU2O8U1VD86G/img_06761.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Mountain stream west of Whatcom Pass.North Cascades, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404838648-BHLS3GB83ZQWQV8NNJLX/img_0568_21.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Rogers Lake and Tiffany Peak, site of the Tripod Fire.Okanogan Highlands, north-central Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404834248-1MVNCGI4AQVE6QXNH528/dmoskowitz-beargrass1.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Beargrass, Cornice peak. Selkirk mountains, southeastern British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404835047-KLO7E3E7QUTJU87YA1CG/dmoskowitz-washingtonselkirkmountains1.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Sunrise in the Selkirk mountains, northeastern Washington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404829548-YKB6ICCF5LPH2TRMZP1I/davidmoskowitz-snoqualmiepassmountains1.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Kendell Peak ridgeline, Snoqualmie Pass, Washington Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404826848-P2XVLWSU5QPYRMACJIR0/davidmoskowitz-oregonnevadaborder1.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Southeastern Oregon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404822885-MDLGFW8PVD34NQWGHNJQ/davidmoskowitz-balsamrootintietoncanyon1.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Balsamroot in the Tieton River Canyon. East slope Washington Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404834848-OJX5UFIAWWM93FIZALEF/dmoskowitz-mountfuryandmountbakersunrise1.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Mount Baker and Mount Fury at Sunrise. North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404827348-5BG3NK1A0NNRK2H8JG4E/davidmoskowitz-pointreyes-30801.jpg Blog - PACIFIC NORTHWEST LANDSCAPES Northern California Coast https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2009/09/pickets-traverse monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404949345-GZ3JRZPZW91ARONFB2MA/moskowitz-10106051.jpg Blog - Pickets Traverse Forest McBrian climbing into a col on the south side of Mount Fury. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404830348-47CAPYIR48V04UWWX5B2/dmoskowitz-10104101.jpg Blog - Pickets Traverse Whatcom Peak, the northern start of the Pickets range https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404830548-LG8440RYEISKYUUH0V72/dmoskowitz-10104321.jpg Blog - Pickets Traverse Challanger Glacier, the largest glacier in this part of the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404831048-AOJGO3LEB6P262O9CQBW/dmoskowitz-10105331.jpg Blog - Pickets Traverse Forest McBrian hiking out of Luna Cirque with the massive north face of Mount Fury rising on the left and Luna lake below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404949246-W2GNKLUM24CWE0G1GT4I/moskowitz-10105861.jpg Blog - Pickets Traverse Southern Pickets from the north. Left to right: East McMillian Spire, West McMillian Spire, Inspiration Peak, Mount Dagenhart, Mount Terror https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404949745-EYGZKE7D5PRQW88T5MCY/moskowitz-10106261.jpg Blog - Pickets Traverse Forest McBrian traversing south along the ridge leading to Picket Pass, what Fred Beckey might refer to as “pleasant hiking”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404951445-ZHYUT2TL4YQ38WLLKBOL/moskowitz-10106591.jpg Blog - Pickets Traverse Forest on the Mustard glacier, part of our travel route over the southern Pickets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404951646-CJUHZF1W4N86RH1BMAVZ/moskowitz-10106621.jpg Blog - Pickets Traverse Forest making the transition from the icy glacier to the steep wet rock which lead to the col between the Ottohorn and Himelhorn peaks and our route out of the Pickets. This section of the route was the most technically challenging piece of the entire traverse in the conditions we encountered it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404952046-LYE9GWZR69Q454CCNV2X/moskowitz-10106881.jpg Blog - Pickets Traverse Last views to the north before we dropped down and south out of probably the most wild and remote section of the North Cascades. Mount Fury and Luna Peak in the distance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404952347-BFHE4PJ65OZ3CTASOJZG/moskowitz-10107921.jpg Blog - Pickets Traverse One last major obstacle descending south off of our last col, a steep gully (an eroded volcanic dike of which there were a number in the range which presented difficulties along the traverse) filled with large quantities of loose rocks. The light at the end of the chasm couldn’t come soon enough. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404952146-4Z73PDPVAH3TYYUHJYSF/moskowitz-10107491.jpg Blog - Pickets Traverse Luna Peak at sunrise from the south https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2009/08/climbing-in-the-north-cascades monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404939352-S7KM2F9UPPOHPK8LNR40/mg_87281.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Samantha Goff and Matt Chalmers, filled with anticipation at the start of our trip into the Eldorado Peak high camp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404940345-C6HM36MM60V02WVFHQ5W/mg_87911.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Samantha and Matt on the Inspiration Glacier on the approach to the West Arete of Eldorado Peak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404940545-EYL1AKAGZM9HLKUWW0WW/mg_88091.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Samantha smiling at our first view of the route from the Dorado Needle Col which separates the McAlester Glacier from the Marble Creek Cirque. The climbing route is esentially the right skyline https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404940646-AZJE4LB90AEJV92M6BD8/mg_88461.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Samantha at a belay ledge soon after getting on the arete, just above the layer of clouds which filled the Marble Creek drainage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404942745-D5UDMPBTU0WBFN08FYJ1/mg_88511.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Happy faces after enduring an unplanned bivouac high on the west face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404943245-JQLH1KWX6WVHHNC9HZQH/mg_88571.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Samantha looking up towards the summit as Matt leads the final pitch of the route. Dorado Needle and Early Morning Spire in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404943646-WAMTG9YHSUIDYLNOFOWI/mg_88631.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Looking south from the summit across a sea of clouds with only the highest peaks of the North Cascades jutting up like islands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404943445-PDD20ECAR9R8SBF7M04P/mg_88601.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Johannesburg Mountain in the foreground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404943845-UA6QN6ROLEL4RN3E00SE/mg_88641.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades The south ridge of Eldorado Peak and the Eldorado Glacier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404944146-4066GF9Y5NRII3XD1FI9/mg_88861.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Inspecting the descent off of the snow arete on the south ridge of Eldorado. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404948245-7XWGLMXFQACUZE6FW1XS/mg_90701.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Forbidden Peak, the Forbidden Glacier and Moraine Lake with part of the Inspiration Glacier in the foreground, taken from our camp at the base of Eldorado’s east ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404944345-K38KAWHXTKODJRY7JTJU/mg_89521.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Samantha leading out across the McAlester glacier towards Dorado Needle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404854347-GKAYPTV79ALYIA9G8AR0/img_89661.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Samantha navigating the north ridge of Dorado Needle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404854547-DPLEA3DODM8U69I87Z45/img_89751.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Myself at a belay ledge on Dorado Needle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404853448-QVUEHTTNG3BNE105SBVQ/img_89641.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades The massive west face of Eldorado Peak briefly poked out of the clouds while we were on Dorado Needle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404944445-G2T0LDE3UPNKLPGV4C7U/mg_8978-21.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Samantha leading out on the final pitch on Dorado Needle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404947746-5BG4GBVMO0O9EISCNIM7/mg_9017-21.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Matt nearing the summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404947945-R2FIAXL419G29GVVO8O7/mg_90231.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Matt navigating the final piece of the ridge, a knife edge section which he is climbing “au cheval”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404947347-8BURHVNPIJT18ZVIE71I/mg_9013-21.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Samantha belaying from just below the summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404948545-BFMSD9V8ZQK2HCZJEQV6/mg_91231.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades Soaking wet from a long descent in pouring rain, Samantha completes a successful trip with the safe retrieval of several cans of Pabst Blue Ribbon beer from the Cascade River.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404939746-VW83SLU56C186O99S0ZT/mg_87691.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404941346-7G07UIATRFQIAAM80WQA/mg_88501.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404945046-YP1VH7UNVE9OR024I5PP/mg_8991-31.jpg Blog - Climbing in the North Cascades https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2009/08/wolf-tracking-in-the-salmon-river-mountains-idaho monthly 0.5 2018-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404834048-Y6VSC6BQEOND7J2VP85D/dmoskowitz-87021.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking in the Salmon River Mountains, Idaho The landscape, typical of the mountains of central Idaho shows conifer forests, dominated by lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta) in various stages of regeneration after naturally occuring fires. Interspersed are large wet and dry meadow systems. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404831448-JSNQS76K1AJIJXQ75MIP/dmoskowitz-85831.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking in the Salmon River Mountains, Idaho Don Taves inspects the trail of a wolf trotting down a dirt road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404833247-PJ9V09K70EP6TW1DIPD0/dmoskowitz-85911.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking in the Salmon River Mountains, Idaho The right front foot of a large wolf. The toes have splayed widely and the claws of each digit have dug in deeply, including in the reduced inside toe due to the fast speed of this animal. The bounding trail of this wolf was adjacent to the trail of two fleeing mule deer indicating a pursuit (apparently unsuccessful for the wolf). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404831147-MUOXLG6UHADL17AGBFG7/dmoskowitz-84031.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking in the Salmon River Mountains, Idaho A pine marten (Martes americana) peers down from a safe perch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404831347-5NL8FXKBQLHU2YK6VRBN/dmoskowitz-85691.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking in the Salmon River Mountains, Idaho Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) in flight. Cranes breed and rear young in the vast wet meadow systems of central Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404833447-WDGZFSHH9ZL372RKGSCM/dmoskowitz-86511.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking in the Salmon River Mountains, Idaho Columbian ground squirrels (Spermophilus columbianus) at a burrow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404833648-D6HVMQ0BFIXGI5NP0L0F/dmoskowitz-86571.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking in the Salmon River Mountains, Idaho Rocky mountain elk (Cervus elaphus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404833747-7SGRY0TG90PQEOMF1VVB/dmoskowitz-86881.jpg Blog - Wolf Tracking in the Salmon River Mountains, Idaho Students in Wilderness Awareness School’s Idaho Wolf Tracking Expedition hiking out across Corduroy meadows at the southern end of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness towards the end of a long day in the field searching for and following wolf tracks and signs. https://davidmoskowitz.net/blog-posts/2009/06/a-northern-pocket-gopher-thomomys-talpoides-hard-at-work monthly 0.5 2018-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404922546-DSWCPFNCRZIKO3DZM93L/mg_62771.jpg Blog - A Northern Pocket Gopher (Thomomys talpoides) Hard at Work. The gopher had just begun to expell earth when I discovered him hard at work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404925345-XWURHTSGJBNH1V3DK520/mg_63481.jpg Blog - A Northern Pocket Gopher (Thomomys talpoides) Hard at Work. The exposed gopher quickly pushes soil out of his hole and then retreats back to a safer position to observe its surroundings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531404926946-A7W79OWG7ISYP6T4XG05/mg_63891.jpg Blog - A Northern Pocket Gopher (Thomomys talpoides) Hard at Work. The completed throw mound with the hole plugged at the base of it. 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upslope from the Colorado River towards the canyon rim early in the morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273538513-A89GCGETCEDHZULTW6OA/_MG_0748.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon One of the many cliff bands we passed through to reach the canyon rim before we could traverse to the head of Cove Canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273539642-YX4MUW63VI07P76TQ9QZ/_MG_0755.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon A view from the top. Cove Canyon falls away on the right. After reaching the rim we traversed several miles of beautiful slickrock to reach the entrance to Cove Canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273540948-5SU9L6ICLNSREHPR1F5J/_MG_0767.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon After several weeks on the river at a much lower elevation, the sight of juniper trees was a novel one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273542047-CT26PYDT2V30IYSP22IH/_MG_0754.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Looking down into Cove Canyon during our approach to its head from the rim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273543105-QUOZ43LRTQWO2I35MIN1/_MG_0780.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Ian Mallinson on one of the first rappells of the day which dropped over a series of undercut ledges before a free hanging section into a dry plung pool below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273544246-KOFGLAF0BWDWZGKORNFU/_MG_0791.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon A tricky rappell for canyoneer Ryan Audett in Cove Canyon, which feeds into the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273545539-37BVP3ZZ7NPAPB44B4I6/_MG_0811.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Stephanie Williams rappelling next two a hanging garden in Cove Canyon, a tributary of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273546662-F91LXFFL53DUCMRB6XAM/_MG_0818.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Ian on a free handing section of a rappell which took us down next to a trickling waterfall and beautiful hanging garden. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273547705-XR5VIK4EPPIK220MWG0W/_MG_0856.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Stephanie setting up to lower past an undercut section of a rappell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273548860-A0BDNGZ1B98EGQP36CGP/_MG_0860.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273549992-BNE1H1GM4KDI9WAI9C12/_MG_0863.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Marion Biddle looks on from the far right as Stephanie descends past the lip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273550973-TJVAOZ0KHG67ZQIINCM7/_MG_0903.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Canyoneer descending a deep limestone slot in Cove Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273551884-6SGMZRU7O22ES805H3NH/_MG_0899.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Stephanie Williams descending a step section of limestone. Cove Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273553098-IJ53F6QVUIFXMGQBULW9/_MG_0915.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Ryan descending a steep step into a plung pool (hidden by the lip in front of it) while Lesley McClurg looks on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273554063-XFXDLPB9Q9C6X0ZR5RHB/_MG_0927.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Canyoneer Lesley McClurg on rappell in Cove Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273555047-SCNVK215T2L1K3H2JKEW/_MG_0968.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Marion, geared up in a dry suit for this rappell which ended in a pool of water below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273555938-C5F9V0KQF7PGMHCI1HKP/_MG_0964.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Descending a deep slot in a limestone layer towards a pool of water in Cove Canyon, a tributary of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273556933-QWCLF1WHWP6LNGEQV429/_MG_0976.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Downclimbing via headlamp light, Ian eases his way into the last pool of water, his dry bag floating nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273557827-Y5UZTKZFMPA89XYWHAF7/_MG_0983.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon Ryan and Marion placing a nut as a back up to the existing rappell anchor for the last rappell of the route--two rocks jammed into horizontal crevise close to the lip of the drop. We backed up many of the exisiting natural rappell anchors on the route, sending one of our lighter members down last who would clean the extra gear before descending themselves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273558717-2W3QB12IDP5V1F5FHZH7/_MG_0580.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon A campfire, cold beers, and dinner prepared by our expedition mates waited for us back at camp along the river. All and all an amazing day! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273559477-NH0DY2FSQM020XFWD063/_MG_0411.jpg Dropping into Cove Canyon The book GRAND CANYONEERING, by Todd Martin, was an invaluable resource for all our canyoneering adventures on the river. I highly recomend this book for anyone looking for some awesome canyon adventures while floating the Grand Canyon! It is extremely well researched and organized. The writing is both clear and engaging. https://davidmoskowitz.net/grand-canyon-tracks daily 0.75 2018-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273738166-YM9Q93MI6F8EZ5YL2AUH/IMG_2826.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks The drag marks created by the tail of a beaver in loose sand is one of the most common tracks observed along much of the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273739411-EZQLSCKW8N6OLEWNTLU2/IMG_2850.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks The large tracks of a beaver coming out of the water. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273740508-E11UA56XJ60XAZEKKVRH/IMG_2873.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks Two front and a single hind foot of a ringtail. The pocket knife is 4 inches long https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273741545-Z8697VBPKS5WC2IEPHS5/IMG_2872.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks Left front (below) and hind tracks of a ringtail. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273742595-EOGC6Q9IQQRLCVBSJAYH/IMG_3084.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks Front (below) and hind tracks of a grey fox. Fox tracks were common along the river throughout the canyon. This small lighter is a little less that 2.5 inches long. Fox tracks are typically slightly less than 2 inches in length. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273743641-ITP1RPNEJVQV398DS9WS/IMG_3162.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks Right front (on the left) and hind tracks of a grey fox. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273744753-P1HVDZ43KWHRSZSLYUQZ/_MG_0450.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks Scat from a ringtail on top of a can of food. Ringtail's often sneak onto rafts at nigth to raid expeditions fruit supply. They prefer apples to oranges. Their amazing ability to get into tight spaces allows them to get into just about anywhere they want to on a boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273745699-X68EVSE28RTM95N1L3V8/IMG_3100.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks The typical bounding track pattern of a rock squirrel. Their tracks are suprising large (about .75 inches long). Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273746752-DYVV3BV9BU6DQBEB7JW0/IMG_3095.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks Front left (below) and hind left (above) tracks of a deer mouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273747786-NFSXUCKM85G3AB7LC17Q/IMG_3066.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks Right front (above) and hind (below) tracks of a bushy-tailed woodrat. Tracks are about half an inch in lenght. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273749064-20FTOF0NIJDEZFK0H9WD/IMG_3073.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks The bounding pattern of a deer mouse can be seen faintly next to the much larger tracks of a woodrat to the right. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273750087-MXY9PUCA1PRT2573HQFZ/IMG_3127.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks The handland tracks of a northern racoon. This species tracks didn't start appearing on the river until the lower strech of the canyon. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273751079-NPMIAEFKB5OYF5AMFAN7/IMG_3150.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks The long claws are one of the clues that this is the front foot of a striped skunk. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273751987-4DXOPLQ2EXZ90XOK4YYZ/_MG_1730.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks Left front (below) and hind tracks of a striped skunk. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273752807-9IMJFZPMK56MM3ZJDY6D/IMG_2831.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks The bounding track pattern of a spotted skunk. The smaller tracks are from deer mice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273754003-J1RIGQAPJ4JAB321SJJO/_MG_0760.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks Burrow holes of a Merriam's kangaroo rat. Desert specialists, kangaroo rats spend their days underground where they avoid the heat of day and conserve water. They come out at night to forage. Grand Canyon, Arizona. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273754950-KKTSIIBEUDXY4PWVOMJV/_MG_1382.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks Tracks of a Great Blue Heron in mud along the river. Tracks are about 6 inches long! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273755900-GO39I61QOWUD7URS3HBF/IMG_3075.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks Common raven tracks, about 3.75 inches in length are common to find in and around human camps where they come to forage for scraps that humans may have left behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536273756846-XOOXENCC6D69D79WDOJF/IMG_3137.jpg Grand Canyon Tracks Gambel's quail tracks are about an inch in length. 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Columbia National Wildlife Area, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909718017-JZVJXXV1I902I2O1IKV7/DavidMoskowitz-4.jpg Bird Nests Osprey pair building a nest on top of a dead snag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909728410-X5VGUZFH40GYBCS8FC5C/DavidMoskowitz-5.jpg Bird Nests Osprey nest on top of a dead snag. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909744623-83OIGNLNYZOSZPA3IO6Y/DavidMoskowitz-6.jpg Bird Nests A Bushtit bringing a bit of lichen during the construction of a nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909761266-2JSXYH70JDKGYMI2YZO8/DavidMoskowitz-7.jpg Bird Nests The large nest constucted by bushtits often requires the help of additional birds besides the mated pair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909764765-IOHR2Y1NRG34EJC7MLF3/DavidMoskowitz-8.jpg Bird Nests Cactus wren nest in the Sonoran desert. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909838131-DYZFO5BXM50JG48WI0MI/DavidMoskowitz-9.jpg Bird Nests Pileated woodpecker nest cavity constructed in an old growth snag in the temperate rainforest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909829490-C1DBKIMXIKNS05TJWYFK/DavidMoskowitz-10.jpg Bird Nests A pileated woodpecker peers out from the nest cavity it is constructing in an aspen tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909860577-DVK2YQVIM5EYX9OB1CII/DavidMoskowitz-11.jpg Bird Nests Colonial nestng Great blue herons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909884250-UG1MZ8TE93PPHDK5UBWB/DavidMoskowitz-12.jpg Bird Nests The cryptic coloration of this Common nighthawk allows it to blend in with the ground as it sits on its eggs which are layed in a shallow depression on the ground. Eggs are laid on the ground without the construction of a nest. Salmon River Mountains, Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909884167-6JTDEHU4AZMN7J7SG00T/DavidMoskowitz-13.jpg Bird Nests A Virginia Rail nest secreted away in a dense tule swamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909933279-2456FE6QYRVACX8F4ELE/DavidMoskowitz-14.jpg Bird Nests A single egg in the floating nest of a Pied-billed grebe on a wetland in the Columbia River Basin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909932471-3QJUQP460VSTR1JQE012/DavidMoskowitz-15.jpg Bird Nests Canada geese, like many ducks and geese, use their own down to line and insulate their nest during incubation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909978273-Z5920V6CYHFNSD2SYGCM/DavidMoskowitz-16.jpg Bird Nests Barn swallow nest lined with feathers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909972073-ZCRJDK15N57HHZW4ZUEU/DavidMoskowitz-17.jpg Bird Nests An old hummingbird nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909990639-G803UPMC9WWU12B0L95L/DavidMoskowitz-18.jpg Bird Nests Bald eagle incubating eggs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586909980080-T4BEH1WOWGYCZGGHVOA9/DavidMoskowitz-19.jpg Bird Nests A mated pair of Red-tailed hawks perform a courtship flight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586910001777-LDP70S8U7XYZQZRVIK7A/DavidMoskowitz-20.jpg Bird Nests A Red-tailed hawk nestling yawns in the afternoon from its perch in a cottonwood tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586910005436-7CM21KU64V83T3X4HTT5/DavidMoskowitz-21.jpg Bird Nests A young Great-horned owl looks on while its parent and sibling sleep the d ay away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586910023201-XJN6CX0AQICP160SQYHX/DavidMoskowitz-22.jpg Bird Nests Varied thrush nestlings in their tree-top nest about 40 feet above the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586910020618-L0O7TUXJLLZJ7WXBKSVX/DavidMoskowitz-23.jpg Bird Nests A male pygmy owl waits with a meal for his mate in a close by nest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586910032675-0Q5NMUVVW11QTAYJTIGZ/DavidMoskowitz-24.jpg Bird Nests White-headed woodpeckers use large dead snags, typically of Ponderosa pines, to nest in. Logging of these forests has threatened this unique species of woodpecker. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586910037468-9VHKFK1U9XY08LL9MAKK/DavidMoskowitz-25.jpg Bird Nests Young Cedar waxwings beg for food. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1586910044757-E7K8V2D7WMRHL0AF3Q7T/DavidMoskowitz-26.jpg Bird Nests Parent Cedar waxwings regurgitate berries to feed nestlings. https://davidmoskowitz.net/raising-salmon daily 0.75 2021-03-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615507403341-XFBN166SDK0Q6IQJ7FBJ/GOPR0665.jpg Raising Salmon A male and female Sockeye salmon preparing to spawn in a small tributary of the Fraser River in the unceded traditional territory of the Secwepemc First Nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615505823139-BXHV5OR1GONRDRPXJOTB/DJI_0066.jpg Raising Salmon A Cermaq fish farm in Ahousaht First Nation's tradtional territory at Saranac Island in Clayoqout Sound BC. The boat docked by the farm is set up to pressure wash sea lice off of the Atlantic salmon in the farm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506882557-WDHCRSIGCNJG4HBCR12P/210B4758.jpg Raising Salmon Cermaq fish farm anchored to Saranac Island in the Ahousaht First Nation's territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615507233675-AYZWA8TAXZGP0UE815JO/210B4803.jpg Raising Salmon A member of the Ahousaht First Nation at work on a Cermaq fish farm in the Ahousaht First Nation's territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615507234849-148IKCZVNDT885LIXPJE/210B5037.jpg Raising Salmon Cermaq's fish processing plant in Tofino BC. Tla-o-qui aht territory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615507239020-CLAGZG1857Q8WYIYDSYQ/210B5072.jpg Raising Salmon Cermaq's fish processing plant in Tofino BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506725310-EQBP24K5QPXSYMA4SEKU/1P7A6994.jpg Raising Salmon A totem pole, carved by Tla-o-qui aht member Joe David, sits on the waterfront in Tofino BC in honor of the hereditary chiefs of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation. Cermaq's fish processing plant sits behind it on the waterfront. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506888816-EHHS2Z1ZJ1257JTYWNXV/DavidMoskowitz-2.jpg Raising Salmon C:\DCIM\100GOPRO\GOPR0923.GPR https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506740781-9LZCAF4R4RGO7I0775Y5/1P7A7517.jpg Raising Salmon Ho'miska̱nis, Don Svanvik, a hereditary chief and current elected Chief of Council of the ‘Na̱mg̱is First Nation. Alert Bay, BC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615505820139-YFLJYJI4G3YG00XZWM8P/210B5678.jpg Raising Salmon “For our people, salmon is not a menu choice. It’s within our DNA. We are the fish. We are the salmon people.” Chief Earnest Alfred, K̓wak̓waba̱'las, elected council member of the 'Na̱mg̱is First Nation traditional leader of the Ławit̓sis First Nation, with his family at the naming ceremony for his grand daughter in Alert Bay, BC. Alfred was instrumental in the occupation of a fish farm in their territory which has helped bring an end to them in the Broughton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506424235-HKQ8O4RNIME3Q1XPCNJ3/_10B1223.jpg Raising Salmon Two members of the Wuikinuxv First Nation prepare wild salmon to feed to guests to their territory duirng the annual Tribal Canoe Journey which brings together First Nations from up and down the Pacific Northwest. Each night the local First Nation where the canoe journiers spend the night prepares a feast to serve to their guests. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506429985-CEUZCMRR08VNS3509QKV/_10B1245.jpg Raising Salmon A chinook salmon ready to be prepared for a feast by the Wuikinuxv First Nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506425668-MIETNUB62OSWXE187X2D/_10B1218.jpg Raising Salmon Fillets of wild salmon are cooked next to an open fire in the traditional manner using split western red cedar wood. Wuikinuxv First Nation territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615505810760-V2IK2VOZUHQW2LLYSJNW/1P7A6871.jpg Raising Salmon “The rivers here aren’t being fished, but still salmon runs are declining.” Joe Martin, Tla-o-qui-aht member. Tribal Parks Guardian and elected member of council for Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506728844-DTRCOJ613JAV7032J3WQ/1P7A7121.jpg Raising Salmon “At first glance I see a great alternative to depleting wild fish, but after 16 years here on the coast I would say there is a lot of negative science refuting the benefit. They are an eye-sore for Tofino. If they were going to be anywhere in BC they shouldn’t be here.” Ryan Millar speaks about salmon farms, as he fillets a chinook he caught while out on a personal fishing trip. He’s been a Tofino resident for 16 years and he captains a whale watching boat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506719929-240W7KLDT68V90FV7EQF/1P7A6457.jpg Raising Salmon Ahousaht member Lenny John is an outspoken critic of his nation's approach to fish farms and has engaged in numerous protests and direct actions against them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506881508-R10BO8827QSTEMOX1DQ1/1P7A7604.jpg Raising Salmon Alexandra Morton at her home on Malcolm Island, BC in the territory of the Namgis First Nation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506726277-41K6JNC191RBWQ9IJXPO/1P7A7056.jpg Raising Salmon A collection of sea lice on an adult chinook salmon caught in the open ocean. On an adult fish these sea lice are harmless. This many lice on a juvenile salmon could be fatal. Tla-o-qui-aht territory https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506893233-00ZE9AQF33ZIB3APXIW5/GOPR0665.jpg Raising Salmon A male and female sockeye salmon preparing to spawn in a small tributary of the Fraser River in the unceded traditional territory of the Secwepemc First Nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506445083-VE4GWFCEUC9555K904IG/_MG_2054.jpg Raising Salmon A black bear carries a chum salmon to shore out of a coastal river on the central coast of BC. Unceded traditional territory of the Heiltsuk First Nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506446009-FZNIG6O8KSA86LWOYDXE/_MG_1877.jpg Raising Salmon A chum salmon decomposes in a shallow coastal stream after spawning. Unceded traditional territory of the Heiltsuk First Nation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506431933-Y471NY20JTN46YX2V16R/_10B9811.jpg Raising Salmon A coastal stream bordered by old growth western red cedar rainforest in the Sydney Inlet of Clayoquot Sound BC. Ahousaht First Nation territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506889839-XKDFYRDNCWZL0V8TE8AF/DJI_0083.jpg Raising Salmon The mouth of the Moyeha River were it empties into Clayoqout Sound, BC. Almost the entire river's watershed is protected in a provincial park but the salmon runs in the river have crashed. To access the open ocean, young salmon leaving the river must pass multiple fish farms owned by Cermaq. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1615506720108-ZTPCBAADO3Z32G9ALETL/_MG_2120.jpg Raising Salmon Historic First Nation's fish trap at the mouth of a small stream on the central Coast of BC. Unceded Heiltsuk territory. The trap is built adjacent to the mouth of a creek. At high tide fish come into the area of the trap as they prepare to go up stream. When the tide goes out those that don't go upstream are trapped by the rock wall. The breaches in the wall were created by the Canadian government who believes the trap might be the reason for declining salmon runs. https://davidmoskowitz.net/a-fishermans-view-of-the-big-river daily 0.75 2022-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1648670066837-SMEY6J8WKIO6WPE1F6HV/_S0A7640.jpg A Fisherman's View of the Big River Lew George photos of salmon in his smoke house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1648670066837-SMEY6J8WKIO6WPE1F6HV/_S0A7640.jpg A Fisherman's View of the Big River Lew George photos of salmon in his smoke house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1648670067587-28O4X3OI3ARZDQE88RW5/_S0A7641.jpg A Fisherman's View of the Big River Lew George photos of fish and fishing along the Big River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1648670072021-UMG119FC1BP1W6K45HEF/_S0A7642.jpg A Fisherman's View of the Big River Lew George photos family and community on the Big River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1648670072825-9FDNY8ZQIA2BWZVYMEAN/_S0A7643.jpg A Fisherman's View of the Big River Lew George photos of fishing and community from the Big River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1648670075943-CU0NLZKD8LODWS03AGYV/_S0A7654.jpg A Fisherman's View of the Big River Lew George at his residence in the Lone Pine tribal fishing area by the Dalles, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1648670081210-7EV6NAMW4R7Y0E9GEW19/_S0A7670.jpg A Fisherman's View of the Big River Lew George, photographed at his residence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1648670081222-P2ZKX4WWWA9NKSBK1C4W/1P7A0859.jpg A Fisherman's View of the Big River An indigenous fisherman working for Lew George on one of Lew’s fishing platforms near the Dalles, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1648670085419-46LVXCQHY2UVDR3ONCSP/1P7A0995.jpg A Fisherman's View of the Big River Kyle Wisdom, an enrolled member of the Nez Perce tribe, who works for Lew George, cleans a Columbia River steelhead caught at the fishing platform behind him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1648670086511-Y5ZLHQ0ICXI8YI3JHQPR/7C2A9817.jpg A Fisherman's View of the Big River Lew George holds up a Chinook salmon he caught with an injury Lew thought might have come from an orca in the ocean before the fish began their journey upstream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1648670090022-4YLEJSKROHYC5WL5OUF0/7C2A9820.jpg A Fisherman's View of the Big River Lew Geogrge told me to photograph this tent and teepee to show what life looks like for Indians today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1648670091067-2WYHX7QYC9QE87A08XEE/210B4300.jpg A Fisherman's View of the Big River Treaty fishing location adjacent to the Dalles Dam where Lew George resides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1648670094217-3YZEOKI24G8KCJ69K7G3/DJI_0661.jpg A Fisherman's View of the Big River Bridge and dam at the Dalles along the Columbia River. https://davidmoskowitz.net/cwp-portfolio daily 0.75 2024-12-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735094593150-V0M8183FX0TNR9OHVF1X/DavidMoskowitz-1.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-1.jpg Wolverine, North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735094593150-V0M8183FX0TNR9OHVF1X/DavidMoskowitz-1.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-1.jpg Wolverine, North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735094594219-4CQ873I7OVAEGXOJIXTI/DavidMoskowitz-2.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-2.jpg Individual wolverines can be identified by their unique chest blaze. This female wolverine, affectionately known as Stella, has been captured on several of the projects camera traps. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/676b48744e9a7e2c68a8e4aa/676b7125f257aa3c1a1e4810/1735100109460/ Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735094612346-ZMK14GHMLJYT5HN0E01I/DavidMoskowitz-3.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-3.jpg Wolverine at a research station in the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735094613661-6IUQK6BW08DI8WZGJ3VH/DavidMoskowitz-4.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-4.jpg Wolverine in the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735094619436-QGXH7TMUJVSQ6TBW3AZM/DavidMoskowitz-5.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-5.jpg Wolverine habitat in the Methow River watershed--vast rugged snow covered mountains. Wolverines spend much of their time right around treeline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098091542-Q3ZSE3RV7EP35OOL9C94/DavidMoskowitz-11.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-11.jpg Project volunteer Forest McBrian skiing in one of the drainages where the project has winter monitoring stations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735094622674-PB9B6B8A5RBH0QD2Y34I/DavidMoskowitz-6.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-6.jpg the Liberty Bell Spires at Washington Pass sit in the center of the projects Methow study area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098092257-BQVZUQAGZG2DA15VNG1G/DavidMoskowitz-12.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-12.jpg Steph Williams skiing through our study area in the Methow River watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735094626253-ULBWMXMNCZSKMLNB2IHH/DavidMoskowitz-7.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-7.jpg Liberty Bell massif in the mist in winter. North Cascades, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098103022-HNI7CXDBV3IV94817O7J/DavidMoskowitz-13.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-13.jpg Steph Williams in the Methow river watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735094633251-MWUHV72B1DHSBEZV9D21/DavidMoskowitz-8.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-8.jpg Classic wolverine habitat in the North Cascades defined by great relief, steep, rugged and complicated terrain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098107763-R3P9RV15RBGP8SC3Z32P/DavidMoskowitz-14.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-14.jpg Steph Williams looks out across our study area in the North Cascades in the Methow River watershed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735094634623-B6J6GROFXP5W3H0WV4HM/DavidMoskowitz-9.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-9.jpg North Cascades in winter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098117147-8D3YIGW51G6WZ76A0YVB/DavidMoskowitz-15.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-15.jpg Our ski track on the left heading into wolverine habitat in the Lake Chelan watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735094640470-EQGHVN8NM2RCHH8C967V/DavidMoskowitz-10.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-10.jpg Ski tracks in the North Cascades, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098193549-30AB1G4TV4GDXJJMAH04/DavidMoskowitz-21.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-21.jpg Steph Williams snowmobiles over slidepaths on Highway 20 in winter en route to research stations for CWP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098118511-5F9OAZL3W0QGWWRD6D08/DavidMoskowitz-16.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-16.jpg Steph Williams ascends towards a alpine pass in the North Cascades, a classic travel route for wolverines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098194555-FFKJT24V817U9AVJ1CQ5/DavidMoskowitz-22.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-22.jpg Parked snowmobiles and tracks of cross country snowmobile traffic into the roadless mountains beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098129156-9RX65MDR4O30ESGZB8B4/DavidMoskowitz-17.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-17.jpg bounding marten tracks cross the skin track of Steph and Drew in Copper Basin, Washington Pass area of the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098200844-32UHYZ04XR00RYKII28P/DavidMoskowitz-23.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-23.jpg Avalanche forcaster Drew Lovell assessing the winter snowpack in the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098130660-35VGP94QCPSUFH5F02YB/DavidMoskowitz-18.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-18.jpg Wolverine track in shallow snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098202578-X6UP3NX9QNEXF412KT88/DavidMoskowitz-24.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-24.jpg Roadkill deer is used for bait by Cascades Wolverine Project. Being carried into the backcountry here by project volunteer Forest McBrian https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098139506-YT0MI704F95HE5GHVGGP/DavidMoskowitz-19.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-19.jpg Snowmobile recreation in the North Cacades https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098210248-0YI75WLLXLUSP33NCFDZ/DavidMoskowitz-25.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-25.jpg Steph Williams works on installing a research station for wolverines in the North Cascades in a burned forest in the Methow River watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098140861-HIJDGUEB7UD4341Z6BT7/DavidMoskowitz-20.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-20.jpg Volunteer Nick March hitches a ride in a project trailer near Washington Pass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098211224-P2FKHFQOUF3XNGB7PDN1/DavidMoskowitz-26.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-26.jpg Steph Williams secures bait high in a tree to ensure winter snow doesn't cover it up. Methow River watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098220650-JEXE7QR2Z5FE4847SZPK/DavidMoskowitz-27.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-27.jpg Project volunteer Will Nielsen, an arborist, removes fallen trees from above our research station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098220633-39HPGFBVH3JEZOCOS2DI/DavidMoskowitz-28.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-28.jpg Wolverine research in the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098230454-QORPLPFGC4XWRQ2EE1IC/DavidMoskowitz-29.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-29.jpg Steph Williams servicing a research station for Cascades Wolverine Project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735098232140-6EDTH1PUAYV7GBFULN9C/DavidMoskowitz-30.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-30.jpg Claire Waichler checks the trail camera to see who has been visiting a monitoring station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099192481-FIORW1RR7THUJS4YQHSM/DavidMoskowitz-31.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-31.jpg Every wolverine has a uniquely identifiable chest blaze, allowing researchers to keep track of individual animals that show up at different research sites. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099191907-0D5DJMZI3Y8WJASMQWK7/DavidMoskowitz-32.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-32.jpg North Cascades wolverine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099202380-RJ0M3TMNUP7A93ZVGOW9/DavidMoskowitz-33.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-33.jpg Snowshoe hare in snow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099203679-6V2TD58D9IEE0QFB3K04/DavidMoskowitz-34.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-34.jpg A wolverine inspects a deer mandible at a research station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099213931-070W5KE7LDE3LM9IA1JO/DavidMoskowitz-35.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-35.jpg A Pacific marten with the Liberty Bell spires in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099265451-OT0MMKR99NPVC9MXH1P5/DavidMoskowitz-41.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-41.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099214966-GFN21AEMWODCMI30YGGM/DavidMoskowitz-36.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-36.jpg A rare fisher in the North Cascades, evidence of a successful reintroduction campaign spearheaded by the state of Washington to return this species to the state. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099265449-PJ1QN4NE5W2ZOGYHOK9F/DavidMoskowitz-42.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-42.jpg North Cascades wolverine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099224916-W83ZIB2AAFTBQ8W7QNOE/DavidMoskowitz-37.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-37.jpg Golden Eagle at camera trap in the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099275827-ZJD83XMSYG3GXS3TL1QW/DavidMoskowitz-43.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-43.jpg North Cascades wolverine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099226912-L94PDNUAQYEY8PYKB3EN/DavidMoskowitz-38.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-38.jpg Pacific marten and aspen tree https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099275162-RNX4WHU4YQF3XFU8G0WH/DavidMoskowitz-44.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-44.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099234803-UJ6G0VXQ6Y842O42N5TY/DavidMoskowitz-39.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-39.jpg Bobcat inspecting a research station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099285732-X0Q9UO773DEUISHF0K2R/DavidMoskowitz-45.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-45.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099237980-QYO43X4BYU7QN4HIPAZI/DavidMoskowitz-40.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-40.jpg Like wolverines, in the North Cascades, Clark's nutcrackers are an alpine specialist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099286081-WRGLX55AA4GKP2B4Q9K4/DavidMoskowitz-46.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-46.jpg North Cascades wolverine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099294957-BBFLI7FNC0FE6PQWXTV1/DavidMoskowitz-47.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-47.jpg Steph Williams collecting a hair sample left by wolverine on a tre at a research station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099296497-FJVLQV6JLFNHXWJ388S4/DavidMoskowitz-48.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-48.jpg Lake Chelan, North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099307056-0W7FLNRSQOBNHC9O2PQS/DavidMoskowitz-49.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-49.jpg Steph Willimas looks out over Lake Chelan with our equipment piled around her on the ferry ride into Holden Village. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099308795-AL733AG27D4930JRHOJI/DavidMoskowitz-50.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-50.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099438899-SDOFUTMWQU760KHBRFD9/DavidMoskowitz-51.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-51.jpg Bonanza Peak, North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099440385-5F7B11YKPG55KEMRTBSN/DavidMoskowitz-52.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-52.jpg Bonanza peak through burned forest from the Wolverine Fire in Railroad Creek watershed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099450890-I7ITM5D8A8C3V9BY5775/DavidMoskowitz-53.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-53.jpg The Wolverine fire in the Lake Chelan watershed decimated fast stands of forest in the mountains here. Climate change is affecting how fires burn in the North Cascades. The impact of this on wolverines is currently unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099457201-5XORYRJ1WYDF69KMT1NE/DavidMoskowitz-54.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-54.jpg The Wolverine fire in the Lake Chelan watershed decimated fast stands of forest in the mountains here. Climate change is affecting how fires burn in the North Cascades. The impact of this on wolverines is currently unknown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099461722-R0FYL0X9MCPF6LVCLDDO/DavidMoskowitz-55.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-55.jpg Smoke fills canyons on the western slope of the North Cascades during an unusual wildfire event in this rainforest clad landscape. Above treeline the grey ice and bare rock visible at the lower elevations of these North Cascades glaciers are a sign of glacier recession. Both of these are related to human caused climate change in the ecoregion which is predicted to reduce wolverine habitat significantly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099468985-4VC6T0B0LI47TLQ8ZO5Q/DavidMoskowitz-56.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-56.jpg Glacial ice exposed at the very top of the Colonial glacier (upper left of this photo) suggests that this glacier no longer has an accumulation zone. Under current conditions, it is just a matter of time before the glacier disappears completeley--perhaps within the next several decades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099475198-ARY6Q12KYDNPOWLWRGMH/DavidMoskowitz-57.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-57.jpg Mountains goats are often an important food item for wolverines. In the North Cascades wildlife managers are concerned their numbers may be declining. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099483969-8EQJA4LX9FG67T409PWA/DavidMoskowitz-58.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-58.jpg Summer in the Glacier Peak wilderness from a location that commonly garners community science observations of wolverine activity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099489424-W13EKWE1UGR6NJM4LKV6/DavidMoskowitz-59.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-59.jpg Mountain goat in summer conditions in the North Cascades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099541686-UA22S3P9Q08SNFNAL9MP/DavidMoskowitz-61.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-61.jpg An American black bear caught scent marking at a research station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099493264-S0G2IUFFFGDZJ46UNVBA/DavidMoskowitz-60.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-60.jpg Project members servicing a research station in the Nooksack watershed. This runpole is at snowline at the peak of winter in this extremely snowy location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099542927-56BDFVYZXRCUG29IWMJ6/DavidMoskowitz-62.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-62.jpg A hoary marmot in the alpine, North Cascades, another important food item for wolverines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099554483-BDRJH8HBZNWQ3ETHD3YC/DavidMoskowitz-63.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-63.jpg Wolverines depend on locations where snow lingers into late spring, making natal dens in deep shaded valley bottoms or in high elevation talus fields. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099558092-FV3JMO24D41KKQUUA2C9/DavidMoskowitz-64.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-64.jpg White-tailed ptarmigan's in the Cascades were recently protected under the federal endangered species act due to habitat decline, mirroring concerns about the future of wolverines in these mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099564628-NVVKXF8LWJV0CVPRTPG7/DavidMoskowitz-65.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-65.jpg Wolverines are a curious species that will inspect novel things in their environment such as our research and camera equipment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1735099570252-V67EDI9NYU3UKLI2R4JW/DavidMoskowitz-66.jpg Cascades Wolverine Project Portfolio - DavidMoskowitz-66.jpg Individual wolverines can be identified by their unique chest blaze. 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Take a guided tour of the mammal skeleton and lay the foundation for being able to name a bone, know where it is found in the body and its function! This class is ideal for anyone interested in learning about animal behavior, biology, wildlife tracking and the natural history of mammals. Part One: Foundations Course: The Skeletal Anatomy of Mammals Part Two: Advanced Course: The Comparative Anatomy and Functional Morphology of Mammals Do you have a nature lover in your life who would love to take this course? Check out our gifting option here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/56e35a01-4b44-4f12-9d50-0bbc8c30983b/Columbia+Plateau-1.jpg Projects - Big River: A Living Columbia For All Celebrating one of North America’s most iconic rivers A stunning new book and visual campaign coming in 2024 from Braided River exploring the beautiful and complicated Columbia river system and its expansive watershed, from sea to sources. The project will illuminate the beauty of this river geologically, ecologically, and culturally. Supported by narrative essays by author Eileen Delehanty Pearkes and members of the various communities and cultures whose lives are touched by this river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1605026877300-DHWB4SKLMEWT4R8JWTP0/Peterson+Field+Guide+to+North+American+Bird+Nests-9780544963382.jpg Projects - Field Guide to North American Bird Nests An all new Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests (due for release Spring 2021, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.) This will be a guide that explores and presents nests in an entirely new way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527431834048-14OMYERLG5ZHR5963NGL/CWP-solo-logo-NEW.jpg Projects A grassroots effort to boost winter wolverine monitoring in the North Cascades, capture engaging images of this elusive mountain carnivore, and leverage the skills of winter backcountry recreationists as wildlife observers and alpine stewards. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531521164226-W11VAUGCL51HWY84LGNX/CaribouRainforest_Cover_Final.jpg Projects - Caribou Rainforest In a North American rainforest, that few people even know exists, about a dozen dwindling herds of caribou are struggling to survive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527455303210-MFKOWYJ27HK7LDA4UICE/CNW+logo.jpg Projects - Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Program Conservation Northwest leads the Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Program (CWMP), organizing citizen-scientist volunteers to monitor and document wildlife using remote cameras where state and federal agencies don’t have the resources to go, from the Washington Cascades to the Kettle Crest and southern British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527455614257-83EXCTQX54F1N1KBQQC1/Wolf-OR-7-Logo2.png Projects - Wolf OR-7 Expedition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1531521257507-ZUHIZLKETT6069B2J0QE/Wolves-Land-Of+Salmon.jpg Projects - Wolves in the Land of Salmon Written and Photographed by David Moskowitz. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530346043317-2OBFED22KDLX3LZAHX3D/Cybertracker+Logo.jpg Projects - Wildlife Tracking Certification Cybertracker Conservation International: The Internationally recognized standard in Wildlife Tracking Certification. https://davidmoskowitz.net/noninvasive-survey-methods daily 0.75 2018-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527457987559-F8QWKSMRBFZWB93XM5I4/_MG_5773.jpg Non-Invasive Survey Methods Tracks of a member of one of Washington State’s wolf packs. Besides identification, tracks can be used to help determine home range, habitat use, and numbers of animals in a group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527458212647-9D5FGYSKYS0FG0JP3Z03/_MG_3548.jpg Non-Invasive Survey Methods Trail of a fisher in the North Woods of Wisconsin. Many studies which rely on wildlife tracking depend on snow cover for creating consistent detection probabilities. https://davidmoskowitz.net/wildlife-tracking-fundamentals daily 0.75 2018-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530422031547-Q77238ALOQOXKRY3VX4V/_MG_5773.jpg Wildlife Tracking Fundamentals Wolf tracks from the North Cascades, Washington State. https://davidmoskowitz.net/wildlife-trailing-workshop daily 0.75 2018-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530445726335-YED69M29AGZMTFS2KVAF/_10B1070.jpg Wildlife Trailing Workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530445798302-215A96URRKAICT6CNQD1/_MG_7076.jpg Wildlife Trailing Workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1530445759091-0XWKBZE1SF132VX3H97Z/image-asset.jpeg Wildlife Trailing Workshop https://davidmoskowitz.net/wildlife-tracking-evolution-of-a-discipline daily 0.75 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their habitat, this book combines text with arresting images to powerful effect, showing how interdependent life is. It is an extraordinary achievement, the result of a lifetime's commitment to exploring mountain environments and protecting their future." - Helen Mort, 2019 Book Competition jury https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984357278-UM2CLA1IXG683EHECGCT/IMG_5384.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571098284-RR5PWZ0AINGPDQL3Y71D/_MG_1076.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571099859-4B5W3CNNKUAW9K87W6TH/_10B4002.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Mountain caribou are a distinct ecotype of woodland caribou which can be found across the boreal forests of North America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571100704-KOGFYLZKIC5ZNBQZCBSE/_10B0488.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Despite the protection in a national park the South Columbia herd has diminished to just 5 animals from over 200 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571101529-F9LHZZDXS3FFB5G4STVS/_10B1834.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Two bull caribou squre up to spare. Hart Range, British Columbia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571102678-FDWTMNMPFSCBLGXYT4ET/_10B9749.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Old growth rainforests such as this one are highly valuable fall and spring habitat for mountain caribou, and for their valuable timber from the forestry industry. Trout Lake, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571103576-61WGB3N18S3K8YDJCE26/_10B7823.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope “We’ve been here 10,000 years, we're not going anywhere. We're gonna be here long after the province is done raping and pillaging the resources out of this land, and we're the one’s gonna be here cleaning up the mess that they've made” - Roland Willson, West Moberly Dunne-za Chief. Today, hundreds of years since Columbus first arrived on this continent, the West Moberly and neighboring First Nations continue to battle colonial infringement on their traditional territory, most notably in their ongoing battle to stop the Site C dam project on the Peace River in British Columbia, Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571105946-L16Y6N5HF8TICN0PXGQE/_10B6748.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Logging of old growth rainforest continues throughout the Canadian portion of the Caribou Rainforest. Northern Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571107391-XAYIGSVJ3CHLVPY07XNX/_10B0659.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Summer mountain caribou habitat. Columbia Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571108269-J4HUH392LA49I9PV0XVQ/_10B1919-Pano.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Home range of the North Columbia herd in winter. Monashee Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571109225-ICR05YFDBGDIVZPA1WB9/_10B0950.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Tree lichens are a vital found source for Mountain caribou in the winter throughout their range. Hart Mountains, British Columbia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571110249-DDV9KV769RBYNNQEJNBK/_10B0687.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Summer mountain caribou habitat. Columbia Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571111230-DXBETBV20S6VIP6A82AW/_10B6541-HDR.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Ancient inland rainforest on the eastern slope of the Northern Cariboo Mountains. A rare bright spot in protection of low elevation forests in the region, this forest was slotted to be logged until locals took action and forced the province to set it aside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984341912-T2VPPWDISEGQC4PHR6K9/_72A3363.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571112742-T8FX68UBUCVETJ50YNJZ/_10B3757.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Sunset in the Tonquin Valley, home of the largest, though diminishing herd of mountain caribou in Jasper National Park, Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571117576-1PVTGKKT0AHBXM2FR31S/_10B6984.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Feller David Walker dropping a rotten hemlock tree in old growth forest in the Northern Selkirk Mountains, British Columbia. Hemlock trees from this logging operation were destined for a pulp mill in Castlegar British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571118722-GKWNL788EA0LY44IHC6A/_10B9872.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Old growth western red cedar trees heading down the road out of caribou country. Columbia Mountains, British Columbia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984374348-LAMKRZV2WO7T66Y2HHHD/_DSC6864.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571120676-40ZA8CNJRKO4MRPMX2I9/_MG_2701.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Wolverine in historic mountain caribou habitat in northwestern Montana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571121861-LIV3P7X5PQ1WMLHT1222/_10B7006.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope A caribou calf in the Klinse-za maternity pen, one of two attempts in BC to protect pregnant females and young calves from predators during their must vulnerable time of the year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571124545-90P9NQVTLYF1TWBHE79H/_10B7357.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope Saulteau First Nations biologist Naomi Owens helps transport a pregnant mountain caribou to the Klinse-za maternity pen being opportated jointly by two First Nations and the province of British Columbia in the Hart Range. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984334120-CVDF971908PQHT1MUKIB/_10B6981.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1527571125680-ACKMNN7P1S7GRSP5PNXN/_MG_0808.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope A full moon rises over a dying glacier in the Canadian Rockies. Climate change is affecting the ecosystem that mountain caribou call home. Alberta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984319126-BQJP38T73C2CBTFW09A4/_10B2587.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984329648-3U4N5SQCERKY9UVYL1B8/_10B4507.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1536984350265-G1BNCEH6SCJ4QRCOYJ3I/_MG_9806.jpg Caribou Rainforest: From Heartbreak to Hope https://davidmoskowitz.net/peterson-field-guide-to-north-american-bird-nests daily 0.75 2022-05-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1614536124839-6PK81RUHLIRWWF20N5HJ/Robins+Nest.jpeg North American Bird Nests A comprehensive field guide to the nests and nesting behavior of North American birds Beyond being a simple reference book, the Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests is a practical, educational, and intimate doorway to our continent’s bird life. The diversity of nests and nesting strategies of birds reflect the unique biology and evolution of these charismatic animals. Unlike any other book currently on the market, this guide comprehensively incorporates nest design, breeding behavior, and habitat preferences of North American birds to provide the reader with a highly functional field resource and an engaging perspective of this sensitive part of a bird’s life cycle. Format: Paperback; Pages: 512; ISBN-13/EAN: 9780544963382: ISBN-10: 0544963385 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1614538382974-6WFFTYVO7HO32DWZZC7T/mcfarland%24casey_lres.gif North American Bird Nests - Casey McFarland CASEY MCFARLAND trains biologists, research teams, ecotourism guides, and the general public to read and interpret the tracks, signs, and trails of wildlife. A Senior Tracker and Senior International Evaluator for CyberTracker Conservation, he works around the globe to develop and support wildlife tracking skill and ecological knowledge. A skilled educator and all-around outdoorsman, Casey provides Track & Sign and Trailing Evaluations—as well as a variety of backcountry expeditions and wildlife courses. He is a coauthor of the revision of Mammal Tracks and Sign: A Guide to North American Species and Bird Feathers: A Guide to North American Species. He lives in Fort Collins, Colorado. Learn More https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5aff2fe8da02bc9e4c7d76d2/1614538502609-RS7PTFFWN7C1VUJI5F62/monjello%24matt_lres.gif North American Bird Nests - Matthew Monjello MATTHEW MONJELLO is a naturalist, birder, and Registered Maine Guide. 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