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Lakes Convention and Citizen-based monitoring conference
April 1 , 2016
Jennifer Stenglein, Research ScientistWisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Snapshot Wisconsin: A citizen-based trail camera project to monitor wildlife
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Phil TownsendBen ZuckerbergTim Van DeelenChristine Anhalt-DepiesJohn ClareAditya SinghMark RickenbachAdena RissmanJamie Nack
Karl MartinBecky Sapper
Christina LockeSusan FrettScott Hull
Laura TrouilleAli SwansonSarah Allen
Ho Chunk Nation DNRJackson County Forest and ParksUS Forest ServiceWM staff helping with camera set up and checkSS staff helping with photo classification
Mike KvitrudSarath ManneDougal WalkerMitch LiddecoatDan StormJohn Dadisman
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LET’S DISCOVER OUR WILDLIFE TOGETHER!
Snapshot Wisconsin is a partnership to monitor wildlife year-round through a statewide network of trail cameras.
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Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act, 1937
PITTMAN-ROBERTSON ACT
www.ct.gov
Use excise tax on guns and ammunition to fund wildlife restoration projects
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PITTMAN-ROBERTSON “BUMP” MONEY
Getty images
Cabelas
ABC news
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Dr. James Kroll, Deer Trustee
Conducted an independent review of Wisconsin’s deer management practices.
DEER TRUSTEE
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Produced the Deer Trustee Report
>60 recommendations
Implementation began 2014
DEER TRUSTEE REPORT
Among the recommendations:1. Increasing citizen involvement
in wildlife monitoring,2. Creating better relationships
and trust between the Department and citizens,
3. Assessing the statewide distribution and abundance of carnivores in Wisconsin,
4. Developing new methods to monitor deer populations, and
5. Moving the Department research program to be more proactive, innovative, and leading edge.
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THE SNAPSHOT WISCONSIN FORMULA
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WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
Clemson.edu
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WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
Determine population goal• Research and science• Public input
Estimate population size• Distribution and numbers• Projected growth
Establish population manipulation• Hunting quota• Conservation target
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ESTIMATE POPULATION SIZE
Garton et al. 2005
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TOOLS OF WILDLIFE MONITORING
Photos from WDNR and USFWS
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TOOLS OF WILDLIFE MONITORING
Ontariowildflower.com Imgarcade.com
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TOOLS OF WILDLIFE MONITORING
Nbu.bg
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TOOLS OF WILDLIFE MONITORING
WDNR
WDNR
Citizen Science!
WDNR
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DNR.WI.GOV KEYWORD “REPORTS”
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DEER POPULATION SIZE
DNR deer study
2013 statewide, post-hunt population:1,182,200 deer
Sex-Age-Kill model with data from harvest
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~2,200 bobcats in Northern Zone
Data from harvested bobcats and tracking
Minnesota Furbearer Population Model
BOBCAT POPULATION SIZE
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Dnr.wi.gov
Keyword “Carnivore Tracking”
WINTER CARNIVORE TRACKING
Citizen Science!
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~54,700 beavers in 2011
Helicopter survey every 3 years
BEAVER POPULATION SIZE
USFWS
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Spatial extent
Temporal extent
Consistency and rigor
WHAT CAN SNAPSHOT WISCONSIN CONTRIBUTE TO CURRENT WILDLIFE MONITORING?
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LONG-TERM MONITORING
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PHENOLOGY
Wisconsintrails.com
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“Many of the events of the annual cycle recur year af ter year in a regular order. A year-to-year record of this order is a record of the rates at which solar energy f lows to and through living things. They are the arteries of the land. By tracing their response to the sun, phenology may eventually shed some light on that ultimate enigma, the land’s inner workings.” –Aldo Leopold, A Phenological Record for Sauk and Dane Counties, Wisconsin, 1935-1945
PHENOLOGY
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GREEN UP
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REMOTE SENSING
December 25, 2014 January 1, 2015
NASA NASA
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GREEN UP
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ELK IN WISCONSIN
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ELK MONITORING WITH TRAIL CAMERAS
2 camera grids
362 trail cameras
July 2015 –current
>2.5 million photos!
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CAMERA SITES WITH ELK
Distribution Maps
at 144 cameras active 10 – 206 days
between Jan 2015 and Feb 2016
SeenNot seen
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SIGHTING DENSITY OF ELK
Sighting Density Maps
Low to high relative sighting density
Numbers are nonzero counts of individuals at 96 cameras active July 17 –
Oct 5, 2015
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SIGHTING DENSITY OF ELK
Bulls Cows Calves
Low to high relative sighting density
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SIGHTING DENSITY OF OTHER ANIMALS
Elk
Deer
Bears
Low to high relative sighting density
Coyotes and wolves
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ELK ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE DAY
Elk activity peaks between 7:00 and 8:00, AM and PM
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ELK ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
Bull elk are more active during the rut
Bulls
Cows
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SNAPSHOT WISCONSIN STATEWIDE
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1. Host a trail camera within a survey block
TWO WAYS TO PARTICIPATE
Set up a cameraAttend training Retrieve photos Upload & check photos
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2. Classify animals in photos
TWO WAYS TO PARTICIPATE
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ENROLLING VOLUNTEERS BY COUNTY
Sawyer County152 survey blocks
Iowa County86 survey blocks
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ENROLLING VOLUNTEERS BY COUNTY
SnapshotWIsignup.org