Search
Block title
Mammals
We seek to understand the distribution and abundance of mammals. Several monitoring projects are underway.
Elk- Elk numbers fluctuate through the year with herds of several hundred animals moving onto the ranch in the fall and winter. Fewer elk stay around to raise their calves in the spring and summer. We track herd size, the habitat they use for feeding, and the amount of biomass available to them for forage. We are curious about how elk habits will change in response to changes in vegetation communities as restoration activities proceed.
Bears- The lower elevation draws and drainages at MPG were de-vegetated by herbicide applications and sheep and cattle browsing. As of the summer 2012, we have planted more than 30,000 trees and shrubs in these drainages. The plantings will provide cover for animals using the draw bottoms as travel corridors between the upland forests and the floodplain forests. Many of the shrubs we have planted, such as hawthorns, choke cherries, and serviceberry, will provide food for bears. Our bear monitoring efforts seek to document how many bears we have now and where they travel.
Click here for a link to a list of mammals we have seen and photos.
Click here for links to our best mammal footage.
We would like to do more small mammal research. Please contact us with ideas for collaboration. (Click here to contact us.)
Sort by
10-31-13 Bird Field Note
Research Projects
- There are no available items that begin with these letters.
- There are no available items that begin with these letters.
Block title
- (-) Remove American kestrel filter American kestrel
- antelope bitterbrush (1) Apply antelope bitterbrush filter
- Big Brown Bat (1) Apply Big Brown Bat filter
- bitterroot (1) Apply bitterroot filter
- Black Bear (1) Apply Black Bear filter
- Black-billed magpie (1) Apply Black-billed magpie filter
- Bohemian waxwing (1) Apply Bohemian waxwing filter
- Cedar waxwing (1) Apply Cedar waxwing filter
- Columbian Ground Squirrel (1) Apply Columbian Ground Squirrel filter
- common dandelion (1) Apply common dandelion filter
- Common nighthawk (1) Apply Common nighthawk filter
- Cooper's hawk (1) Apply Cooper's hawk filter
- death camas (1) Apply death camas filter
- Dusky grouse (1) Apply Dusky grouse filter
- (-) Remove KilldeerĀ filter KilldeerĀ
- Lazuli bunting (1) Apply Lazuli bunting filter
- leafy spurge (1) Apply leafy spurge filter
- (-) Remove Long-billed curlew filter Long-billed curlew
- Long-eared Bat (1) Apply Long-eared Bat filter
- Long-eared owl (2) Apply Long-eared owl filter
- Long-legged Bat (1) Apply Long-legged Bat filter
- MacGillivray's warbler (1) Apply MacGillivray's warbler filter
- (-) Remove Merlin filter Merlin
- Mountain bluebird (1) Apply Mountain bluebird filter
- Mountain Cottontail (1) Apply Mountain Cottontail filter
- Mountain Lion (1) Apply Mountain Lion filter
- Mourning dove (1) Apply Mourning dove filter
- Mule Deer (1) Apply Mule Deer filter
- (-) Remove Northern Pike filter Northern Pike
- (-) Remove Northern Pygmy-owl filter Northern Pygmy-owl
- (-) Remove Northern saw-whet owl filter Northern saw-whet owl
- Say's phoebe (1) Apply Say's phoebe filter
- scarlet paintbrush (1) Apply scarlet paintbrush filter
- (-) Remove Sharp-shinned hawk filter Sharp-shinned hawk
- Silver Haired Bat (1) Apply Silver Haired Bat filter
- Song sparrow (1) Apply Song sparrow filter
- Swainson's thrush (1) Apply Swainson's thrush filter
- Tiger Moths (1) Apply Tiger Moths filter
- (-) Remove Turkey vulture filter Turkey vulture
- Vesper sparrow (1) Apply Vesper sparrow filter
- Western meadowlark (1) Apply Western meadowlark filter
- Western tanager (1) Apply Western tanager filter
- (-) Remove White-crowned sparrow filter White-crowned sparrow
- (-) Remove Williamson's Sapsucker filter Williamson's Sapsucker
- (-) Remove Wilson's warbler filter Wilson's warbler
- Yellow-pine Chipmunk (1) Apply Yellow-pine Chipmunk filter
Formats
- (-) Remove Field Note filter Field Note
Authors
- (-) Remove Debbie Leick filter Debbie Leick
- Eric Rasmussen (9) Apply Eric Rasmussen filter
- Kate Stone (8) Apply Kate Stone filter
- Jeff Clarke (7) Apply Jeff Clarke filter
- Jeff Clark (2) Apply Jeff Clark filter
- Philip Ramsey (2) Apply Philip Ramsey filter
- Staff (2) Apply Staff filter
- Nick Franczyk (1) Apply Nick Franczyk filter
- Raptor View Research (1) Apply Raptor View Research filter