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Citizen Wildlife Monitoring Project Last revised May 2012

your site for information on current field conditions, especially when snow is possible to still be

present.

9. Review this protocol the night before your check if possible.

Getting to Camera Site

1. Use the site write-up, maps, directions and/or GPS coordinates to locate your cameras. It might be

helpful to take a copy of the data sheet from the installation and/or previous visit, which may have

useful notes on it. Take digital photos of the site when you get there (or bring them if already

available) to help you/others find and identify the camera location on future visits and to send to

our office as a pictorial record of the camera location and site setup.

2. Be on the lookout for tracks, scat, or other wildlife sign on the way to the camera and if

encountered, document per Wildlife Sign Documentation Protocol section (below).

3. Look for flagging along the route and near the actual camera location if your team has elected to

place it, but don’t rely on it because it can disappear and there may be flagging out there unrelated

to our project. *Be careful about placing flagging that could give away our camera locations

for security reasons. Use your judgment as to whether flagging is necessary and where and

how much to use.*

4. For the next team, note on the back of your data sheet any landmarks or unique characteristics of

the site to make it easier for them to find the camera. Or, if you move camera location for any

reason be sure to not only mark the new GPS coordinates but to make a detailed write-up that will

allow others to find this camera.

Camera Setup

For the first time the camera is placed in the field for the season, or in case you move the camera

These are some things to look for when deciding where to setup the camera:

• Find a location where wildlife will most likely pass by – a game trail, a location with tracks or sign,

travel corridors (valleys, river corridors), and/or excellent habitat for your target species (i.e. dense

forested cover for martens). Landscape features that tend to funnel wildlife movement and areas

close to water may be good sites. Place the camera so that it is pointed toward this area. Avoid sites

within 500 m of campsites or human sign, or 250 m of human trails if possible (this may be difficult

for some of the I-90 locations). At a minimum select a site out of the line of site from major trails

and/or roads.

• If setting up a camera to target a trail, try to aim it at a 45-degree angle to the trail (instead of

shooting up or down the trail, or directly perpendicular to it). A 45-degree angle generally captures

the best images.

• Find two trees (or a tree and a rock, log or other feature the camera can be aimed downward at),

about 10 feet apart; one tree that is both large enough to mount the camera on and sturdy enough

that it won’t sway too much in breezes. The other tree or landscape feature is for spreading the

lure on and can be any size, but make sure it is large/sturdy enough though to withstand animals

rubbing and leaning against it and that the camera is angled properly to aim toward that area.

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