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.)
Showing Results For:
Sort by
No results match your search.
Research Projects
- (-) Remove Mammals filter Mammals
Block title
- alfalfa (1) Apply alfalfa filter
- American Beaver (1) Apply American Beaver filter
- American kestrel (1) Apply American kestrel filter
- American robin (1) Apply American robin filter
- antelope bitterbrush (1) Apply antelope bitterbrush filter
- bay forget-me-not (1) Apply bay forget-me-not filter
- Black-billed magpie (1) Apply Black-billed magpie filter
- blanket flower (1) Apply blanket flower filter
- blue-eyed grass (1) Apply blue-eyed grass filter
- Bonneville shootingstar (1) Apply Bonneville shootingstar filter
- Brewer's blackbird (1) Apply Brewer's blackbird filter
- broadleaf arnica (1) Apply broadleaf arnica filter
- bull thistle (1) Apply bull thistle filter
- Calliope hummingbird (1) Apply Calliope hummingbird filter
- chokecherry (1) Apply chokecherry filter
- coil-beaked lousewort (1) Apply coil-beaked lousewort filter
- Columbian Ground Squirrel (1) Apply Columbian Ground Squirrel filter
- (-) Remove Common poorwill filter Common poorwill
- (-) Remove Common Poorwills filter Common Poorwills
- Coyote (1) Apply Coyote filter
- cutleaf nightshade (1) Apply cutleaf nightshade filter
- Dark-eyed junco (1) Apply Dark-eyed junco filter
- Dusky grouse (1) Apply Dusky grouse filter
- There are no available items that begin with these letters.
- leafy spurge (2) Apply leafy spurge filter
- Long-billed curlew (2) Apply Long-billed curlew filter
- low pussytoes (1) Apply low pussytoes filter
- madwort (1) Apply madwort filter
- mint (1) Apply mint filter
- mock orange (2) Apply mock orange filter
- Moose (1) Apply Moose filter
- Mule Deer (4) Apply Mule Deer filter
- Say's phoebe (2) Apply Say's phoebe filter
- scotch harebell (1) Apply scotch harebell filter
- small enchanter's nightshade (1) Apply small enchanter's nightshade filter
- Spotted towhee (1) Apply Spotted towhee filter
- sticky geranium (1) Apply sticky geranium filter
- sulphur cinquefoil (1) Apply sulphur cinquefoil filter
- Tiger Moths (1) Apply Tiger Moths filter
- twin arnica (1) Apply twin arnica filter