HOME RANGE WILDLIFE RESEARCH

On October 7th, more than 100 people joined us at the Old Schoolhouse Brewery (OSB) Taproom in Twisp, WA to celebrate the launch of Home Range Wildlife Research. We were overwhelmed by the incredible support we received from our community as we shared our origin story and introduced our first projects.  OSB donated $1 of every beer purchased to Home Range, Sunflower Catering kept everyone fed with delicious appetizers, and the many local businesses (see below!) that donated to our silent auction all helped to make this event an incredible success.  Together, we raised more than $6000, funds that will help up launch our first training course this winter ( registration now open!!! ) and conduct pilot work for our lynx-wildfire study. Thank you so much to all those that came out to celebrate with us and donated to kickstart our projects! If you were unable to attend the event, we are still seeking donations to buy wildlife cameras, provide training course scholarships, and much more. Plea

Earlier this month, Home Range's Research Director, Carmen Vanbianchi, organized a field trip with a group of collaborators at the United States Forest Service (USFS),  Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), and Washington Conservation Science Institute (WCSI) to discuss fire impacts on the threatened Canada lynx.   More than 20 distinct fires have burned in the vicinity of the Methow Valley over the past 20 years, including the Cub Creek and Cedar Creek fires that burned on opposite sides of the valley much of this past summer. On our field trip we toured burns of various ages to the north of Winthrop and Mazama, an area extending all the way to the Canadian border that comprises much of the last remaining good lynx habitat in Washington state,  to learn how we can best manage for future fire impacts in this region. Washington (WA) once had the largest lynx population in the lower 48; the lynx population in WA is now well below 100 animals. The dark green area represe

From an early age, I was exposed to field science by my botanist father.  I was handed a Rite in the Rain field notebook to take nature notes in before I could write an actual sentence, and had started my skull collection by age ten. What I was going to be when I grew up matured when I was a teenager from "saving the earth" to zoologist, with no real understanding of what that meant other than studying animals  It wasn't until at I received a gift subscription to The Wildlife Society Magazine at age seventeen that a name was given to the career I envisioned for my future: wildlife biologist.  By my early 20's I had graduated with a degree in Wildlife Management and Conservation from Humboldt State University and was working as a seasonal wildlife field technician hopping from state to state and working with a variety of wildlife species.  I loved the constant change of scenery and learning new ecosystems; here was what a bear rub-tree looked like in the swamps of Loui