Wildlife Cub Club at Methow Valley Elementary

We were excited to host the inaugural Wildlife Cub Club for twenty 4-6th graders at Methow Valley Elementary (MVE) this winter. Students learned about various wildlife species living in the Methow Valley, their habitats, and unique adaptations for survival. Alongside wildlife biology 101, the students learned about various ways to monitor and research wildlife, including discussion of track, sign, camera trap, and live capture methodologies. Students put their wildlife tracking skills to the test and set up camera traps on campus to monitor wildlife on the MVE campus. Here are some highlights from the club!

Looking at an image of a bobcat using a latrine. 

One of the many cameras we set up on campus!

Drawing tracks. 

Students found squirrel sign (the pine cone midden in the background) and captured this gray squirrel!

Students found deer scat and bed sites with deer hair in them beneath this large ponderosa - look who we found!

Wildlife biologists in the making!