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2015 Spring | Natural Science & Restoration

A Camera Trap Study of how Human Presence will Affect the Wildlife in a Wildlife Corridor

Student(s):

Simon Nhan

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment
  • University of Washington

Site supervisor(s):

Brenda Padgham

Partner(s):

  • Bainbridge Island Land Trust

Faculty advisor(s):

Aaron Wirsing, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington

As the human population grows there will be more interac- tions with wildlife in urban settings and wilderness areas. An increased human presence in wilderness areas could have an adverse effect on wildlife. For my capstone project I wanted to see how human activity in a wildlife corridor would affect the wildlife using it. To answer my question I interned with Bainbridge Island Land Trust and worked on their camera trap study in a suburban wildlife corridor. What I found was wildlife in the study area shied away from areas with heavy human use.