Wolverine Distribution and Ecology in the North Cascades Ecosystem, 2016

Wolverine Distribution and Ecology in the North Cascades Ecosystem, 2016
Final Progress Report

  • Keith B. Aubry, Ph.D. (Lead Principal Investigator), Research Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Olympia, WA
  • John Rohrer, Supervisory Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Forest Service, Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest, Winthrop, WA
  • Catherine M. Raley, Wildlife Biologist, U.S. Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Olympia, WA
  • Scott Fitkin, District Wildlife Biologist, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Winthrop, WA

The wolverine (Gulo gulo) is one of the rarest mammals in North America and the least known of the large carnivores (Banci 1994). The wolverine is considered a sensitive species in the Pacific Northwest Region by the U.S. Forest Service, and a candidate species for listing as threatened or endangered by the state of Washington.