Round River Science Director Kim Heinemeyer is a coauthor on a new paper in the journal Global Ecology and Conservation, Volume 34, April 2022, e02019, “Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in a changing landscape and warming climate: A decadal synthesis of global conservation ecology research.” Abstract Wolverines are vulnerable to multiple, widespread, increasing forms of human activity so…
What’s threatening the elusive wolverine? As snowmobilers fight to preserve their pastime, scientists worry about the future of the species. High Country News, March 16, 2020, by Helen Santoro Just outside the tiny town of McCall, Idaho, in the sprawling Payette National Forest, Sandra Mitchell drove her snowmobile across a snowy pass. With the loud…
Wolverine photo courtesy Wolverine Foundation MOUNTAIN JOURNAL INTERVIEWS ENVIRONMENTAL ANTHROPOLOGIST REBECCA WATTERS ON EFFORTS TO SAVE WOLVERINES HALFWAY AROUND THE WORLD MAY 13, 2019, Mountain Journal Often when Rebecca Watters isn’t following carnivore tracks on the other side of the world, she’s sharing her insights about wolverines and the backcountry they inhabit as a columnist…
Wolverines in winter: indirect habitat loss and functional responses to backcountry recreation Ecosphere / Volume 10, Issue 2 Kimberly Heinemeyer, John Squires, Mark Hebblewhite, Julia J. O’Keefe, Joseph D. Holbrook, Jeffrey Copeland First published: 14 February 2019 https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.2611 Corresponding Editor: Eric M. Gese Abstract Outdoor recreation is increasingly recognized to impact nature and wildlife, yet few studies have examined recreation…
A Wolverine Named Olive WHAT HER STORY AND THAT OF OTHERS TELLS US ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF RECREATION ON SENSITIVE SPECIES by Rebecca Watters, Mountain Journal MARCH 29, 2018 What are the potential impacts of outdoor recreation on uncommon, discreet, solitude-seeking species like the wolverine? Recent media reports have been circulated about the conclusions of a…
APNewsBreak: Judge says climate change threatens wolverines BY MATTHEW BROWN, ASSOCIATED PRESS Apr 4, 5:45 PM EDT BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Obama administration brushed over the threat that climate change poses to the snow-loving wolverine when it denied protections for the elusive predator also known as the “mountain devil,” a federal judge ruled Monday. U.S. District…
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 by Mike Koshmrl, Jackson Hole News and Guide An effort to determine where wolverines roam in the American West has confirmed the presence of the scarce mustelid in the Gros Ventre Range for the first time. A wolverine was also potentially documented outside the species’ known turf in the northern Wyoming…
New York Times – Sunday Review By CHRISTOPHER SOLOMON FEB. 13, 2015 ONE of the most popular places for backcountry skiing in North America is Teton Pass in Wyoming, high above the adventure playground of Jackson Hole. This winter, as skiers and snowboarders unload gear for a day of sweat and powder-skiing, the researcher Kimberly Heinemeyer has been moving…
By Sarah Jane Keller Missoula News/Independent Publishing Three months ago at a trailhead in eastern Idaho’s Centennial Mountains, wolverine research technician Kyle Crapster eyed two snowmobilers from across the parking lot as they pulled avalanche safety gear from a sticker-emblazoned truck. He suspected they were heading for the steep, open slopes that help make this area…
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Researchers are studying the effects of winter recreation on wolverines in northwest Wyoming. The research project headed by Round River Conservation Studies is being done in the Teton Range and is part of a larger study that has been going on for about five years. Officials plan to continue the study through next winter.…