Wildlife Picture Index
In 2012, Pepperwood established North America’s first Wildlife Picture Index (WPI) grid of motion-activated cameras. Citizen scientists help maintain 20+ cameras located around the preserve, and also play a major role in cataloging photos into a database that helps us understand our local animal populations and how they are shifting over time.
Pepperwood manages an additional grid at Audubon Canyon Ranch’s Modini Mayacamas Preserves about 8 miles north of our own preserve. We recently completed management of a WPI project on Sonoma Mountain for the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District. Pepperwood also advises on additional grids in the North Bay.
Click the link below to read a report outlining how we established the first grid at Pepperwood and summarizing data from the first season. We’re working on a follow up publication with more recent data.
WPI Technical Report – Nov 2013
