Projects

WDC staff and collaborators in Oahu, searching for the exotic, invasive snail species Euglandina rosea

WDC staff and collaborators in Oahu, searching for the exotic, invasive wolf snail.

2010

Coming Soon…

2009

  • Montana: Research into the olfactory capabilities of dogs in detecting various noxious weeds in collaboration with the University of Montana.
  • Hawaii: Research into the application of dogs to search for the invasive snail Euglandina rosea, considered one of the world’s 100 worst invaders with Oahu Army Natural Resources Program and the University of Hawaii.
  • Illinois: Franklin’s ground squirrel detection for University of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.
  • Montana/Idaho: Fisher scat detection for the United States Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
  • Montana/Idaho: WDC led grizzly bear, wolf, lynx, fisher and wolverine, scat detection in collaboration with the Great Burn Study Group.
  • Washington: Multiple forest carnivore scat detection with Montana State University’s Western Transportation Institute’s Cascades Connectivity Project.
  • New Jersey: Training conservation dog team to detect live bog turtles with NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, ENSP.
  • Species Screening: WDC led research into screening of samples collected by humans for identification of snow leopard scats in collaboration with the International Snow Leopard Trust.

Working Dog Wicket sitting among her score on a record-setting day finding bear scat (47 in one day!) on Wildlife Conservation Society's Carnivore Connectivity project

Working Dog Wicket sitting among her score on a record-setting day finding bear scat (47 in one day!) on the Wildlife Conservation Society's Carnivore Connectivity project.

2008

  • Training for detection of the noxious weed, Dyer’s woad (Isatis tinctoria) for Montana State University.
  • Nevada: Desert tortoise detection for the Desert Research Institute.
  • New York: Moose scat detection for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Adirondack Return of the Moose Assessment.
  • Illinois: Franklin’s ground squirrel detection for University of Illinois, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences.
  • Idaho: Fisher scat detection for the United States Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
  • Idaho and Montana: Black bear, grizzly bear, wolf, and cougar scat detection for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Centennial Carnivore Connectivity Project.
  • Washington: Black bear, cougar and pine martin scat detection for Montana State University’s Western Transportation Institute’s Cascades Connectivity Project.
  • California: Kit fox scat detection for the Smithsonian Institution and California State University, Stanislaus, Endangered Species Recovery Program; environmental Site Restoration, Inc; and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Individual identification of snow leopard scats in collaboration with the International Snow Leopard Trust.
  • Oregon: Testing of dogs for the detection of the threatened prairie plant, Kincaid’s lupine (Lupinus sulphureus spp. kincaidii) in collaboration with the Oregon Wildlife Institute and the Nature Conservancy.
  • New Jersey: Training conservation dog team to detect live bog turtles with NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, ENSP

2007

  • Idaho and Montana: Fisher scat detection for the United States Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station.
  • California: Kit fox scat searches for the La Paloma Conservation Preserve, LLC.
  • California: Kit fox scat searches for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Montana: Training and deployment for detection of the noxious weed, Dyers woad (Isatis tinctoria) with Montana State University.
  • Idaho and Montana: Black bear, grizzly bear, wolf, and cougar scat detection for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Centennial Carnivore Connectivity Project.
  • Argentina: Dog selection and handler training for detection of Andean cat scat for the “Conservation Transfrontier for the Andean Cat” in collaboration with Oxford University and the Museum of Natural Sciences, Salta, Argentina.
  • Individual identification of snow leopard scats in collaboration with the International Snow Leopard Trust.
  • Oregon: Initial training for the detection of a threatened prairie plant, Kincaid’s lupine (Lupinus sulphureus spp. kincaidii) in collaboration with the Oregon Wildlife Institute.
  • New Jersey: Dog and handler follow up training and assessment for bobcat and pine snake detection program for New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife.
  • Guam: Extended conservation dog/handler team training for detection of brown tree snakes in collaboration with Dogwerks All Breed Training, contracted by U.S. Geological Survey for the deployment of conservation dog/handler teams to Guam and surrounding Pacific islands.

2006

  • California: Kit fox scat searches for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Idaho and Montana: Black bear, grizzly bear, wolf, and cougar scat detection for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Centennial Carnivore Connectivity Project.
  • Montana: Dog and handler training and testing for detection of early incursions of spotted knapweed (Centaurea biebersteinii) for Montana State University.
  • Guam: Extended conservation dog/handler team training for detection of brown tree snakes in collaboration with Dogwerks All Breed Training, contracted by U.S. Geological Survey for the deployment of conservation dog/handler teams to Guam and surrounding Pacific islands.

2005

  • Idaho and Montana: Black bear, grizzly bear, wolf, and cougar scat detection for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Centennial Carnivore Connectivity Project.
  • Colorado: Black-footed ferret detection for Colorado Division of Wildlife and the Bureau of Land Management.
  • Montana: Wolf scat detection in collaboration with Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; funded by the Twin Spruce Foundation.
  • Montana: Dog and handler training and testing for detection of early incursions of spotted knapweed (Centaurea biebersteinii) for Montana State University.
  • New Jersey: Dog selection and handler training for bobcat and pine snake detection program for New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife.
  • Guam: Extended conservation dog/handler team training for detection of brown tree snakes in collaboration with Dogwerks All Breed Training, contracted by U.S. Geological Survey for the deployment of conservation dog/handler teams to Guam and surrounding Pacific islands.

2004

  • Idaho and Montana: Black bear, grizzly bear, wolf, and cougar scat detection for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Centennial Carnivore Connectivity Project.
  • Nevada : Desert tortoise detection for the University of Redlands and the Desert Research Institute.
  • California : Dog selection and handler training in Hopland, CA, for University of CA, Berkeley, red and gray fox scat detection.
  • Far East Russia: Discrimination scent-testing workshop in Lazo, Russia in collaboration with Amur Tiger Scent Dog Monitoring Project and Dr. Linda Kerley and Save the Tiger Fund.
  • Kenya : Dog selection and handler training in Laikipia, Kenya, cheetah and African wild dog scat detection in collaboration with Samburu-Laikipia Wild Dog Project and the Tanzania Carnivore Project.
  • Guam: Extended conservation dog/handler team training for detection of brown tree snakes in collaboration with Dogwerks All Breed Training, contracted by U.S. Geological Survey for the deployment of conservation dog/handler teams to Guam and surrounding Pacific islands.

2003

  • South Dakota : Black-footed ferret detection in collaboration with South Dakota State University, United State Fish and Wildlife Service, United State Forest Service, and the Black-footed Ferret Foundation.
  • California : Kit fox scat searches in collaboration with the University of Washington and the Smithsonian Institution.
  • California : Red and gray fox scat searches for the United States Geologic Survey.
  • Montana : Dog selection and handler training seminar in Missoula, MT, for University of CA, Berkeley, cougar scat detection.

2002

  • Montana: Forensic search for illegally killed and snow-buried wolves in collaboration with United States Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement, Montana State Fish, Wildlife & Parks.
  • California : Kit fox natal den searches in collaboration with the University of Washington and the Smithsonian Institution.

2001

  • Montana : Black-footed ferret detection in collaboration with United States Fish and Wildlife Service.
  • Montana : Lynx scat searches for United States Forest Service.
  • California : Kit fox scat research project in collaboration with the University of Washington and the Smithsonian Institution.
  • Washington : Discrimination scent-testing between kit and red fox scats in collaboration with the University of Washington, Smithsonian Institution, and PackLeader Dog Training.

2000

  • California : Kit fox scat searches in collaboration with the University of Washington and the Smithsonian Institution.
  • Montana : Discrimination scent-testing between grizzly and black bear scats in collaboration with the University of Montana and PackLeader Dog Training.