Spring 2000 Table of Contents

New small mammal study piloted in Spokane

Those funny-looking little contraptions in Spokane’s parks and other public green spaces are part of a new study of small mammals in the urban environment.

WDFW urban wildlife biologist Howard Ferguson explains that he wants to learn more about the population and distribution of city-dwelling moles, shrews, mice, rats, gophers, squirrels, and other small mammals. He also wants to learn from this pilot just what kinds of traps work best to capture small mammals so they can be measured and tagged like birds for future data collection comparisons.

An Eastern Washington University graduate student is assisting with the new project this spring. If it is successful, future study may include volunteers.

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