Northern San Juan • Entered by Judith Lopez on June 30, 2022
Non-lethal carnivore deterrent
June 11, 2022 – June 11, 2022
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 0.0 |
| Post Admin hours | 0.0 |
| Activity Hours | 6.0 |
| Participants | 1 |
| Total Hours | 6 |
Key Issue: Wildlife Protection
Activity Type: Stewardship (monitoring, sampling, planting, etc.)
Key Partners: Carnivore Coexistence Lab Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies | University of Wisconsin-Madison
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Other (1 )
Short Description of Activity
Sam Hermanstorfer is M.S. Environment & Resources Candidate Researcher from the Carnivore Coexistence Lab,Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies | University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is involved in research on the use of non-lethal deterrents of carnivores. He needed support from volunteers to set up several ranches in Ouray and Montrose Counties with game cameras, lights that go on randomly at night to mimic a human with a flashlight, and to surround fields with fladry. Each ranch also is set up with a placebo condition for a set amount of time as well as a length of time with the experimental condition. There is no fladry during the placebo condition. On this date Judith Lopez assisted Sam to set up the placebo condition at one ranch.
Reflection/Evaluation
The ranch was set up with game cameras, lights, and rope was strung at 23 inches about ground all the way around the property which enclosed the ranch’s animals. This rope will be where the fladry will be placed during the experimental condition. The lights are not used until the experimental condition.