{"id":85,"date":"2025-08-11T22:08:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T22:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zoo.org\/wcnnw\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2025-11-13T20:03:57","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T20:03:57","slug":"whoweare","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wcnnw.org\/whoweare\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who We Are<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Wildlife Camera Network Northwest (WCN-NW) is highly collaborative in nature. Network members are developing common protocols and data-sharing opportunities for Northwest camera trap projects. The following organizations and institutions currently participate in WCN-NW:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoo.org\/\">Woodland Park Zoo<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cascadescarnivoreproject.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cascades Carnivore Project<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ci.issaquah.wa.us\/index.aspx?NID=305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City of Issaquah Parks &amp; Recreation<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservationnw.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Conservation Northwest<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edcc.edu\/leaf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edmonds Community College LEAF School<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cascadeforest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cascade Forest Conservancy<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seattleu.edu\/scieng\/about\/faculty-and-staff\/mark-jordan-phd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Seattle University Jordan Lab<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fs.fed.us\/pnw\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">US Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wdfw.wa.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington Department of Fish &amp; Wildlife<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/labs.wsu.edu\/dthornton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington State University Thornton Lab<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wildlife.forestry.ubc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wildlife Coexistence Lab, University of British Columbia<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.predatorecology.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Predator Ecology Lab, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences, University of Washington<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.env.gov.bc.ca\/bcparks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ministry of Environment, BC Parks and Protected Areas<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>WCN-NW is coordinated by Dr. Robert Long of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zoo.org\/conservation\/northwestcarnivore\">Woodland Park Zoo<\/a>. Dr. Long has used camera traps to survey and monitor wildlife across the United States, and currently oversees camera-based research on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.zoo.org\/2015\/11\/microsoft-teams-with-woodland-park-zoo.html\">wolverines<\/a>&nbsp;in the North Cascades and with the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoo.org\/conservation\/urbanwildland\">Washington Urban-Wildland Carnivore Project<\/a>. He served as lead editor for the book,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.islandpress.org\/book\/noninvasive-survey-methods-for-carnivores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;(Island Press, 2008).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"550\" src=\"http:\/\/zoo.org\/wcnnw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/WCNNW-RLong-web-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wcnnw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/WCNNW-RLong-web-crop.jpg 960w, https:\/\/wcnnw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/WCNNW-RLong-web-crop-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wcnnw.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/WCNNW-RLong-web-crop-768x440.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who We Are Wildlife Camera Network Northwest (WCN-NW) is highly collaborative in nature. Network members are developing common protocols and data-sharing opportunities for Northwest camera trap projects. The following organizations and institutions currently participate in WCN-NW: WCN-NW is coordinated by Dr. Robert Long of&nbsp;Woodland Park Zoo. 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