Moose cam: how Magnetawan First Nation is tracking wildlife – The Narwhal

Sept. 11, 2024

As moose and other mammal populations decline on their territory, an Anishinaabe community has been capturing images of wildlife on the land. It’s quiet, non-invasive and doesn’t scare them off

Terry Jones’ Elders always knew wild cats roamed across Magnetawan First Nation lands off the shores of Waaseyaagami-wiikwed (Georgian Bay) in northern “Ontario.”

But the province’s Ministry of Natural Resources wouldn’t acknowledge them due to “lack of documentation,” according to the species-at-risk and research technician with the community roughly 80 kilometres south of “Sudbury.”

So when wildlife camera traps captured a photograph of a bizhiw (lynx) last spring, and again several months later, Jones and his community felt validated.

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