Eye on the Grizzly

In a recent paper published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, UM doctoral candidate Robin Steenweg shows how remote cameras can transform monitoring wildlife and habitat biodiversity worldwide. He and study co-authors, including UM Professors Mark Hebblewhite and Jedediah Brodie, call for a global network of remote cameras. The researchers believe a large-scale, connected network that collects and manages data from remote cameras could help meet goals to conserve wildlife and other natural resources. “There is so much remote-camera data collected out there by both research scientists and citizen scientists, we just need to link it together,” Steenweg says.