Publication Date
2026
College
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Department
College Corp
Document Type
Poster
Description
Recreational trails are widespread in protected forests, yet their effects on wildlife remain understudied. As part of a College Corps fellowship with the Bureau of Land Management, we used motion-activated cameras at 30 sites along the Elk River Trail, CA, to test whether trail surface (paved vs. unpaved) influenced nighttime mammal detections and whether responses varied by body size. Eight species were detected, with the gray fox being the most frequently observed. Detections were higher on paved trails (p = 0.005), but no consistent species-level or body size effects were found.
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