Presented By Sara Lamar

The Southwestern Crown of the Continent (SW Crown) is a 1.5 million acre, mostly forested landscape in the Rocky Mountains of western Montana. Swan Valley Connections (SVC) has been collaborating annually with various partners to monitor rare carnivores. This monitoring project was designed to provide a baseline of the current distribution of the focal species (Canada lynx, wolverine, and fisher) in the SW Crown and to allow for tracking changes in that distribution over time.

Sara Lamar (she/her) has worked with Swan Valley Connections (SVC) for nearly a decade. As the Education Director, Sara spends much of her time connecting people of all ages to the natural world through SVC’s education programs. Sara has worked on the carnivore monitoring project for seven field seasons.

We will continue our hybrid meetings this month and continue for the remainder of the year. For those coming to the meeting on December 11th, we’ll meet in Room 26 of the Gateway Mall (United Way building) at 7pm. This room is on the east side of the building along Glenwood Drive in Kalispell. Look for our banner hanging outside.

For those who wish to join virtually, email us at info@flatheadaudubon.org to get the link. Click on the link and you will be let into a “waiting room” where you will then be added to the meeting by the host. Please sign in with your name when you enter the room so we know to admit you. You will be muted when you first join the meeting. You can use your computer’s microphone and speakers (most computers have both), and this is the preferred way to join. You can also get an audio connection to the meeting without the Zoom visual capability by using your phone.

Videos of previous presentations are available on our Videos page.