There are a few more eyes these days on what’s happening in woods and around streams across P.E.I. The Forests, Fish and Wildlife division has 40 cameras watching year-round for trends in wildlife species. Eight more cameras were added this year to a project by watershed groups looking for river otters, which had disappeared from the Island. CBC’s Nancy Russell hit the trails to find out more.
Prince Edward Island wildlife groups are increasingly turning to technology to monitor what’s happening in woods and streams across the Island.
The Forests, Fish and Wildlife division has 40 cameras watching year-round for trends in wildlife species, including coyotes and foxes.
“We get a lot of neat behavioural photos like coyotes looking at the camera,” said Matt Ginn, wildlife biologist. “Also, we’ve got a few red fox with snowshoe hare, which is interesting. So we know that they’re able to find snowshoe hare …