Thomas Knowles from Echo Conservation, myself, and wildlife conservation photographer John E. Marriott after setting up trail camera’s on a cougar trail. BC, Canada.
A cougar track and scrape in the deep snow of BC, Canada.
After a day of tracking, we found this range to be perfect cougar habitat with a healthy population of cougars.
Thomas Knowles of Echo Conservation ages wolf tracks to see if we are on the right trail.
Surveying cougar habitat is a bit easier with a drone up in the sky.
Canadian gray wolf tracks. BC, Canada.
Measuring the tracks of a wolf pack that we were trailing a few minutes behind. BC, Canada.
Measuring female cougar tracks in BC, Canada.
Tracks of a mother cougar and kitten in BC, Canada.
An elk cached under a tree killed by a large male cougar in BC, Canada.
Tracking a mother cougar in BC, Canada.
Wildlife conservation photographer John E. Marriott gets to ground level to take a shot of the tracks of mother cougar in BC, Canada.
Wildlife conservation photographer John E. Marriott takes a closer look at the tracks of mother cougar and kitten in BC, Canada.
Cougar tracks alongside mule deer tracks in BC, Canada.
Elk rub in BC, Canada.
Elk tracks traversing through the deep snow in BC, Canada.
Elk tracks traversing through the deep snow in BC, Canada.
Elk rub on a young spruce tree in BC, Canada.
A 150 + herd of elk traveling over a frozen river in BC, Canada.
Although the mother cougar and kitten have evaded us this time, we know they are safe and have plenty to eat out there.
Fresh tracks of a large male cougar in BC, Canada.
Tracks of a mother cougar and kitten traveling along road in BC, Canada.
Echo Conservation founder Thomas Knowles follows elk tracks in BC, Canada.
A small group of elk stand still and watch us pass by in BC, Canada.
Small spruce trees are covered by think snowfall in BC, Canada.
Mule deer tracks split as two deer decide to take separate routes.
Mule deer tracks in every direction in BC, Canada.
Thomas Knowles of Echo Conservation takes a pause as we track cougars in BC, Canada.
Although temp was near -25 F, fresh wolf and cougar tracks were everywhere.
My muck boots as I barely made it back up the hill after tracking cougars in deep snow for 8 miles in BC, Canada.
Thomas Knowles of Echo Conservation and wildlife conservation photographer John E. Marriott are fresh on the tracks of a large male cougar in BC, Canada.