CDFW has been tasked with preparing a statewide Bobcat Management Plan to maintain and improve bobcat population health throughout California based on a current status assessment. To measure bobcat population density and habitat use, we are deploying camera trap grids and collecting bobcat scats along transects for DNA analysis in 48 sites. These study locations are 40 sq km in size and are chosen to represent the diverse habitats throughout the state. One of our study locations is on military lands within Fort Irwin in the Mojave Desert.

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