Alaskan Wolves
Project Goals: estimate wolf occupancy on outlier islands, quantify the frequency of occurrence of prey species through wolf scat, and assess population connectivity between islands.
Kayla's PhD project under the advisory of Dr. Taal Levi centers on the use of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and detection dogs to study wolves across an island complex in the Tongass National Forest.

Project Details
Project Location: 22 islands in the Alexander Archipelago in southeastern Alaska, USA
Project Partners: Oregon State University and Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Project Duration: 4 months
Targets Found (approx): 818 in 2024
Target Species

Alexander Archipelago wolf
Canis lupus ligoni