While not directly linked to the North Olympic Peninsula, this is more bad news for species facing a warming climate. I post this to offset the anti-science based notion that the species will simply ‘follow the food north’. That doesn’t appear to be what is happening.
A massive monitoring study led by Washington State University researchers has found lynx on only about 20% of its potential habitat in the state. The study, published recently in the Journal of Wildlife Management, covered more than 4,300 square miles (7,300 km) in northeastern Washington with camera traps but detected lynx in only 29 out of 175 monitored areas.
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I live 5 1/2 miles up Blue Mountain Road. I and several neighbors have seen lynx up here. No, they are NOT bobcats. We see them too.
Great to hear! As the article stated, the WSU study showed that while they still are around, their numbers are in decline.