Jocelyn founded Cascades Carnivore Project as a shoestring effort to address the conservation issues facing rare carnivores in the Cascade Mountain Range. She earned her PhD in Conservation Genetics from the University of California Davis where she focused on the ecology and conservation of the Cascade red fox. Jocelyn loves mountain ecosystems and employing genetic and ecological tools to better understand how carnivores and their habitats are faring in our modern world.

Gretchen is a professional conservation photographer who spends endless days each year hiking and camping in the remote habitats of Cascade red foxes and wolverines to track and document their behavior while collecting scat samples for DNA analysis. She photographs wildlife both in-person and with DSLR camera trap technology. Her photos have resulted in impressive discoveries and help us raise much-needed awareness for threatened carnivores and their fragile ecosystems. Gretchen is happiest roaming around in the mountains with wildlife but when not in the field she also handles communications.

Patt has spent most of her career in the finance, operations, and administration of medium-sized businesses. After selling her very successful background check service, Patt moved to directing of nonprofits, primarily in wildlife and conservation. Analyzing and organization of financial systems to make for efficient and profitable business is where she excels. Fundraising and event management is the fun stuff, and Patt and her team have put on some very successful events over the years. Patt lives in Olympia, WA with her husband and three dogs.

Nate is a mountain adventurer and wildlife ecologist from Seattle who has spent most of his life exploring the Cascades. He is currently leading Cascade red fox trapping and GPS telemetry efforts as a Ph.D. student researcher with Dr. Sarah Converse in the Quantitative Conservation Laboratory at the University of Washington. His research interests include carnivore population dynamics, conflicts at the human-wildlife interface, and intraguild interactions in changing montane landscapes.

Brittany is excited to partner on her M.Sc. studying Canada lynx stress and their gut microbiome in the face of climate change. She earned her B.Sc. in Wildlife Biology and Conservation at the University of Alaska Fairbanks where she spent most of her time looking at hoary marmot hairs. Though marmots will always have a special place in her heart, her real passion is carnivore conservation. Previously, she managed our organizational administration, our community science program, and our photographic and genetic collections for our long-term research projects in the Cascades Range.

Megan is from Wisconsin and has worked in wildlife conservation for the past eight years. She came across CCP several years ago and has loved being a small part of our work in carnivore conservation. Megan is currently based in Utah but remains involved with CCP through remote volunteering and her position managing our wolverine identification database.

Zachary Minthorn

Heritage University Wildlife Science Intern

Zachary is a Yakama enrolled member and a junior at Heritage University located on the Yakama Reservation where he is majoring in Environmental Science. He loves being in the field working, whether it's for Geology, Fisheries, or a research experience for undergraduates. His favorite moments have come from being in the field learning from experts. Outside of class he has many interests, but his favorite (right now) is building and driving 1/10 scale rock crawlers.

SYLVIA PERRIN

HOOD RIVER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL INTERN

Sylvia is a senior in Hood River, Oregon with a passionate love of exploring and the outdoors. She enjoys spending her time with friends and family out in nature and up on the mountain. She runs competitively and plans to attend Tufts University next year for track and cross country. She is so excited to work at CCP!

Scott Shively

Field BIOLOGIST

Scott led many of our field efforts and was the driver behind many research successes. He has worked as a wildlife biologist since 2011 primarily studying montane and forest carnivores, and raptors. He has led raptor migration monitoring sites for HawkWatch International, conducted wildlife surveys for the USFS, and studied American kestrels for Boise State University. He enjoys the challenge of studying mountain carnivores in their remote habitats and is passionate about conserving those wild places and protecting public lands.

Kayla Shively

CARNIVORE COLLABORATOR

Kayla collaborated on several of our carnivore projects. She completed a B.A. at the University of Iowa and a graduate certificate in Wildlife Management at the Oregon State University. She has studied golden eagles and other raptors, and spent 4 years as a Wilderness Ranger for the US Forest Service. Her favorite aspect of her current role is glimpsing the lives of rare carnivores by following their tracks through the snow. For her MSc, she is studying the fisher, a rare carnivore recently reintroduced to the Cascades, at the University of Washington.