Meet the TeamThis project is run by Professor Kelly Klingler of UMass Amherst. The team consists of undergraduate students that are volunteering or are doing independent research. These students are in charge of checking on the cameras (replacing batteries, replacing SD cards, etc.), as well as processing the photographs back at the lab.
Alex Wing, Melanie Morgan, and Michael Forozis checking cameras, replacing ID tags and pruning vegetation during Fall 2023
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UMass Amherst Student Involvement
Students in Professor Klingler's class "Wildlife Sampling and Identification" and "Wildlife Habitat Management" get hands on experience working with these traps as well. Camera traps are a great way of noninvasive sampling, so the students are responsible for checking on one or two camera each semester and spending time processing the photographs.
Pictured here is lead Undergrad Research Assistant, Maxwell Francke, giving a tutorial on how to properly reset a camera trap. |
![]() Here is a video created a few years ago by Jessalyn Stockwell under Todd Fuller, Chris Sutherland, and Paige Warren called "Campus Critters on Camera." This video showcases many of the different animals captured just by the few cameras located on the UMass campus.
Link to video here |
Here are some examples of past projects students have created using the camera trap data. For the final project in NRC 585: Introduction to GIS, students must use GIS software to create a poster. One of the datasets available for students to use in this class is the camera trapping data, where they can then map things like distributation and habitat.