Project CAT Objectives:
To gain a better understanding of the ecology of cougars in a rapidly developing area in Central Washington and to provide education to the local community for the commonly mis-understood and secretive carnivore.
Project CAT Partners Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Cle Elum-Rosyln School District Kittitas County communities Paciific Education Institute Washington State University University of Washington Central Washington University |  |
Project CAT has been a unifying theme linking the K-12 curriculum across grade levels and subject areas. Students, primarily 8th - 12th graders under the supervision of science teacher Trish Griswold, have been working with professionals in the field of wildlife biology to conduct real scientific research in the Upper Kittitas County. Now in its 8th and final year, Project CAT has touched students of almost every grade level, many participating in cougar captures led by WDFW research scientist Gary Koehler and WSU graduate student Ben Maletzke, where animals are collared to monitor their movement patterns. Each year students help develop a research question pertaining to the cougars and their habitat. Students conduct community outreach through a program called "Cougarwise" where they present their research results and on wildlife awareness. Several of these students have participated in public presentations at the Washington Science Teachers Association, WSU and as far away as the Mountain Lion Workshop in Wyoming and Idaho as well as the Carnivore Conference in Florida.
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We greatly appreciate the financial contributions
and in-kind donations from our many supporters!
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
Cle Elum - Roslyn School District
Washington State Department of Transportation
Pacific Education Institute
The Cougar Fund
Laura Foreman
Canopy
Dallas Likens
Windermere
Plum Creek Timber Co.
Puget Sound Energy
Discurn Foundation
Suncadia
Cascade Field & Stream
Inland Telephone
Safari Club
Olympic Taxidermy
UKC Rotary
Central Washington University
University of Washington
Nature Mapping
Washington State University
Boeing
Local landowners and community support
Website developed by:
Cle Elum-Roslyn Students
Christine Cranston
Ben Maletzke
Kristina Proszek
