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Yellowstone crowdsources visitor photos to help study wolf disease, dynamics

Kickstarter campaign to raise $7,000 for a website that will solicit, organize and archive wolf photos.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/504644378/yellowstone-wolf-project-citizen-science?ref=live

The next time you visit Yellowstone National Park and manage to snap a great wolf photo, you could also be helping researchers as they monitor everything from infectious diseases to breeding habits among the elusive animals.

A Penn State University graduate student working on the Yellowstone Wolf Project has launched an Internet campaign to raise funds for a website that will let visitors upload wolf photos along with location information and other data. The goal is to track the spread and progress of sarcoptic mange among individual wolves and packs. But the effort could also prove helpful to other areas of wolf research.

Full Story: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/yellowstone-crowdsources-visitor-photos-to-help-study-wolf-disease-dynamics/article_50e264b7-4641-531e-8447-7362f34ef2e1.html

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