Scientists get video of a wolverine in the Sierra Nevada

Wolverine in snow - Steve Kroschel
Wolverine in snow – Steve Kroschel

Following news of a wolverine that showed up near Havre comes this story of another one hanging out in the Sierra Nevada . . .

Scientists following up on a rare wolverine sighting in the Sierra Nevada set up cameras and captured video of the animal scurrying in the snow, scaling a tree and chewing on bait.

They believe the wolverine is the same one that eight years ago became the first documented in the area since the 1920s.

Chris Stermer, a wildlife biologist with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, set up the remote cameras in the Tahoe National Forest after officials at a field station sent him photos in January of unusual tracks in the snow near Truckee.

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