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In The News

The BBC interviewed Dr. Laura Prugh about cougars on and episode of their podcast, Tooth and Claw (1/9/2023)

Our new research paper on mule deer - predator interactions in fire-affected landscapes was covered in the Conversation (10/19/2022), by NW Sportsman magazine (9/30/2022), on the blog of the Journal of Animal Ecology (10/6/2022), by The Wildlife Society (11/7/2022) and in the Methow Valley News (11/30/2022)

Emerging findings from Taylor Ganz's research are shared in the Spokesman-Review (7/28/2022)

Dr. Laura Prugh and Trent Roussin of the WPPP comment on a recent wolf poaching in an article from Crosscut (7/2/2021)

Writer, science teacher, and nature enthusiast Emily Parent went hiking with WPPP researcher Taylor Ganz to discuss the Predator Prey Project - read the write up at the Trail Scholar Blog (6/3/2021)

​Taylor Ganz chats with the Pend Oreille Conservation District about what deer and elk are up to at this time of year in their spring newsletter (4/24/2021)

​The Spokesman-Review features a new short film about our project! Get a glimpse into the field work we've conducted past few years and what we hope to find out with the data we've collected (3/25/2021)

Summer volunteer Sam Sodke highlighted by the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point for his work on the WPPP. Sam reports that working on the WPPP field crew has been his favorite summer job! (1/11/2021)

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife released "How to Count a Wolf", a short film detailing how they conduct their annual wolf count and includes methods being tested by the WPPP (11/19/2020)

The University of Washington features Dr. Aaron Wirsing's new paper on the non-consumptive effects of predators on prey (10/7/2020)

Clara Hoffman was interviewed by Whitman College, where she is an undergraduate, about her work this summer volunteering on the WPPP's ungulate crew (7/21/2020)

The Spokesman-Review reports on Dr. Laura Prugh's research on the effects of large predators on smaller carnivores and prey species, highlighting our current work in Washington (4/2/2020)

Spokane Public Radio interviews Dr. Laura Prugh about her new paper on carnivore-carnivore interactions (3/30/2020)

Dr. Laura Prugh's new paper on interactions between carnivores highlighted by the University of Washington (3/18/2020)

Read about cougars using human landscapes in a High Country News article featuring Ph. D Candidate Lauren Satterfield (3/1/2020)

Learn what challenges Ph. D. Candidate Lauren Satterfield and other cougar biologists face when tracking these elusive carnivores in a short video on Crosscut's "Human Elements" series (2/17/2020)

Findings from some our genetic investigations highlighted by The Wildlife Society (11/20/2019)

Ph. D. Candidate Lauren Satterfield awarded prestigious NASA grant to examine how predator-prey interactions influence wildfire conditions in Washington (8/21/2019)

Congratulations to Dr. Laura Prugh for being awarded the 2019 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in recognition of her work on the WPPP (7/9/2019)

​Tracking Cougars, Watching Wolves - Ph.D. Candidate Lauren Satterfield featured in the Methow Valley News (3/27/2019)

Women in Wildlife - Read about the careers of some of the researchers and biologists who work on the WPPP in the Spokesman-Review (1/24/2019)

Wildlife Whodunit - Ph.D. Student Taylor Ganz awarded funds from the Hall Conservation Genetics Grant to analyze genetic evidence of predators at deer and elk mortalities (5/4/2018)

Impact of wolves on elk, deer, cougars studied in predator-prey research - The WPPP highlighted in the Spokesman-Review (2/15/2017)

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  • Overview
  • Research Topics
    • Community Dynamics
    • Wolf-Cougar Interactions
    • Carnivore-Ungulate Interactions
    • Mesopredators
  • Products
  • Outreach
  • Updates
    • Updates from the field (blog)
    • WPPP in the news
    • COVID-19 Statement
  • People
  • Partners