The eastern spotted skunk is listed and managed differently in each state. Below, we have summarized the various classifications, monitoring, research, and contact information for each state alphabetically.
Alabama
Population status: The species is uncommon but widely distributed in disjunct populations across the state's forested regions. Major threats include habitat loss caused by the conversion of forests to intensive agriculture and urban/residential development, as well as disease and roadkill.
Classification: Nongame Vertebrate Protected by Regulation. Classified as S2S3 and of High Conservation Concern.
Legal Status: No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring: The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) continues limited camera surveillance each winter to discover new populations across the state.
Date of last sighting: 2024, captured during ADCNR camera trap survey.
Research: Master’s student Darcey Gans at Auburn University (advisors: Drs. Robert Gitzen and Chris Lepcyzk) is conducting eastern spotted skunk camera trap surveys in Alabama. This effort is part of a three-year collaborative project with ADCNR to evaluate non-volant mammal diversity on wildlife management areas. Detections of eastern spotted skunks from the study will be combined with past observations to create a multivariate species distribution model.
Contact: Keith Hudson, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, [email protected]
Classification: Nongame Vertebrate Protected by Regulation. Classified as S2S3 and of High Conservation Concern.
Legal Status: No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring: The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) continues limited camera surveillance each winter to discover new populations across the state.
Date of last sighting: 2024, captured during ADCNR camera trap survey.
Research: Master’s student Darcey Gans at Auburn University (advisors: Drs. Robert Gitzen and Chris Lepcyzk) is conducting eastern spotted skunk camera trap surveys in Alabama. This effort is part of a three-year collaborative project with ADCNR to evaluate non-volant mammal diversity on wildlife management areas. Detections of eastern spotted skunks from the study will be combined with past observations to create a multivariate species distribution model.
Contact: Keith Hudson, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, [email protected]
Arkansas
Population status: Rare
Classification: Furbearer
Legal Status: Trapping Season. No hunting season
Monitoring: Request info from trappers on surveys regarding captures. No active monitoring.
Date of last sighting: March 11, 2024
Research: No active research.
Contact: Blake Sasse, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, 213A Highway 89 South, Mayflower, AR 72106. [email protected]. 501-350-5703
Classification: Furbearer
Legal Status: Trapping Season. No hunting season
Monitoring: Request info from trappers on surveys regarding captures. No active monitoring.
Date of last sighting: March 11, 2024
Research: No active research.
Contact: Blake Sasse, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, 213A Highway 89 South, Mayflower, AR 72106. [email protected]. 501-350-5703
Colorado
Population status: Thought to be extremely rare or extirpated.
Classification: Non-game species
Legal Status: No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring: Known only from a few specimens found at the eastern border.
Date of last sighting: Unknown.
Research: No CPW sponsored studies currently underway or planned.
Contact: Eric Odell, [email protected]
Classification: Non-game species
Legal Status: No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring: Known only from a few specimens found at the eastern border.
Date of last sighting: Unknown.
Research: No CPW sponsored studies currently underway or planned.
Contact: Eric Odell, [email protected]
Florida
Population status: Genetic work by Dr. Robert Dowler and his students at Angelo State University (Shaffer et al. 2018) supports recognition of 2 subspecies of eastern spotted skunk in Florida. The range of the Appalachian, or Allegheny, spotted skunk (S. p. putorius) is recognized as extending into north Florida. The accepted range of the Florida spotted skunk (S. p. ambarvalis) covers peninsular Florida, south from, approximately, the Suwannee River. However, the break between the distributions of the 2 subspecies is not known. Based on recent work by researchers from Clemson University and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) staff (see below) and anecdotal observations at other sites in central Florida, it appears the Florida spotted skunk is at least locally abundant in some areas. At this time, the status of the Appalachian spotted skunk in Florida is not well understood, but it may be rare. Few records of spotted skunks have been reported in the Florida panhandle, and a camera trap-based monitoring effort in the panhandle produced few observations of spotted skunks (J. Gore, FWC, personal communication). The Eastern spotted skunk is listed as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Florida’s State Wildlife Action Plan.
Classification: Furbearer.
Legal Status: Trapping season (year-round with no bag limit).
Monitoring: No current dedicated monitoring.
Date of last sighting: February 2024
Research: A 2 year project headed up by Kendyl Hassler and Lisa Smith of Florida Fish and Wildlife is underway to conduct camera trap and detection dog surveys for spotted skunks on public lands throughout the entire state of Florida to evaluate habitat use, diet, and different survey methods. Additional research is being done along the Atlantic coast to study spotted skunk occupancy and abundance in coastal habitats. Previously Dr. David Jachowski ([email protected]) and Stephen Harris at Clemson University conducted a 2016-2017 study of a population in south-central Florida. Their research focused on den site selection, movement ecology and diet. The FWC staff at the Three Lakes WMA in south-central Florida conducted a 2016–2018, grid-based, mark-recapture study of the population there to assess density and other population parameters.
Contact: Terry Doonan, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, [email protected]; Lisa Smith, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, [email protected]
Classification: Furbearer.
Legal Status: Trapping season (year-round with no bag limit).
Monitoring: No current dedicated monitoring.
Date of last sighting: February 2024
Research: A 2 year project headed up by Kendyl Hassler and Lisa Smith of Florida Fish and Wildlife is underway to conduct camera trap and detection dog surveys for spotted skunks on public lands throughout the entire state of Florida to evaluate habitat use, diet, and different survey methods. Additional research is being done along the Atlantic coast to study spotted skunk occupancy and abundance in coastal habitats. Previously Dr. David Jachowski ([email protected]) and Stephen Harris at Clemson University conducted a 2016-2017 study of a population in south-central Florida. Their research focused on den site selection, movement ecology and diet. The FWC staff at the Three Lakes WMA in south-central Florida conducted a 2016–2018, grid-based, mark-recapture study of the population there to assess density and other population parameters.
Contact: Terry Doonan, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, [email protected]; Lisa Smith, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, [email protected]
Georgia
Population status: Present but thought to be rare or extirpated across most of their range.
Classification: Furbearer species; State high priority species. Classified in 2025 SWAP as S2 imperiled.
Legal Status: Legal to trap during the furbearer trapping season.
Monitoring: Spotted skunks are reported yearly with some being trapped every year during the trapping season. Georgia DNR has conducted periodic camera trapping monitoring statewide and gets reports from the public via social media pushes and an iNaturalist project DNR manages for SWAP mammals. Biologists from the Chattahoochee National Forest have been camera trapping recently.
Date of last sighting: March 2024
Research: Dr. Steven Castleberry’s lab at the University of Georgia has been conducting some research efforts in the state, primarily looking at monitoring techniques.
Contact: Katrina Morris, Wildlife Conservation Section, GA DNR, [email protected] or Emily Ferrall, Wildlife Conservation Section, GA DNR, [email protected]
Classification: Furbearer species; State high priority species. Classified in 2025 SWAP as S2 imperiled.
Legal Status: Legal to trap during the furbearer trapping season.
Monitoring: Spotted skunks are reported yearly with some being trapped every year during the trapping season. Georgia DNR has conducted periodic camera trapping monitoring statewide and gets reports from the public via social media pushes and an iNaturalist project DNR manages for SWAP mammals. Biologists from the Chattahoochee National Forest have been camera trapping recently.
Date of last sighting: March 2024
Research: Dr. Steven Castleberry’s lab at the University of Georgia has been conducting some research efforts in the state, primarily looking at monitoring techniques.
Contact: Katrina Morris, Wildlife Conservation Section, GA DNR, [email protected] or Emily Ferrall, Wildlife Conservation Section, GA DNR, [email protected]
Iowa
Population status: Eastern spotted skunks are listed as endangered (S1) on the Iowa State Wildlife Action Plan.
Classification: Endangered.
Legal Status: No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring: Currently, there is no dedicated monitoring occurring in Iowa for the spotted skunk. However, wildlife monitoring occurs throughout the state for the wildlife action plan.
Date of last sighting: The most recent sightings in Iowa include the following: two to three spotted skunks were reported/documented in the Camp Dodge (Polk Co.) area on 7/20/14. This was the first documented case of spotted skunks in Iowa in the past 20 years; one spotted skunk was found dead on a road in Sac County, Iowa, April 2016.
Research: No ongoing research, neither is any planned.
Contact: Vince Evelsizer, [email protected]
Classification: Endangered.
Legal Status: No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring: Currently, there is no dedicated monitoring occurring in Iowa for the spotted skunk. However, wildlife monitoring occurs throughout the state for the wildlife action plan.
Date of last sighting: The most recent sightings in Iowa include the following: two to three spotted skunks were reported/documented in the Camp Dodge (Polk Co.) area on 7/20/14. This was the first documented case of spotted skunks in Iowa in the past 20 years; one spotted skunk was found dead on a road in Sac County, Iowa, April 2016.
Research: No ongoing research, neither is any planned.
Contact: Vince Evelsizer, [email protected]
Kansas
Population status: S1 Critically Imperiled. Plains Spotted Skunks are thought to be rare or extirpated across much of their historic range.
Classification: State Threatened, Tier 1 SGCN
Legal status: Furbearer with a closed trapping season.
Monitoring: KDWP has solicited observations from the public through social media platforms, news releases, and published hunting regulations. We attempt to confirm spotted skunk reports we receive by verifying photographs, setting baited camera traps near report locations, and collecting carcasses.
Date of last sighting: March 2020.
Research: KDWP contracted Pittsburg State University (PSU) to survey for Plains Spotted Skunks using baited camera traps. Combined, PSU and KDWP deployed 1,367 camera traps across 29 counties from 2016-2023. The study targeted state designated critical habitat and areas with contemporary spotted skunk records. We recorded 15 Plains Spotted Skunk detections at 6 locations. The project is currently in its final year.
Contact: Zack Cordes, [email protected]
Classification: State Threatened, Tier 1 SGCN
Legal status: Furbearer with a closed trapping season.
Monitoring: KDWP has solicited observations from the public through social media platforms, news releases, and published hunting regulations. We attempt to confirm spotted skunk reports we receive by verifying photographs, setting baited camera traps near report locations, and collecting carcasses.
Date of last sighting: March 2020.
Research: KDWP contracted Pittsburg State University (PSU) to survey for Plains Spotted Skunks using baited camera traps. Combined, PSU and KDWP deployed 1,367 camera traps across 29 counties from 2016-2023. The study targeted state designated critical habitat and areas with contemporary spotted skunk records. We recorded 15 Plains Spotted Skunk detections at 6 locations. The project is currently in its final year.
Contact: Zack Cordes, [email protected]
Kentucky
Population status: Imperiled because of rarity due to very restricted range, very few populations (often 20 or fewer), steep declines, or other factors making it very vulnerable to extirpation from the state.
Classification: Special of Greatest Conservation Need (Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, State Wildlife Action Plan 2024); State Special Concern S2S3 (Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves, Rare Species and Natural Communities of Kentucky 2019)
Legal status: Protected species. No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring: No formal monitoring projects are currently occurring in Kentucky in 2024. Records submitted to Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves are requested from the public.
Date of last sighting: January 2024
Research: Undergraduate and graduate projects have been completed on the species in the past 5 years. No active research is being conducted in 2024 in Kentucky. Radio telemetry research on the species is of interest.
Contact: Courtney Hayes ([email protected]), Wildlife Biologist, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Classification: Special of Greatest Conservation Need (Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, State Wildlife Action Plan 2024); State Special Concern S2S3 (Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves, Rare Species and Natural Communities of Kentucky 2019)
Legal status: Protected species. No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring: No formal monitoring projects are currently occurring in Kentucky in 2024. Records submitted to Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and the Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves are requested from the public.
Date of last sighting: January 2024
Research: Undergraduate and graduate projects have been completed on the species in the past 5 years. No active research is being conducted in 2024 in Kentucky. Radio telemetry research on the species is of interest.
Contact: Courtney Hayes ([email protected]), Wildlife Biologist, Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources
Louisiana
Population status: unknown, possibly extirpated
Classification: S1- critically imperiled
Legal status: Open to harvest during the trapping season.
Monitoring: Information on potential sightings is being solicited through social media, outreach and department publications; however, no new sightings have been confirmed.
Date of last sightings: 1985
Research: 2023 - AHDrift camera arrays deployed in Southeast Louisiana to target spotted skunk in part of their historic range. None were detected.
Contact: Jennifer Hogue Manuel, [email protected]
Classification: S1- critically imperiled
Legal status: Open to harvest during the trapping season.
Monitoring: Information on potential sightings is being solicited through social media, outreach and department publications; however, no new sightings have been confirmed.
Date of last sightings: 1985
Research: 2023 - AHDrift camera arrays deployed in Southeast Louisiana to target spotted skunk in part of their historic range. None were detected.
Contact: Jennifer Hogue Manuel, [email protected]
Maryland
Population status: Historical, possibly extirpated from the state.
Classification: The species is legally classified in Maryland as a “Protected Nongame Mammal” (COMAR 08.03.08.15) which limits take to the following conditions: (1) Permits to take protected nongame mammals may only be issued for: (a) Scientific research; (b) Educational purposes designed to further public awareness regarding the species; (c) Protection of human health and safety; or (d) To address damage to property. (2) Incidental taking permits are not required for protected nongame mammals. MD DNR currently ranks it as S1. However, the state conservation rank is likely to soon change to SH given the lack of any detections during a recently completed, intensive, multi-year survey and the lack of any records since 1967 (see below). The SH rank is defined as “Known only from historical records and some hope of rediscovery remains. There is some evidence that the species may no longer be present, but not enough to know with certainty.” The species is also designated as a species of greatest conservation need (SGNC) in the Maryland 2015 State Wildlife Action Plan. In addition, the species will likely be state listed as Endangered/Extirpated. Under this legal status, if a native species that occurred historically in MD is rediscovered, it may be state listed as Endangered through an expedited regulatory process.
Legal status: No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring: No current monitoring.
Date of last sighting: The last documented sightings were in 1967 in Garrett and Washington Counties. Other records exist from these counties as well as Allegany.
Research: Baited camera-trap surveys were conducted at 35 sites on Maryland Department of Natural Resources, National Park Service, and Army Corp of Engineers lands, in Garrett, Allegany, and Washington counties between 2015 and 2018. Camera traps were conducted both at historical sites that retained potential spotted skunk habitat, and sites throughout the species historic range identified as having suitable habitat. We requested information from the public, outdoor recreationists, and natural resource professionals via “wanted posters”, sportsmen meetings, and questionnaires. No spotted skunks were detected during our camera-trap surveys, and there were no reports that resulted in a verified sighting.
Contact: Dr. Tom Serfass, [email protected]; Kelly Pearce, [email protected]; James McCann, [email protected]
Classification: The species is legally classified in Maryland as a “Protected Nongame Mammal” (COMAR 08.03.08.15) which limits take to the following conditions: (1) Permits to take protected nongame mammals may only be issued for: (a) Scientific research; (b) Educational purposes designed to further public awareness regarding the species; (c) Protection of human health and safety; or (d) To address damage to property. (2) Incidental taking permits are not required for protected nongame mammals. MD DNR currently ranks it as S1. However, the state conservation rank is likely to soon change to SH given the lack of any detections during a recently completed, intensive, multi-year survey and the lack of any records since 1967 (see below). The SH rank is defined as “Known only from historical records and some hope of rediscovery remains. There is some evidence that the species may no longer be present, but not enough to know with certainty.” The species is also designated as a species of greatest conservation need (SGNC) in the Maryland 2015 State Wildlife Action Plan. In addition, the species will likely be state listed as Endangered/Extirpated. Under this legal status, if a native species that occurred historically in MD is rediscovered, it may be state listed as Endangered through an expedited regulatory process.
Legal status: No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring: No current monitoring.
Date of last sighting: The last documented sightings were in 1967 in Garrett and Washington Counties. Other records exist from these counties as well as Allegany.
Research: Baited camera-trap surveys were conducted at 35 sites on Maryland Department of Natural Resources, National Park Service, and Army Corp of Engineers lands, in Garrett, Allegany, and Washington counties between 2015 and 2018. Camera traps were conducted both at historical sites that retained potential spotted skunk habitat, and sites throughout the species historic range identified as having suitable habitat. We requested information from the public, outdoor recreationists, and natural resource professionals via “wanted posters”, sportsmen meetings, and questionnaires. No spotted skunks were detected during our camera-trap surveys, and there were no reports that resulted in a verified sighting.
Contact: Dr. Tom Serfass, [email protected]; Kelly Pearce, [email protected]; James McCann, [email protected]
Minnesota
Population status: Since 1996, the eastern spotted skunk has been considered threatened. In Minnesota, a species is considered as threatened if it is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future in a significant portion or all of the state’s range.
Classification: State threatened.
Legal status: Due to its status as threatened, the eastern spotted skunk does not have a season for harvesting. If one does accidently harvest an eastern spotted skunk, it should be reported immediately to the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Monitoring: Though the last effort of live-trapping to survey for the eastern spotted skunk was done in 1995, Minnesota requests that citizens who see a spotted skunk report to the state’s DNR. Periodically, request for recent sightings is sent out to groups of people that are most likely to have encountered them: farmers, trappers, fur-buyers, and wildlife managers.
Date of last sighting: 2011 (specimen collected). No verified records since then.
Research: If an eastern spotted skunk is verified, Minnesota may conduct surveys around the area of sighting to determine if a population exists.
Contact: Gerda Nordquist, [email protected]; John Erb, [email protected]
Classification: State threatened.
Legal status: Due to its status as threatened, the eastern spotted skunk does not have a season for harvesting. If one does accidently harvest an eastern spotted skunk, it should be reported immediately to the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Monitoring: Though the last effort of live-trapping to survey for the eastern spotted skunk was done in 1995, Minnesota requests that citizens who see a spotted skunk report to the state’s DNR. Periodically, request for recent sightings is sent out to groups of people that are most likely to have encountered them: farmers, trappers, fur-buyers, and wildlife managers.
Date of last sighting: 2011 (specimen collected). No verified records since then.
Research: If an eastern spotted skunk is verified, Minnesota may conduct surveys around the area of sighting to determine if a population exists.
Contact: Gerda Nordquist, [email protected]; John Erb, [email protected]
Mississippi
Population status: Rare. Only 6 confirmed observations since 2000.
Classification: Nuisance wildlife because of broad classification as “skunk”. Considered a Species of Greatest Conservation Need S1 critically imperiled because of extreme rarity.
Legal status: Furbearers Season: November 1st- March 15th, with no bag limit with a trapping license.
Monitoring: Most spotted skunk records in Mississippi predate 1960. From 2008–2010, Mississippi conducted intensive surveys using live traps and focusing on areas of historic occurrence based on specimen records at the museum. They failed to capture any specimens during these surveys. However, in January 2012 a trapper in eastern Yalobusha County captured a spotted skunk (identity was verified and a skin was collected). Following this new record, MS biologist deployed live traps at Calhoun WMA (Calhoun County) not far Yalobusha County specimen and captured one individual. In January of 2019, a spotted skunk was photographed during a camera trap survey on Canemount WMA (Claiborne County) by biologists. In Fall 2020, spotted skunk surveys began again initially using game cameras baited with sardines in oil. After two years of no detection with survey effort, MS biologist deployed AHDriFT system. In addition to survey efforts, “Have you seen me?” flyers have been posted at WMAs in state as well as circulated on social media. In 2021 in response to flyers, a member of a public shared a DOR spotted skunk found back in 2018 in Lamar County . The most recent sighting of a spotted skunk in MS is from Canemount WMA where a dead skunk was collected. Injuries were consistent with owl depredation. This marks the 6th confirmed observation in the state since 2000.
Date of last sighting: February 10, 2022
Research: AHDriFT arrays have deployed on select public lands since Fall 2022 with no detection.
Contact: Katelin Cross, [email protected]
Classification: Nuisance wildlife because of broad classification as “skunk”. Considered a Species of Greatest Conservation Need S1 critically imperiled because of extreme rarity.
Legal status: Furbearers Season: November 1st- March 15th, with no bag limit with a trapping license.
Monitoring: Most spotted skunk records in Mississippi predate 1960. From 2008–2010, Mississippi conducted intensive surveys using live traps and focusing on areas of historic occurrence based on specimen records at the museum. They failed to capture any specimens during these surveys. However, in January 2012 a trapper in eastern Yalobusha County captured a spotted skunk (identity was verified and a skin was collected). Following this new record, MS biologist deployed live traps at Calhoun WMA (Calhoun County) not far Yalobusha County specimen and captured one individual. In January of 2019, a spotted skunk was photographed during a camera trap survey on Canemount WMA (Claiborne County) by biologists. In Fall 2020, spotted skunk surveys began again initially using game cameras baited with sardines in oil. After two years of no detection with survey effort, MS biologist deployed AHDriFT system. In addition to survey efforts, “Have you seen me?” flyers have been posted at WMAs in state as well as circulated on social media. In 2021 in response to flyers, a member of a public shared a DOR spotted skunk found back in 2018 in Lamar County . The most recent sighting of a spotted skunk in MS is from Canemount WMA where a dead skunk was collected. Injuries were consistent with owl depredation. This marks the 6th confirmed observation in the state since 2000.
Date of last sighting: February 10, 2022
Research: AHDriFT arrays have deployed on select public lands since Fall 2022 with no detection.
Contact: Katelin Cross, [email protected]
Missouri
Population status: Current monitoring efforts suggest they are widespread in at least the southern half of the state but living at very low densities.
Classification: They are considered a species of conservation concern in Missouri.
Legal status: No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring: Camera trapping study and residential sighting reports.
Date of last sighting: February 2024
Research: Occupancy and resources selection study
Contact: Nate Bowersock, Black bear/ Furbearer Biologist, [email protected], (573)-815- 7900 ext. 2903
Classification: They are considered a species of conservation concern in Missouri.
Legal status: No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring: Camera trapping study and residential sighting reports.
Date of last sighting: February 2024
Research: Occupancy and resources selection study
Contact: Nate Bowersock, Black bear/ Furbearer Biologist, [email protected], (573)-815- 7900 ext. 2903
Montana
Population status: Although the historic range of this species included Montana, this may have just been from the connecting of Wyoming and North Dakota in range maps, as Montana has never had a sighting of the eastern spotted skunk. The University of Montana and the Montana Natural Heritage Program has done, and continues to do, extensive trapping throughout the state with no success of sighting an eastern spotted skunk.
Classification: Predatory animal.
Legal status: No license or reporting required for take by residents.
Monitoring: None.
Date of last sighting: None.
Research: None.
Contact: Dr. Kerry Foresman, [email protected]
Classification: Predatory animal.
Legal status: No license or reporting required for take by residents.
Monitoring: None.
Date of last sighting: None.
Research: None.
Contact: Dr. Kerry Foresman, [email protected]
Nebraska
Population status: The plains spotted skunk is considered critically imperiled in the state of Nebraska.
Classification: Plains spotted skunks are listed as furbearers and at-risk species (S1, Tier 1) in the Nebraska Natural Legacy Project (Nebraska’s State Wildlife Action Plan).
Legal status: No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring:The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission collects carcasses/observation reports from the public. Community science surveys utilizing camera traps have been conducted opportunistically since 2017.
Date of last sighting: 2017.
Research: A baited camera trap study was completed in late 2023 by a graduate student focusing on the area around the last documented sighting (2017); no new specimens were documented. Community science surveys using baited camera traps are continuing throughout the state, though participation and locations vary
Contact: Sam Wilson, [email protected]; Shaun Dunn, [email protected]
Classification: Plains spotted skunks are listed as furbearers and at-risk species (S1, Tier 1) in the Nebraska Natural Legacy Project (Nebraska’s State Wildlife Action Plan).
Legal status: No hunting or trapping season.
Monitoring:The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission collects carcasses/observation reports from the public. Community science surveys utilizing camera traps have been conducted opportunistically since 2017.
Date of last sighting: 2017.
Research: A baited camera trap study was completed in late 2023 by a graduate student focusing on the area around the last documented sighting (2017); no new specimens were documented. Community science surveys using baited camera traps are continuing throughout the state, though participation and locations vary
Contact: Sam Wilson, [email protected]; Shaun Dunn, [email protected]
North Carolina
Population status: Uncommon. Population stable to declining. Current range is western North Carolina.
Classification: Furbearer, 2015 Wildlife Action Plan Priority Species (s3, rare or uncommon in North Carolina)
Legal status: Legal to trap during the statewide regulated trapping season (October 1st through end of February). No bag limits.
Monitoring: Recording confirmed observations and conducting an annual winter camera survey (2015 to present)
Date of last sighting: March 2024
Research: North Carolina initiated a western regional camera survey in the winter of 2015. Winter 2024 was the 10th year of the survey. We have not analyzed our winter 2023 data and are still inventorying winter 2024 photos. For winter 2022, we re-surveyed 51 sites from 2018 and 5 new sites. We had 15 detections of ESSKs at 5 sites, which was our lowest number of detections since 2017, when only 8 ESSKs were detected among 51 sites. We have experienced a decline in detections since 2019. We did document a canine-distemper outbreak among ESSKs on Dupont State Forest in spring 2020, which indicates that diseases may be influencing ESSK abundance. North Carolina contracted with Clemson University to conduct a research project to increase the understanding of the basic life history traits (e.g., mortality factors, survivorship rates, habitat use, movements, reproduction) of the eastern spotted skunk in order to determine its population status (i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable) and to inform the agency on actions that can be taken to better survey, monitor and manage this species. This project was completed in March 2023 and you can request a copy of the final report from the contact below.
Contact: Colleen Olfenbuttel, P: (919) 920-6302, [email protected]
Classification: Furbearer, 2015 Wildlife Action Plan Priority Species (s3, rare or uncommon in North Carolina)
Legal status: Legal to trap during the statewide regulated trapping season (October 1st through end of February). No bag limits.
Monitoring: Recording confirmed observations and conducting an annual winter camera survey (2015 to present)
Date of last sighting: March 2024
Research: North Carolina initiated a western regional camera survey in the winter of 2015. Winter 2024 was the 10th year of the survey. We have not analyzed our winter 2023 data and are still inventorying winter 2024 photos. For winter 2022, we re-surveyed 51 sites from 2018 and 5 new sites. We had 15 detections of ESSKs at 5 sites, which was our lowest number of detections since 2017, when only 8 ESSKs were detected among 51 sites. We have experienced a decline in detections since 2019. We did document a canine-distemper outbreak among ESSKs on Dupont State Forest in spring 2020, which indicates that diseases may be influencing ESSK abundance. North Carolina contracted with Clemson University to conduct a research project to increase the understanding of the basic life history traits (e.g., mortality factors, survivorship rates, habitat use, movements, reproduction) of the eastern spotted skunk in order to determine its population status (i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable) and to inform the agency on actions that can be taken to better survey, monitor and manage this species. This project was completed in March 2023 and you can request a copy of the final report from the contact below.
Contact: Colleen Olfenbuttel, P: (919) 920-6302, [email protected]
North Dakota
Population status: Rarely documented
Classification: Species of Conservation Concern
Legal status: Unprotected
Monitoring: Document reports of occurrence when received
Date of last sighting: 5/25/2016 in Benson County.
Research: None specifically for the species; species was not documented during any other meso-carnivore research/surveys in recent decades
Contact: Stephanie Tucker, Game Management Section Leader and Furbearer Biologist, 100 N Bismarck Expressway, Bismarck, ND 58501, 701-220-1871, [email protected]
Classification: Species of Conservation Concern
Legal status: Unprotected
Monitoring: Document reports of occurrence when received
Date of last sighting: 5/25/2016 in Benson County.
Research: None specifically for the species; species was not documented during any other meso-carnivore research/surveys in recent decades
Contact: Stephanie Tucker, Game Management Section Leader and Furbearer Biologist, 100 N Bismarck Expressway, Bismarck, ND 58501, 701-220-1871, [email protected]
Ohio
Population status: No confirmed historical or current records found for eastern spotted skunks throughout the state.
Classification: All skunk species are considered a furbearer.
Legal status: Skunks can be trapped or hunted during designated seasons with no bag limit.
Monitoring: None.
Date of last sighting: None.
Research: No current research
Contact: Katie Dennison, [email protected]
Classification: All skunk species are considered a furbearer.
Legal status: Skunks can be trapped or hunted during designated seasons with no bag limit.
Monitoring: None.
Date of last sighting: None.
Research: No current research
Contact: Katie Dennison, [email protected]
Oklahoma
Population status: Currently considered very rare to nearly-extirpated from most of central Oklahoma, including the Cross Timbers, Tallgrass Prairie, and Mixed-grass Prairie ecoregions. Since 2000, over 80% of observations have been in the Ozark Highlands, Boston Mountains, and Ouachita Mountains areas in the eastern third of the state. Spilogale may be more abundant in mixed hardwood-pine woodlands in the Ouachita Mountains, but are still considered uncommon-to-rare overall
Classification: Furbearer, designated as a Tier III species of greatest conservation need (SGCN) in the Oklahoma Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy
Legal status: Closed to hunting and trapping.
Monitoring: ODWC has been soliciting observations from the public since 2017 through social media platforms, published hunting and fishing regulations, and in partnership with research cooperators (i.e., University of Central Oklahoma).
Date of last sighting: August 2020.
Research: Despite recent survey efforts, the status of plains spotted skunk in Oklahoma remains unclear. Beginning in 2023, Oklahoma State University (Robert Lonsinger, PI; Danni Brosend, MS student) initiated a new Wildlife Restoration-funded project to investigate plains spotted skunks in Oklahoma. Our work aims to better understand the influence of sampling design and approaches on camera-based spotted skunk detections, and to use that information to optimize sampling and investigate factors influencing spotted skunk space use patterns. During January–May 2023, we sampled for plains spotted skunks at 82 sites for ~14–35 days using a cluster of remote cameras with each camera receiving a different olfactory lure treatment. In 2023, we detected plains spotted skunks at 17 (20.7%) sites. Analyses indicated that site-level detection varied by time since the site was set and the combination of lures used at the site. Notably, detection was highest at sites without Fatty Acid Tablets (FATs) lure (i.e., sites including a skunk-based lure, a sardine lure, and a sweet lure) and lowest at sites without the sardine lure (i.e., sites including skunk-based lure, sweet lure, and FATs). Where spotted skunks were detected, significantly more detections occurred at cameras using sardines than either the control cameras (i.e., those with no lure) or cameras with FATs. Skunk-based lure, sweet lure, and FATs did not significantly increase the number of detections when compared to the control cameras.
Contact: Matt Fullerton, [email protected]; Jerrod Davis, [email protected]
Classification: Furbearer, designated as a Tier III species of greatest conservation need (SGCN) in the Oklahoma Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy
Legal status: Closed to hunting and trapping.
Monitoring: ODWC has been soliciting observations from the public since 2017 through social media platforms, published hunting and fishing regulations, and in partnership with research cooperators (i.e., University of Central Oklahoma).
Date of last sighting: August 2020.
Research: Despite recent survey efforts, the status of plains spotted skunk in Oklahoma remains unclear. Beginning in 2023, Oklahoma State University (Robert Lonsinger, PI; Danni Brosend, MS student) initiated a new Wildlife Restoration-funded project to investigate plains spotted skunks in Oklahoma. Our work aims to better understand the influence of sampling design and approaches on camera-based spotted skunk detections, and to use that information to optimize sampling and investigate factors influencing spotted skunk space use patterns. During January–May 2023, we sampled for plains spotted skunks at 82 sites for ~14–35 days using a cluster of remote cameras with each camera receiving a different olfactory lure treatment. In 2023, we detected plains spotted skunks at 17 (20.7%) sites. Analyses indicated that site-level detection varied by time since the site was set and the combination of lures used at the site. Notably, detection was highest at sites without Fatty Acid Tablets (FATs) lure (i.e., sites including a skunk-based lure, a sardine lure, and a sweet lure) and lowest at sites without the sardine lure (i.e., sites including skunk-based lure, sweet lure, and FATs). Where spotted skunks were detected, significantly more detections occurred at cameras using sardines than either the control cameras (i.e., those with no lure) or cameras with FATs. Skunk-based lure, sweet lure, and FATs did not significantly increase the number of detections when compared to the control cameras.
Contact: Matt Fullerton, [email protected]; Jerrod Davis, [email protected]
Pennsylvania
Population status: Unknown. Single locational sighting in 2012 outside of historic range; prior to that last sighting was early 1950s.
Classification: Species of Greatest Conservation Need, S2
Legal status: Protected species
Monitoring: None
Date of last sighting: October 2012
Research: None
Contact: Mike Scafini [email protected]
Classification: Species of Greatest Conservation Need, S2
Legal status: Protected species
Monitoring: None
Date of last sighting: October 2012
Research: None
Contact: Mike Scafini [email protected]
South Carolina
Population status: Little is known about the spotted skunk population within the state of South Carolina. Until recently, South Carolina had no spotted skunk recorded in 16 years. Under the South Carolina State Wildlife Action Plan spotted skunks are listed as a species of moderate priority. Skunks may have been taken during trapping seasons over the years, but there was no differentiation between spotted or striped skunks on the harvest report form until recently.
Classification: Furbearer.
Legal status: May be hunted/trapped during the open season.
Monitoring: During 2015–2017, intensive camera trap monitoring was conducted by Clemson University in the northwestern part of the state, confirming the presence of the species in National Forests in that region. There are no ongoing dedicated monitoring efforts.
Date of last sighting: November 2019.
Research: In 2015–2017, Clemson University graduate student Robin Eng conducted camera trap surveys to determine distribution and occupancy patterns of spotted skunk populations in the northwest corner of the state. She also conducted radiotracking of spotted skunks to determine fine-scale patterns in den site selection. Her thesis is published online, and papers regarding these two projects are published in the Journal of Wildlife Management and Journal of Mammalogy. Contact: [email protected].
Contact: Jay Butfiloski, [email protected]
Classification: Furbearer.
Legal status: May be hunted/trapped during the open season.
Monitoring: During 2015–2017, intensive camera trap monitoring was conducted by Clemson University in the northwestern part of the state, confirming the presence of the species in National Forests in that region. There are no ongoing dedicated monitoring efforts.
Date of last sighting: November 2019.
Research: In 2015–2017, Clemson University graduate student Robin Eng conducted camera trap surveys to determine distribution and occupancy patterns of spotted skunk populations in the northwest corner of the state. She also conducted radiotracking of spotted skunks to determine fine-scale patterns in den site selection. Her thesis is published online, and papers regarding these two projects are published in the Journal of Wildlife Management and Journal of Mammalogy. Contact: [email protected].
Contact: Jay Butfiloski, [email protected]
South Dakota
Population status: Besides the annual furbearer harvest report, little is known about eastern spotted skunks in South Dakota.
Classification: Furbearer, grouped with striped skunks under state law as "skunks." Also monitored by the South Dakota Natural Heritage Program as a sensitive species and included as a species of greatest conservation need in the South Dakota Wildlife Action Plan. These latter two designations do not provide legal protection for this species, but encourage reporting by the public and other wildlife agencies and allow State Wildlife Grant expenditures on this species.
Legal status: May be trapped year-round statewide.
Monitoring: Information is solicited opportunistically through the South Dakota Natural Heritage Program and South Dakota Wildlife Action Plan websites, and the South Dakota State University.
Date of last sighting: 2024
Research: SD Game, Fish and Parks conducted a State Wildlife Grant-funded project in coordination with South Dakota State University (Dr. Robert Lonsinger and Ph.D. student Kara White) and completed the following objectives: 1. Delineated the distribution of plains spotted skunks in South Dakota; 2. Quantified ecological and biological correlates with habitat selection by plains spotted skunks; and 3. Assessed plains spotted skunk interspecific interactions.
Contact: Eileen Dowd Stukel, [email protected]; Kara White, [email protected]
Classification: Furbearer, grouped with striped skunks under state law as "skunks." Also monitored by the South Dakota Natural Heritage Program as a sensitive species and included as a species of greatest conservation need in the South Dakota Wildlife Action Plan. These latter two designations do not provide legal protection for this species, but encourage reporting by the public and other wildlife agencies and allow State Wildlife Grant expenditures on this species.
Legal status: May be trapped year-round statewide.
Monitoring: Information is solicited opportunistically through the South Dakota Natural Heritage Program and South Dakota Wildlife Action Plan websites, and the South Dakota State University.
Date of last sighting: 2024
Research: SD Game, Fish and Parks conducted a State Wildlife Grant-funded project in coordination with South Dakota State University (Dr. Robert Lonsinger and Ph.D. student Kara White) and completed the following objectives: 1. Delineated the distribution of plains spotted skunks in South Dakota; 2. Quantified ecological and biological correlates with habitat selection by plains spotted skunks; and 3. Assessed plains spotted skunk interspecific interactions.
Contact: Eileen Dowd Stukel, [email protected]; Kara White, [email protected]
Tennessee
Population status: In decline.
Classification: State threatened (recently approved by Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission; still has to go through legislative formality).
Legal status: No longer on furbearer list; season closed.
Monitoring: Known occurrence locations are monitored with camera traps. One collared skunk is currently tracked weekly to den sites.
Date of last sighting: MAY 6, 2024
Research: The statewide spotted skunk distribution project by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has wrapped up with camera data analysis forthcoming. Known sites with positive detections continue to be monitored by agency staff. Recently, two skunks have been relocated rather than euthanized after being nuisance trapped. One skunk, which was underweight at time of capture, stayed with a state permitted wildlife rehabilitator for about a month and a half to overwinter and put on weight. He received rabies and distemper vaccinations while in residence with the rehabber and was released in mid-March. He has been tracked to den sites weekly and continues to do well. The other skunk was unfortunately predated.
Contact: Lindsay Shaw, Region 3 Wildlife Surveys Manager - 615-906-1935, [email protected]
Classification: State threatened (recently approved by Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission; still has to go through legislative formality).
Legal status: No longer on furbearer list; season closed.
Monitoring: Known occurrence locations are monitored with camera traps. One collared skunk is currently tracked weekly to den sites.
Date of last sighting: MAY 6, 2024
Research: The statewide spotted skunk distribution project by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has wrapped up with camera data analysis forthcoming. Known sites with positive detections continue to be monitored by agency staff. Recently, two skunks have been relocated rather than euthanized after being nuisance trapped. One skunk, which was underweight at time of capture, stayed with a state permitted wildlife rehabilitator for about a month and a half to overwinter and put on weight. He received rabies and distemper vaccinations while in residence with the rehabber and was released in mid-March. He has been tracked to den sites weekly and continues to do well. The other skunk was unfortunately predated.
Contact: Lindsay Shaw, Region 3 Wildlife Surveys Manager - 615-906-1935, [email protected]
Texas
Population status: Rare animal in need of attention. State Abundance Ranking: S1S3.
Classification: Furbearer.
Legal status: Can be trapped during the regulated seasons.
Monitoring: The Texas Nature Trackers Program and Texas Nongame and Rare Species Program within Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are initiating crowd source efforts to monitor species presence within the state
Date of last sighting: Sighting reports from public are common. Several from this year with the most recent being April 4, 2020.
Research: Angelo State University and Texas Tech University have an ongoing project in the Katy Prairie ecosystem to assess home range dynamics, landscape level habitat selection, and microhabitat usage; skunk response to habitat management; maternal denning and daytime resting location; and cause-specific mortality and survivability. Since February 2019, researchers have captured and collared 25 skunks and recorded ~ 100 records of both collared and uncollared skunks via camera traps. Contact is Dr. Robert Dowler ([email protected]). University of Illinois-Champaign has an ongoing project at Fort Hood Military Instillation to assess abundance, occupancy, habitat utilization, detection techniques, and bait preference. The project was initiated in 2019 and conclusion is planned for 2020. Contact is Charles Pekins ([email protected]).
Contact: Dana Karelus, Mammalogist. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 140 City Park Rd., Boerne, Texas 78006, P: (830) 331-8739, [email protected]
Classification: Furbearer.
Legal status: Can be trapped during the regulated seasons.
Monitoring: The Texas Nature Trackers Program and Texas Nongame and Rare Species Program within Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are initiating crowd source efforts to monitor species presence within the state
Date of last sighting: Sighting reports from public are common. Several from this year with the most recent being April 4, 2020.
Research: Angelo State University and Texas Tech University have an ongoing project in the Katy Prairie ecosystem to assess home range dynamics, landscape level habitat selection, and microhabitat usage; skunk response to habitat management; maternal denning and daytime resting location; and cause-specific mortality and survivability. Since February 2019, researchers have captured and collared 25 skunks and recorded ~ 100 records of both collared and uncollared skunks via camera traps. Contact is Dr. Robert Dowler ([email protected]). University of Illinois-Champaign has an ongoing project at Fort Hood Military Instillation to assess abundance, occupancy, habitat utilization, detection techniques, and bait preference. The project was initiated in 2019 and conclusion is planned for 2020. Contact is Charles Pekins ([email protected]).
Contact: Dana Karelus, Mammalogist. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 140 City Park Rd., Boerne, Texas 78006, P: (830) 331-8739, [email protected]
Virginia
Population status: Uncommon but widely distributed in the western half of the state, primarily in the western mountain region with a few scattered reports in the central Piedmont.
Classification: Legally classified as furbearer, also listed as Tier IV species of special concern in 2015 Virginia Wildlife Action Plan.
Legal status: Continuous closed season for hunting and trapping, pelts may not be sold (spotted skunks may be killed by landowners when they are causing damage).
Monitoring: Reports of sightings by public (request published in hunting/trapping regulation digest), citizen science project at Virginia Tech.
Date of last sighting: May 31, 2024
Research: No current research. New publication from PhD project: Home Range Size and Resource Use by Eastern Spotted Skunks in Virginia. Emily Thorne and Dr. Mark Ford, Virginia Tech, principal investigators.
Contact: Leah Card, P: (804) 801-4108, [email protected]
Classification: Legally classified as furbearer, also listed as Tier IV species of special concern in 2015 Virginia Wildlife Action Plan.
Legal status: Continuous closed season for hunting and trapping, pelts may not be sold (spotted skunks may be killed by landowners when they are causing damage).
Monitoring: Reports of sightings by public (request published in hunting/trapping regulation digest), citizen science project at Virginia Tech.
Date of last sighting: May 31, 2024
Research: No current research. New publication from PhD project: Home Range Size and Resource Use by Eastern Spotted Skunks in Virginia. Emily Thorne and Dr. Mark Ford, Virginia Tech, principal investigators.
Contact: Leah Card, P: (804) 801-4108, [email protected]
West Virginia
Population status: Spotted skunks seem to be confined to high elevation areas of the state, but recent efforts to collect observations from the state trappers association and state natural resources professionals has expanded the known range of the species.
Classification: Listed as a furbearer.
Legal status: May be trapped during the legal trapping season or hunted year-round.
Monitoring: ur dealer reports, reported incidental catches, and collected observations remain a consistent form of monitoring in WV. Standardized monitoring protocols will be developed following the completion of current research by WVDNR and Frostburg State University.
Date of last sighting: March 2020.
Research: WVDNR and Frostburg State University are studying eastern spotted skunk spatial ecology and natural history in the eastern panhandle. GPS collars and standard VHF collars are being used to track skunks to den sites and identify movements.
Contact: Mack Frantz, [email protected]
Classification: Listed as a furbearer.
Legal status: May be trapped during the legal trapping season or hunted year-round.
Monitoring: ur dealer reports, reported incidental catches, and collected observations remain a consistent form of monitoring in WV. Standardized monitoring protocols will be developed following the completion of current research by WVDNR and Frostburg State University.
Date of last sighting: March 2020.
Research: WVDNR and Frostburg State University are studying eastern spotted skunk spatial ecology and natural history in the eastern panhandle. GPS collars and standard VHF collars are being used to track skunks to den sites and identify movements.
Contact: Mack Frantz, [email protected]
Wisconsin
Population status: Three museum records exist for the spotted skunk in the state, and are found in southwestern and western Wisconsin, but there are no substantiated records here for several decades.
Classification: According to the Wisconsin Wildlife Action Plan, eastern spotted skunks are listed as an unprotected, wild animal.
Legal status: Listed as a furbearer species and can be trapped during the regulated season.
Monitoring: Wisconsin DNR Office of Applied Science oversees annual rare mammal observation surveys by all willing Department staff, in addition to accepting any rare mammal observations from the public. Wisconsin DNR has prepared awareness pamphlets/posters about spotted skunks that have been distributed to field staff and placed at nature centers and WDNR service centers to increase awareness and the likelihood of sightings being reported. These were also shared through an iNaturalist mammal project.
Date of last sighting: The last museum record for the state was 1960. Two unsubstantiated records were received in 2020.
Research: No current research. Seeking reports of spotted skunks from citizens or professional biologists around the state.
Contact: Richard Staffen, [email protected] and Shawn Rossler, [email protected]
Classification: According to the Wisconsin Wildlife Action Plan, eastern spotted skunks are listed as an unprotected, wild animal.
Legal status: Listed as a furbearer species and can be trapped during the regulated season.
Monitoring: Wisconsin DNR Office of Applied Science oversees annual rare mammal observation surveys by all willing Department staff, in addition to accepting any rare mammal observations from the public. Wisconsin DNR has prepared awareness pamphlets/posters about spotted skunks that have been distributed to field staff and placed at nature centers and WDNR service centers to increase awareness and the likelihood of sightings being reported. These were also shared through an iNaturalist mammal project.
Date of last sighting: The last museum record for the state was 1960. Two unsubstantiated records were received in 2020.
Research: No current research. Seeking reports of spotted skunks from citizens or professional biologists around the state.
Contact: Richard Staffen, [email protected] and Shawn Rossler, [email protected]
Wyoming
Population status: Classified as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Wyoming's State Wildlife Action Plan.
Classification: Classified as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Wyoming's State Wildlife Action Plan.
Legal status: Predatory Animal.
Monitoring: No formal monitoring has been conducted since 2020. Wyoming Game and Fish Department is considering monitoring in upcoming years (potentially 2026-27) to collect updated distribution and genetic information, to maintain current information on presence of western species versus plains / eastern spotted skunks in the state. Wyoming Game and Fish Department continues to solicit observations of spotted skunks from employees and the public.
Date of last sighting: The range boundary between eastern and western spotted skunks in Wyoming is unknown. All spotted skunks captured during a statewide 2017-2018 project (N=52) were genetically verified as western spotted skunk. Presence of eastern/plains spotted skunks may be very low and thus difficult to detect and confirm, or eastern/plains spotted skunks may not be present in Wyoming.
Research: Most recent research was published in 2020 by Robert Riotto Jr.: https://wsl.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/distribution-habitat-associations-spotted-skunks/docview/2489183380/se-2?accountid=29653
Contact: Heather O’Brien, Nongame Mammal Biologist – Wyoming Game and Fish Department
Classification: Classified as a Species of Greatest Conservation Need in Wyoming's State Wildlife Action Plan.
Legal status: Predatory Animal.
Monitoring: No formal monitoring has been conducted since 2020. Wyoming Game and Fish Department is considering monitoring in upcoming years (potentially 2026-27) to collect updated distribution and genetic information, to maintain current information on presence of western species versus plains / eastern spotted skunks in the state. Wyoming Game and Fish Department continues to solicit observations of spotted skunks from employees and the public.
Date of last sighting: The range boundary between eastern and western spotted skunks in Wyoming is unknown. All spotted skunks captured during a statewide 2017-2018 project (N=52) were genetically verified as western spotted skunk. Presence of eastern/plains spotted skunks may be very low and thus difficult to detect and confirm, or eastern/plains spotted skunks may not be present in Wyoming.
Research: Most recent research was published in 2020 by Robert Riotto Jr.: https://wsl.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/distribution-habitat-associations-spotted-skunks/docview/2489183380/se-2?accountid=29653
Contact: Heather O’Brien, Nongame Mammal Biologist – Wyoming Game and Fish Department
