Gray Squirrel

Sciurus caroliniensis

Location: Sandhill Wildlife Area (Babcock, WI) http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/Org/land/wildlife/reclands/sandhill/

Transportation: Project Leaders or volunteers drive

When: Late winter-early spring; weekends and sleep at Sandhill; trapping 6am-4pm

Volunteer Duties: Assist the project leaders check, bait, set traps, help identify species found, identify sex of species, ear-tagging species, determining age, gender and mass of gray squirrels captured; hiking around the woods

What to Bring: Warm clothes, food for the weekend, money, sleeping gear for the Sandhill dorm, flashlight for morning trap hours

What We Are Looking For: Trap and tag squirrels and other animals found in traps in northern vs. southern grids