Finding Gulo
“Finding Gulo” follows a backcountry ski guide & field biologist who set out to document an elusive population of wolverines. This short film celebrates the power of community science to protect endangered wildlife in the face of climate change.
Gallery
Films
Trailing Wolverines
Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Episode, November 2025
These Activists Track Wolverines and the Impact of Climate Change
Patagonia Action Works feature, September 2025
Wolverines & Climate Change in Cascadia
Two-minute primer video “Wolverines and Climate Change in the Cascadia Bioregion” video by Dave for Cascadia Partner Forum
OPB Science From the Northwest
PBS, Science from the Northwest, November 2022, “Cascades Wolverine Project” television episode https://www.pbs.org/video/cascades-wolverine-project-htrecd/
Cascades Wolverine Project
2017
Monitoring Wolverines: 5 Years of Camera Trapping in the North Cascades
The Cascades Wolverine Project has been monitoring wolverines in the North Cascades since late 2017. Here is a rundown of what and who we’ve seen at our remote winter camera trapping stations!
Podcasts
Wolverines threatened | KUOW Seattle Public Radio
Land Ethic Podcast, Episode 38, December 2022, “Steph Williams”
Holden Village Podcast, multiple episodes
News
- Pacific Northwest Magazine, April 2024, “Marveling at Wolverines”
https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/methow-researchers-marvel-at-wa-wolverines-existence-and-elusiveness - Cascadia Daily, September 2024, “Community Scientists Can Help Track Scarce Wolverines in the Washington Backcountry”
http://www.cascadiadaily.com/2024/sep/17/community-scientists-can-help-track-scarce-wolverines-in-the-wa-backcountry/ - Seattle Times, January 2020 “Bringing back the spirit animal of the backcountry”
https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/shop-northwest/bringing-back-the-spirit-animal-of-the-backcountry/#:~:text=Wolverines%20in%20Washington&text=%E2%80%9CThey’re%20the%20spirit%20animal,its%20genetic%20diversity%20were%20extinguished. - Sierra Magazine, August 2020 “Tracking wolverines in the Cascades”
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/tracking-wolverines-cascades - Spokesman-Review, June 15, 2021, “Community science is helping track wolverines in the Cascades”
https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/jun/15/dr-matthew-scrafford-community-science-is-helping-/ - Outside Online, November 2022, Adventure & Environment, profile & post
https://www.outsideonline.com/video/these-washington-environmentalists-are-trying-to-save-the-elusive-wolverine/?scope=initial - Winter Wildlands Alliance, October 2022, film review
https://winterwildlands.org/bcff-finding-the-gulo-gusto/ - Adventures NW Magazine, December 2021, “Searching for Phantoms: Wolverines in the North Cascades”
https://www.adventuresnw.com/searching-for-phantoms-wolverines-in-the-north-cascades/ - Earth Island Journal, Summer 2019 “Tale of Three Weasels”
http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/tale-of-three-weasels-wolverines-fishers-martens-washington - Adventure Journal, Issue 27, January 2023, “Wolverine Stories,” print & online Fall 2022
