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The Seattle Times, May 3, 2024


About Place Journal, October 2023


Tideland, Summer 2023


Rewilding Earth, February 9, 2023


Tideland, Winter 2022


The Seattle Times, November 29, 2022


Deep Wild, Volume 4, 2022


A Trio of Gardens (pp. 20-21)

Tideland, Summer 2022



Tideland, Spring 2022


Wild Hope, Volume 10, 2021


Earth Island Journal, Autumn 2021


The Wildlife Professional, July/August 2021


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Wild Hope, Volume 9, 2020


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Wild Hope, Volume 8, 2020


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Rewilding Earth, March 21, 2020


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Deep Wild, Volume 1, 2019


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Earth Island Journal, Summer 2019


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Wild Hope, Volume 6, 2019


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For Love of Orcas (anthology), 2019


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American Forests, Winter/Spring 2019


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Earth Island Journal, December 19, 2018


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Inside Ecology, November 1, 2018


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Earth Island Journal, October 25, 2018



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Wild Hope, Volume 5, 2018


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Earth Island Journal, May 24, 2018



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Earth Island Journal, April 4, 2018


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Earth Island Journal, March 21, 2018


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Wild Again (with John Davis)

Earth Island Journal, Summer 2016


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Siblings: Our First Macrocosm (anthology), 2015


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Washington Trails, July/August, 2014


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Conservation Northwest Quarterly, Spring/Summer, 2012



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The Bark. November 2008


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Wildlife Conservation, November/December, 2004

Scientific Publications

R.A. Long, P. MacKay, J.D. Sauder, M. Sinclair, K.B. Aubry, and C.M. Raley. 2024. An overwinter protocol for detecting wolverines and other carnivores at camera traps paired with automated scent dispensers. Ecology and Evolution, May 2. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11290

H. Shamon et. al. SNAPSHOT USA 2021: A third coordinated national camera trap survey of the United States. 2024. Ecology, May 1. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.4318

A.C. Burton, C. Beirne, K.M. Gaynor, et al. 2024. Mammal responses to global changes in human activity vary by trophic group and landscapeNature Ecology and Evolution, March 18. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-024-02363-2

J.T. Fisher et al. 2022. Wolverines (Gulo gulo) in a changing landscape and warming climate: A decadal synthesis of global conservation ecology research. Global Ecology and Conservation, vol. 34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2022.e02019

T.W. Franklin, K.S. McKelvey, J.D. Golding, et al. 2019. Using environmental DNA methods to improve winter surveys for rare carnivores: DNA from snow and improved noninvasive techniquesBiological Conservation 229:50–58.

 

R.A. Long and P. MacKay. 2012. Noninvasive methods for surveying martens, fishers, and sables. In: Biology and Conservation of Martens, Sables, and Fishers: A new synthesis. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press.

 

R.A. Long, T.M. Donovan, P. MacKay, J.S. Buzas, and W.J. Zielinski. 2010. Predicting carnivore occurrence with noninvasive survey data and occupancy modelingLandscape Ecology 26:327–340.

 

P. MacKay and R. Long. 2009. Noninvasive carnivore research. In: Encyclopedia of Animal Rights and Animal WelfareM. Bekoff (ed.). Westport, CT: Greenwood.

 

R.A. Long, P. MacKay, J.C. Ray, and W.J. Zielinski (eds.). 2008. Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores. Washington, DC: Island Press.

 

P. MacKay, D. Smith, M. Parker, and R.A. Long. 2008. Scat detection dogs. In: Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores, R.A. Long et al. (eds.). Washington, DC: Island Press.

 

P. MacKay, W.J. Zielinski, R.A. Long, and J.C. Ray. 2008. Noninvasive research and carnivore conservation. In: Noninvasive Survey Methods for Carnivores, R.A. Long et al. (eds.). Washington, DC: Island Press.

 

R.A. Long, T.M. Donovan, P. MacKay, J.S. Buzas and W.J. Zielinski. 2007. Comparing detection dogs, cameras, and hair snares for detecting carnivoresJournal of Wildlife Management 71:2018–2025.

 

R.A. Long, T.M. Donovan, P. MacKay, W.J. Zielinski and J.S. Buzas. 2007. Effectiveness of scat detection dogs for detecting forest carnivoresJournal of Wildlife Management 71:2007–2017.