Bright spots in a harsh desert: Life in the Great Gobi - Snow Leopard Trust Website
"I have been managing the camera work at the LTES program in Mongolia and it has been so exciting to see our knowledge grow over the years. We really have to climb to reach the spots where snow leopards roam, but I know it will be worth it when we see them on the screen!" – Pujii, Research Manager It has been at least a decade since Snow Leopard Trust has conducted research on snow leopard populations in the area, so, despite all the preparatory work and research-based assumptions, our field team was not sure that our new cameras would find a snow leopard in the Great Gobi A Strictly Protected Area . The reserve, one of the largest in the world, certainly may not seem to be brimming with life upon first observation, and we knew the area to be low-occupancy at best for snow leopards based on recent surveys. But we remained hopeful nonetheless and were excited to add this new location to the PAWS initiative. This extremely arid desert receives little rain and yearly t...