Wildlife Diversity Report 2nd Quarter 2026

Wildlife Diversity Program Quarterly Report for April–June 2026

Motus stations being installed in 2026 under the NCWRC-USFS Good Neighbor Authority Motus agreement. Click Motus Station IDs for more information and to check for detections during fall migration.

Station

National Forest

Ranger District

Motus Station ID

16252 16253 16254 16260 16156 16283

Frying Pan Cowee Bald

Pisgah

Pisgah

Nantahala Nantahala Nantahala Croatan Uwharrie

Nantahala Nantahala Tusquittee Croatan Uwharrie Appalachian Appalachian Grandfather

Wine Spring Bald

Panther Top

Croatan

Buck Mountain Roan Mountain Camp Creek Bald

Pisgah Pisgah Pisgah

Pending installation Pending installation Pending installation Pending installation Pending authorization

Dobson Knob

Huckleberry/Oak Kb

Nantahala

Cheoah

Mt Mitchell (NC State Parks)

Pisgah coverage

Appalachian coverage

CLAYTON GIBB/NCWRC

Top: NCWRC’s partner, Garrett Rhyne, Southeast Motus Coordinator with the American Bird Conservancy, assembles a Motus station on the USFS Air Quality build- ing at Frying Pan Mountain in Haywood County. Bottom: Garrett hauls his mobile Motus workshop all over the Southeastern US to install stations.

Western NC Motus network showing 2026 installations through the USFS Good Neighbor Au- thority (GNA) Motus agreement and existing stations. Stations coded yellow, green and blue are registered under the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission Motus project #588 on Motus.org .

CLAYTON GIBB/NCWRC

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