EITW Game Check Stations

The Eyes In The Woods Association Inc. (EITW), working with WDFW Regions 6 & 5 Staff have a 11+ year successful history of conducting volunteer biological data-gathering check stations; now a component of the EITW Property Watch Land Access program, check stations can serve several purposes.

This project is In accordance with the “Olympic” & “Mt. St. Helens” wildlife management plans; WDFW Wildlife Management has requested that we increase our check station efforts with the addition of projects in Region 3.  This requires an estimated 1,373 volunteer man-days over the 2009-2011 hunting seasons.

Volunteer Participation

EITW Volunteer’s efforts include; attend trainings, signup for one or more dates/locations, travel to/from site (some volunteers camp in remote sites for days), station setup at 7:00 am (i.e. setup shelters, tables, tissue sample jars/containers & forms, road signs, traffic safety cones, etc.), collect data from hunters and their harvested game, clean & sterilize equipment, inventory, teardown, cleanup, and the completion of required WDFW & EITW forms.  Note: (Remote sites may only see a handful of hunters and a couple of animal’s per-weekend, in comparison to the 1200+ hunters and 100+ animals at the Vail Tree Farm site.)

Volunteer Training Requirements

n     Working with WDFW Staff, we developed a comprehensive Check Station Training for volunteers.  Citizens receive ;

¨    WDFW Volunteer Orientation

¨    WDFW Safety & conduct procedures

¨    Extraction wildlife DNA & Chronic Wasting Disease samples

¨    Documentation of hunter and harvest data

¨    Aging of deer, elk, and other specific wildlife data.

¨    State-band Radio Protocols

We will be posting Check Station training dates and check station sign-up information on our calendar.