North Carolina's Candid Critters is a statewide camera trap survey run by the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in collaboration with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. This project is focused on surveying mammals across all 100 counties in North Carolina in order to identify what species are living where, providing information that will be used to enhance management and conservation practices. Participants can use their own cameras (limited to certain brands) or borrow one from us. Cameras borrowed from us can be checked out through participating libraries.
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