Recent heavy rains down on the Ladder has destroyed 5 of our remote cameras. Unfortunately, this is a significant set back for our detection probability study. Eleven cameras still remain in our sampling grid. Above are a few of our more interesting recent photos. Immediately above we have a rare photo of a badger. Out of more than 1,000 camera nights on the Armendaris Ranch in 2006-2007 we recorded only 3 badger photos. This likely has more to do with the placement of cameras and badger habitat preferences than it does with badger abundance.