Camera traps confirm high presence of native fauna in Puyehue National Park
There are a total of 30 cameras installed by a team of park rangers, technicians and professionals from the National Forestry Corporation (CONAF) Los Lagos. The cameras also detected the presence of introduced species such as wild boar.
A total of 30 camera traps installed in the Puyehue National Park by a team of park rangers, technicians and professionals from the National Forestry Corporation (CONAF) Los Lagos have detected puma, fox, pudu deer, crested caracara and kodkod among the native species. Wild boar was identified among the species that have been introduced.
The monitoring system allows the species in the protected area to be verified and any existing threats to be identified, as in the case of the wild boar.
One of the most important aspects of this technology, which CONAF uses throughout Chile, is that it places value on the great conservation work that these units carry out, where the role of park rangers is fundamental.
This was highlighted by the regional director of CONAF Los Lagos, Miguel Leiva, who stated, “this is the first monitoring that has been carried out in the Puyehue National Park using camera traps, where 30 have been installed. This has resulted in us verifying the rich presence of existing fauna, such as the puma, fox, pudu deer and two types of kodkod. We could also see the presence of wild boar, an introduced animal. The recordings also confirm the strong presence of puma in different sectors of the park. This is a great achievement of the conservation and protection work carried out by our park rangers.”
Puyehue National Park was created in 1941 and covers an area of 107,000 hectares (264,403 acres). The park’s largest sector is in Osorno Province, in the municipality of Puyehue, Los Lagos Region. However, it also extends in its northern area into the municipality of Río Bueno, Los Ríos Region.
