Bavaria Launches Camera Study to Map Rare Alpine Snow Hare by 2028

Overview

• The Bavarian State Office for the Environment announced a research project using wildlife cameras across the Bavarian Alps.
• Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung and Bayerische Staatsforsten are partners in the effort.
• Hunters and foresters will contribute images from cameras already deployed for game monitoring.
• Officials say no valid distribution or population figures exist for the species in Bavaria.
• Climate-driven coat–snow mismatches and the field hare’s uphill expansion are cited as key pressures on the snow hare, whose northernmost range is in the Bavarian Alps.