As a wildlife photographer, Tom is passionate about wildlife and its relationship to the land. So he asked Solano Land Trust if he could implement a trail camera pilot project at Lynch Canyon to get a better sense of the biodiversity. Lynch Canyon was once tagged to become a garbage dump until it was saved by citizens who support open space.

After doing extensive research on trail cameras, Tom purchased (with his own dime) five Bushnell cameras to cover the 1,000 acres. With support from Sue Wickham, he gathered a team of volunteers to monitor the cameras, change batteries, and record the wildlife on standardized forms.

After seven months the cameras captured nearly 2,000 images, including those of bobcats, coyotes, raccoons, opossums, and deer. These images are hugely helpful in understanding the wildlife populations at Lynch Canyon. As a result of the pilot project, Tom was able to estimate that between two to four bobcats and five to six coyotes live at Lynch Canyon.

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