Jay Shell talks with Dr. Jocelyn Akins, a wildlife biologist and the founder of Cascades Carnivore Project, a conservation science non-governmental organization working to promote the conservation of carnivores and their ecological communities in the Cascade Range of Washington and Oregon through research, community engagement, and collaboration. She earned a Ph.D. in Conservation Genetics from the University of California Davis and has over twenty years of experience in wildlife conservation research. In this interview, she talks about the family of wolverines that have been found on the slopes of Mt. Rainier and what the prospects are for their survival and increase.