Project Coyote’s Ranching with Wildlife Coordinator Keli Hendricks sits down to talk about all things wildlife coexistence with popular science writer Mary Roach about her new book: Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law.
Eighteen-year-old Melinda Modisette has lived around coyotes for her entire life. Until she read Coyote America by Dan Flores, she had no idea that humans have waged war on coyotes for centuries, and continue to do so today.
Today, we’re introducing our newest Artist for Wild Nature, Michael Walker. Michael’s most recent project, a musical journey called Canyon, Illuminant, effortlessly draws us into deep time with hypnotic imagery of “a day in a life” of this canyon, set 15,000 years ago.
Science must inform the recovery of the critically endangered Mexican Gray Wolf.
The federal government predator eradication programs began in the early 1900s and by the mid-1900s, they had been effective in killing all Mexican gray wolves, or lobos, in the wild throughout their entire historic range in the southwestern U.S.
One of our greatest challenges at Project Coyote is tackling the myths and assumptions humans make about coyotes, their behaviors, and intentions: “I saw a coyote during the day, he must be rabid!” or “Those coyotes were trying to lure my dog away so they could eat her.” Perhaps familiarity really does breed contempt or, perhaps more accurately, unfamiliarity breeds assumptions that are not necessarily accurate or favorable (but that phrase doesn’t roll off the tongue as easily).