Wildlife Atlanta had the opportunity to present at Dudley Park in Athens, Georgia. The event was open to the public and we were thrilled to have a full house of people learn more about coyotes in the urban landscape.
It’s the end of April, which means our field season is officially over!
The Wildlife Atlanta team participated in the “Exploration into Atlanta’s Natural Resources” event at the annual Atlanta Science Festival where organizations and programs from across Georgia came together to educate the public to create a more wildlife friendly city.
The team traveled to Dahlonega, Georgia to present at the annual meeting for the Georgia Chapter of The Wildlife Society (TWS), an organization that strives to advance wildlife science, management and conservation. Carson, Summer, and Danny presented on Wildlife Atlanta’s ongoing research.
The GPS collars placed on coyotes for research are programmed to fall off at specific times. When a collar drops off, it is important for us to locate it as soon as we can to make sure it does not get damaged and download the data.
The Wildlife Atlanta team created a Coyotes of Georgia poster to help spread awareness about coyotes in Georgia and help mitigate human-wildlife conflict.
The Wildlife Atlanta team has an exciting project starting this year! Research began to better understand what the life of a coyote is like in metro Atlanta and how much direct contact they have with pets and livestock. We are deploying GPS camera collars that take up to 40 hours of videos. The findings will be used to better educate the public on coyote behavior and how to keep pets safe!
During the summer, the team worked on a kid-friendly urban wildlife guide to educate children, and parents, on local mammal, bird, reptile, and amphibian species that they may encounter on a day-to-day basis in an urban area.
The team traveled to Dahlonega, Georgia to present at the annual meeting for the Georgia Chapter of The Wildlife Society (TWS), an organization that strives to advance wildlife science, management and conservation. Carson, Summer, and Danny presented on Wildlife Atlanta’s ongoing research.
The field team rocked! This team was full of both young budding scientists and inspiring women! Wildlife Atlanta successfully deployed all 15 GPS collars and 60 camera traps and cultivated relationships with community members and local organizations.
Highways are often barriers to wildlife movement, which creates issues for wildlife populations, such as habitat fragmentation and genetic isolation. Conserving habitat corridors, or stretches of land that connect habitat areas, is critical for wildlife conservation.
We successfully collared our first coyote, Coyote 1, a healthy adult female that lives near Decatur, Georgia.
