A Trickster Comes to Town: The Urban Coyote

PROGRAM

Dr. Stanley Gehrt will share highlights and stories from his research on urban coyotes, and information on how we might avoid conflicts and share urban landscapes with this clever creature.

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OUR SPEAKER

Stanley D. Gehrt, PhD
Professor & Wildlife Extension Specialist, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio State University and Chair of Research, Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation

Dr. Stanley D. Gehrt is the Principal Investigator of the Cook County Coyote Project, having initiated the study in 2000. As Chair of the Center for Wildlife Research at the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, he directs a variety of research projects both at the Foundation and around the country. Dr. Gehrt continues to supervise many daily aspects of the project while working full-time as a Professor and Extension specialist at The Ohio State University. He is regarded as an international expert of urban wildlife and his research has been featured in numerous print, radio, and television outlets. Dr. Gehrt is the senior editor of the volume ‘Urban Carnivores’ published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Research interests focus on various aspects of mammalian ecology, especially in urban systems, and dynamics of wildlife disease.

Here is a website related to his research: https://urbancoyoteresearch.com/researcher/stanley-d-gehrt-phd