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If you think of another map you need - please let us know at:  education@theconservationagency.org.  We will do our best to post it!

 

Worksheets: 

 

Teachers may send an email to education@theconservationagency.org to request answer keys to the Map Gallery and Coyote Bytes worksheets. In your email, please include the name and phone number of your school.

 
Go to Coyote Mapper!   See our coyotes on Google Earth.  Click on the link, extract the files to your computer, then launch Google Earth by clicking on "NBCS Coyotes.KML."

Directions for Saving Maps or Files

You can save an interactive version of any map in the NBCS Map Gallery.  The interactive maps are in pdf format and can be viewed with Adobe Reader (a free download from the Adobe site).   You need to have Acrobat Reader installed in order to view the maps (download Adobe Reader).

  • Double-click on the link to the interactive map to open the pdf file.

  • To turn map layers on or off, click on the "Layers" tab on the left side of the screen.

  • Use Adobe Reader's zoom tools to zoom and pan in the map

  • You can also save the map to your computer by clicking on "File" then "Save as."

 

If you want to explore with your own ESRI GIS software, click on link to download 

  Coyote Shapefiles  

User's Guide to the Map Gallery 

Welcome to the Narragansett Bay Coyote Study Map Gallery. The gallery provides a unique online opportunity for teachers, students, and anyone else with an interest in the NBCS to explore the wealth of information that has been already been collected in this ground-breaking project. The gallery reveals the power of geographic information systems (GIS) to enable us to analyze information spatially! By mapping coyote locations on a 24 hour basis we can see patterns that inform us about the movements, diet, habitats, and activities of this sometimes controversial member of our Rhode Island family. The data collected in this study allow those responsible for wildlife management as well as ordinary Rhode Island citizens to make informed decisions about how to safely share our world with this fascinating animal.

 What’s in the Map Gallery?

·        Downloadable interactive pdf maps with clickable layers

·        Student worksheets with questions and activities to accompany each of the maps in the gallery and each edition of the COYOTE BYTES newsletter.

·        Downloadable shapefiles of data displayed on maps in the gallery:  If you would like to use your own GIS software to explore the data, you can download the shapefiles used to make the maps in the gallery

·        Custom maps:  Teachers can request new maps and the NBCS will do their best to create and post those maps

·        Student maps:  The NBCS hopes to add a student map section to the Map Gallery. If students would like to create a new map using their own GIS software, it, too, can be posted online.

 
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