Narragansett Bay Coyote Fund
This discretionary fund helps us bridge any critical gaps in the
$230,000 study budget. This is the first coyote study ever undertaken
in Rhode Island. Make It Happen!
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Cyberspace
Coyotes
This
fund supports teacher
training,
web site design
and operation, weekly
data updates from 10 coyotes, and
an Interactive Map Server (IMS) which allows everyone with internet access
to see movements of study coyotes in their neighborhoods and towns
projected over high-resolution aerial photographs.
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Wiley Coyote School Sponsorship
This
fund supports the preparation of curriculum packets for participating schools, grades 1 - 12.
Lesson plans incorporate background information and resources, then lead
students, through program extensions, to do their own research using real
coyote data, literature resources, field trips, and ArcView GIS
mapping software (valued at $1,500) gifted to each school
and after-school program involved by the leader in GIS mapping software,
ESRI. NCBS scientists will also visit schools.
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Combination
GPS-Radio Collars
The
collars we use have cutting-edge GPS technology with the accuracy of a
hand-held unit. They are being custom designed for our study with preset collar release
mechanisms. Using a radio signal, the collar transmits a coyote's
hourly GPS positions several times a day. The collar on each coyote will drop off exactly 1 year
after the capture date. Our goal is to have kids at each participating
school have "their own" collared coyote. We need at least
10 collars for the study at $2000 each.
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| Name a
Coyote...
If you would like to name a NBCS coyote, or let a school
or schoolchild name one, please email or phone Numi Mitchell, Lead
Scientist. This young male, now named Valentine was
caught on the near Beavertail Road, in
Jamestown. He is quite reddish overall with a distinctive circular
black spot on the top of each ginger-colored forepaw. Click on him to email Numi Mitchell and say you want to
Name this Varmint or another one of our island coyotes! |
