SF Natural History Series

Coyotes in Our Midst ~ Learning  to Live with America’s Wild “Song Dog”
Guest speaker Camilla Fox
7:30pm, Thursday January 28th, 2010

Founding director of  Project  Coyote,  Camilla Fox, covers  coyote ecology and biology,  coyote-human coexistence,  conflict management,  and the  value of community-based conservation approaches.

Camilla H. Fox is the Founding Director of Project Coyote, a national non-profit organization that promotes educated coexistence between people and coyotes and advocates on behalf of all native carnivores. Her presentation will cover coyote ecology and biology in urban and rural ecosystems, coyote-human coexistence, coyote conflict management and the value of community-based conservation approaches.

Ms. Fox will also show Project Coyote’s (in partnership with Living World Films) new documentary American Coyote ~ Still Wild at Heart.

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Looking forward to our 2010 schedule so far, and to our first lecture next week.

January 28, 2010:
Coyotes in Our Midst ~ Learning  to Live with America’s Wild “Song Dog”  Founding director of  Project  Coyote,  Camilla Fox, covers  coyote ecology and biology,  coyote-human coexistence,  conflict management,  and the  value of community-based conservation approaches.

February 18, 2010:
Are We in the Midst of the Sixth Mass Extinction? – A view from the world of amphibians  – Vance Vrendenburg, SF State Professor, will tell us about his research into the infectious disease that has globally been killing  amphibians  and possible ways  to save  them from extinction

March 26: Cancelled

April 22:
Yerba Buena Island – Ruth Gravanis

May 27:
Salt Pond Restoration – Mendel Stewart

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