With growing urban and suburban areas across the nation there is an increasing need to understand human-wildlife interactions. The Coyote (Canis latrans) is an adaptable and opportunistic species that can thrive in anthropogenic environments. This study was conducted with two goals in mind. First, to understand the influences of human-coyote interactions using public reports, and second, to use these interactions along with wildlife cameras to predict...

Every day throughout the United States, including my focus area of northeast Ohio, humans and wildlife come into contact with one other. Some of these interactions are welcomed; some are looked upon as a nuisance. Regardless of the circumstances that surround these interactions, humans and wildlife may discover ways to co-exist in this world. Wildlife managers and biologists continually face the ongoing issue of how to balance and control human-wildlife...