Daniel Picone, Garrett Shaw, Jena Lucas, Chelsie Beck

Expanding coyote population (and human population)

increases the number of coyote/human and domestic animal interactions

 Loss of livestock Loss of game and non-game species

 Decrease the abundance of coyotes by 30% based on the

number of coyotes in one acre This objective is reflective of our problem description
Manage areas where coyote/human interactions are greater

Comparison of harvest rates in the previous season to the

season following the implementation of our management actions

 Extend the statewide trapping season

2 months longer

PGC work in congruency with the Pennsylvania Trappers

Association and local sportsmen clubs to host more coyote hunts/trapping contests All actions focus on areas where there are greater coyote/human interactions

 Asymptotic Lambda: 0.968

 Tested different harvest rates with our matrix model

30% harvest rate
40% harvest rate 50% harvest rate 60% harvest rate

Why: because population crashed without it How: compared the best-case scenario and worst-case scenario

45000

Population Abundance (N)

40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 current year

10 yrs
20 yrs 30 yrs 40 yrs 50 yrs

15000
10000 5000 0 30% 40% 50% 60%

Harvest Rate Scenario

 Increasing the harvest rate to 30% would decease the

abundance to lower stable level

Harvest rates of more than 30% caused the population

to decline severely where it could not stabilize