A coyote strolls across a San Francisco street. As humans increasingly encroach on natural habitat, a few wild animals—such as coyotes—have turned the tables and taken to urban life. As they adapt to us, can we adapt to them? AWI’s Christine Stevens Wildlife Award program funds innovative strategies for humane, nonlethal wildlife conflict management and improved methods of wildlife study. One recently funded project field-tested a noninvasive technique for gathering information on the genetic makeup and movements of San Francisco’s coyote population, providing insights that could help shape conflict management strategies.
