Coyote Cacher: The UC Coyote Alert Program

Send us Fan Mail The growing incidents of human/coyote conflicts such as the encounter on the sand in Huntington Beach in April 2022 exhibit a need to discuss ways of measuring and then managing for the coexistence of the urban homeowner/gardener and the now urban coyote populations. “In the Garden with UC Master Gardeners”, explores the subject of Coyotes and a unique method of monitoring their population. Master Gardener Katrina Kirkeby talks with Dr. Niamh Quinn, the current UC Cooperative ExtensionHuman-Wildlife Interactions Advisor, for the about the subject. If you have concerns for your small children and pets in the presence of coyotes, you should know about a remarkable new interactive service that is available on the Master Gardener website. It’s called “Coyote Cacher”. You can find it here at https://ucanr.edu/sites/CoyoteCacher/. You can sign up for coyote encounter email alerts, report  sightings, and see on maps just where the reports have occurred and the level of encounter from simple sightings on up to dangerous/tragic results.