A FREE, Quarterly WILDlife Lecture Series
Urban Coyotes; How to Keep Pets Safe, Coyotes Wild & Rodents Nervous
With Keli Hendricks, Project Coyote
Coyotes are the most common and persecuted native carnivore in North America. Come learn from Keli Hendricks — Project Coyote Ranching with Wildlife Coordinator — about the amazing adaptability and resilience of this successful predator and the challenges and benefits coyotes provide to both urban and rural communities. Entertaining and informative, this talk will address the fascinating and complex world of the coyote and the practical steps we can take to live peacefully with these wild neighbors.
When: Wednesday, July 25 ~ 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Where: American Canyon Library, 300 Crawford Way, American Canyon
Cost: FREE -Please note that voluntary donations are solicited via a donation basket. All donations gathered at WILD American Canyon go towards speaker fees and coordination time associated with the WILD series.
Sponsors: RCD, Napa County Watershed Information & Conservation Council, American canyon Community & Parks Foundation, Napa Valley Vintners, Carolyn Parr Nature Center, and American Canyon Library, Napa Vision 2050
Up Next ~
October ~ OTTERS
Previous WILD American Canyon Lectures ~
2016~
July 20, 2016 – Endangered Species of San Pablo Bay
Melisa Amato & Meg Marriott, San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
November 2, 2016 – Raptors in Rehab
Carol Poole, Napa Wildlife Rescue
2017~
March 15, 2017 – Edible Plants
Alex Greene, Napa-Solano Audubon
June 21, 2017 – Mountain lions
Zara McDonald, FELIDAE Conservation Fund
October 25 – Bats
Corky Quirk, NorCal Bats
2018 ~
January 31 – Local Mushrooms
George Riner, Sonoma Mycological Association
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Previous WILD NAPA Lectures ~
2015 ~
August 12 – River otters
Megan Isadore, The River Otter Ecology Project
September 9 – Beavers
Kate Lundquist, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
October 14 – Mountain Lions
Zara McDonald, Felidae Conservation Fund
November 18 – Raptors
Wildlife Rescue Center of Napa County
December 10 – Steelhead & Salmon
Jonathan Koehler, Napa County RCD
2016 ~
January 13 – Where the Wild Things Are
Michelle Halbur, Pepperwood Preserve
February 10 – Manzanitas, Animals, and Fire
Tom Parker, San Francisco State University
March 9 – Big Year of Birding
Wendy Schackwitz, Napa-Solano Audubon
April 13 – Owls
Trinka Marris, Hungry Owl Project
May 11 – Bats
Corky Quirk, NorCal Bats
June 8 – Western Pond Turtle
Matthew Bettelheim, (bio)accumulation
July 13 – California Native Bees
Gordon Frankie, Urban Bee Lab, UC Berkeley
August 10 – Iconic Cats
Quinton Martins, Audubon Canyon Ranch
September 14 – Napa River Wildlife & Restoration
Shaun Horne & Jeremy Sarrow, Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
October 12 – The World of Lichens
Shelly Bensen, California Lichen Society
November 9 – Dragonflies
Kathy Biggs, Southwest Dragonflies
December 14 – Lampreys
Dr. Stewart Reid, Western Fishes ~ Lamprey Program
2017 ~
January 11 – Living with Coyotes
Keli Hendricks, Project Coyote
February 8 – Salmon & Trout
Jonathan Koehler, Napa Resource Conservation District
March 8 – CA Freshwater Shrimp
Scott Cressey, Fisheries Biologist
April 12 – Local Mushrooms
George Riner, Sonoma Mycological Association
May 10 – Gray Fox
Bill Leikam, Citizen Scientist and Naturalist
June 14- ‘Tales’ from Napa’s Past
Shari Gardner, Executive Director of Friends of the Napa River
July 12 – Raptors in Rehab
Carol Poole, Napa Wildlife Rescue
August 9 – Skunks
Jennifer Hunter PhD, University of California Berkeley
September 13 Serpentine, Rare Plants, and Fire
Mike Palladini, Land Trust of Napa County
October 11, Tales from a Recovered Arachnophobe
Gwen Heistand, Audubon Canyon Ranch
November 8 – American badger
Susan Kirks, Naturalist
December 13 -Climate, Forests, and Wildlife
Lisa Micheli, President & CEO of Pepperwood Preserve