3pm at the Putney Public Library (Dec. 6th)

Light refreshments will be served. Bring your friends and family.

WOLVES AND COYOTES OF THE

NORTHEAST

Please join us for a slideshow presented by Chris Shadler. Chris is a wild canid ecologist whose first interest 30 years ago was the gray wolf. She earned her Master’s degree in Conservation Biology from Antioch having completed a study of the recovery of the gray wolf in the Great Lakes States. For 10 years she taught both Conservation and Wolf Ecology in the Department of Natural Resources at University of New Hampshire while tending sheep on a farm in Kensington. Her farm attracted the attention of the local coyote gang and her attention turned to the study of this fascinating predator. Now her time is spent in pursuit of the Eastern Coyote, studying its use of our changing landscape and how management policies affect its population dynamics, dispersal patterns, food choices and interactions with returning wolves from Canada. Meanwhile,

wolf sign in the North Woods has yielded interesting stories but elusive results. She is currently working on her book, Coyote Nation. Having won many teaching excellence awards she is now recognized across New England as a passionate and inspiring lecturer and a knowledgeable authority on wolf and coyote. Chris will compare coyote and wolf ecology, behavior and social dynamics as well as discuss the return of the wolf to New England.