Overview
The City of Centennial is experiencing an increase in encounters between people and coyotes. In some cases, these encounters are seeing coyotes during the day which seems unusual, and other encounters include pets being killed by coyotes. There is a Coyote Incident Report button on the Home Page of the Web site where citizens can record these encounters. The City is tracking this information and uses it to target specific areas of the City where the reporting is highest. A report and map of these reports will be available in April 2009.

The City of Centennial has adopted a Coyote Management Plan. The plan includes three components: Education and Awareness; Hazing; and Lethal Control.

Education and awareness are the first components to the plan. Learning to actively coexist with wildlife, including coyotes, is the most effective way to decrease the number of encounters. The City is available to Homeowner and Civic Associations for presentations to community meetings, training on hazing methods, and will provide educational information to the schools through the districts.

Coyotes In Our Midst--November Presentation

On November 14, Camilla Fox, Founding Director of Project Coyote will be presenting information about coyote ecology and biology in urban and rural ecosystems, human-coyote coexistence strategies, coyote conflict management and the value of community-based conservation approaches to living with coyote and other urban wildlife.   The 30 minute film “Still Wild at Heart” will be featured.  

More Information:  Project Coyote Presentation Details


Project Coyote promotes educated coexistence between people and coyotes; we do this by championing progressive management policies that reduce human-coyote conflict, supporting innovative scientific
research, and by fostering respect for and understanding of America's native wild "song dog." As a non-profit, Project Coyote depends entirely on private donations to support the important work we do on behalf of coyotes and other native carnivores nationwide.

MORE INFORMATION: www.ProjectCoyote.org