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Lou DiVizio opens the podcast with headlines from around the state. Then, Our Land Senior Producer Laura Paskus interviews author Dan Flores. Flores is the author of more than a dozen books including Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History and most recently, Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America. Flores was in Albuquerque recently for the Leopold Writing Program's annual lecture, where Laura had a chance to chat with him. For More Information: https://projectcoyote.org/about/ambassadors/dan-flores/

Join us for a very passionate part 1 of our discussion on coyotes! In this episode we discuss some coyote basics and just a few of the things that make them so badass.Find us on all the things! linktr.ee/bearsandbrewspodcast Links We Discussed:https://projectcoyote.org/https://www.predatordefense.org/coyotes.htmhttps://urbancoyoteresearch.com/ Sources Cited:Black, Riley. How Extinction Changed the Coyote, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2016, blogs.scientificamerican.com/laelaps/how-extinction-changed-the-coyote/. Bryant, Charles, and Josh Clark. “How Coyotes Work.” Stuff You Should Know, iHeart Media, 21 Oct. 2022, https://stuffyoushouldknow.com/episode/how-coyotes-work/. Calfa, John, and Stephen Rivera. The Wolf Connection, 17 June 2022, https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-80-project-coyote-promoting-compassionate-conservation/id1521180246?i=1000566875778. “Coyote.” Project Coyote, 31 May 2023, projectcoyote.org/carnivores/coyote/#kill. Draheim, Megan M. “Why Killing Coyotes Doesn't Make Livestock Safer.” Scientific American, 31 May 2017, www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-killing-coyotes-doesn-rsquo-t-make-livestock-safer/. Flores, Dan. Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History. Basic Books, 2017. Goldman, Jason G. “Urban Coyote Evolution Favors the Bold.” Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2019, www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/urban-coyote-evolution-favors-the-bold/. Kobilinsky, Dana. “To Chart Coyotes' Expansion, Study Looks Back 10,000 Years.” The Wildlife Society, 8 Jan. 2023, wildlife.org/to-chart-coyotes-expansion-study-looks-back-10000-years/. Meachen, Julie A., et al. “Ecological changes in coyotes (canis latrans) in response to the ice age megafaunal extinctions.” National Academy of Science, vol. 9, no. 12, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116041. Terry, Lynne. “State Wildlife Officials Ban Wildlife Killing Contests on Public Land.” Oregon Capital Chronicle, 19 Sept. 2023, oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2023/09/19/state-wildlife-officials-ban-wildlife-killing-contests-on-public-land/#:~:text=The%20rule%20makes%20it%20%E2%80%9Cunlawful,New%20Mexico%2C%20Vermont%20and%20Washington. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Caroline co-rifs with segments of this powerful deep great show, whereby to magnetize money for KPFA/fund drive… Offering this fantabulous book, “Wild New World: the Epic Story of Animals and People in America,” as a thank you for pledging $150 or more… Or $15/month https://secure.kpfa.org/support/   Original post: (Replay from January 19, 2023) Cultivating Wonder, Curiosity & Biophilia to re-kin with what remains of our Fauna Caroline re-hosts Dan Flores, author of 11 books, including “Coyote America,” and his most recent “Wild New World: the Epic Story of Animals and People in America,” Flora Fauna from Pleistocene, 66 million years ago, to now… “deep-time history of animals and humans in North America detailing human-wildlife relations across the continent, the sixth extinction, and the odyssey of species recovery in recent decades.” Elephants, Giant Buffalo, Camels, horses, giant Cats, have been found with arrowheads in their bones – humans on American Continent, hunting fantabulous animals 12,450 years ago…. and destroying our fauna kin in cruel ways, especially the last 500 years… Dan Flores is an American writer and historian who specializes in cultural and environmental studies of the American West. A native of Louisiana, Dan Flores is a writer who presently lives in the Galisteo Valley outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is A. B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of the History of the American West at the University of Montana-Missoula. He is the author of ten books, most recently the New York Times Bestseller, “Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History” (2016), and “American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains” (2016). Dan Flores is an ambassador for Project Coyote, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote compassionate conservation and coexistence between people and wildlife through education, science and advocacy. Wild New World website   Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for weekly Chart & Themes ($4/month) and more… *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – Cultivating Wonder, Curiosity & Biophilia (Replay) appeared first on KPFA.

Cultivating Wonder, Curiosity & Biophilia to re-kin with what remains of our Fauna Caroline re-hosts Dan Flores, author of 11 books, including Coyote America, and his most recent Wild New World: the Epic Story of Animals and People in America, Flora Fauna from Pleistocene, 66 million years ago, to now… “deep-time history of animals and humans in North America detailing human-wildlife relations across the continent, the sixth extinction, and the odyssey of species recovery in recent decades.” Elephants, Giant Buffalo, Camels, horses, giant Cats, have been found with arrowheads in their bones – humans on American Continent, hunting fantabulous animals 12,450 years ago…. and destroying our fauna kin in cruel ways, especially the last 500 years… Dan Flores is an American writer and historian who specializes in cultural and environmental studies of the American West. A native of Louisiana, Dan Flores is a writer who presently lives in the Galisteo Valley outside Santa Fe, New Mexico, and is A. B. Hammond Professor Emeritus of the History of the American West at the University of Montana-Missoula. He is the author of ten books, most recently the New York Times Bestseller, “Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History” (2016), and “American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains” (2016). Dan Flores is an ambassador for Project Coyote, a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote compassionate conservation and coexistence between people and wildlife through education, science and advocacy. Wild New World website     Support The Visionary Activist Show on Patreon for weekly Chart & Themes ($4/month) and more… *Woof*Woof*Wanna*Play?!?* The post The Visionary Activist Show – Cultivating Wonder, Curiosity & Biophilia appeared first on KPFA.

My special guest is best-selling author Dan Flores, who returns to the show to discuss his book about the war between coyotes and humans in America.  Get his book Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History on Amazon.     With its uncanny night howls, unrivaled ingenuity, and amazing resilience, the coyote is the stuff of legends. In Indian folktales, it often appears as a deceptive trickster or a sly genius. But legends don't come close to capturing the incredible survival story of the coyote.   As soon as Americans - especially white Americans - began ranching and herding in the West, they began working to destroy the coyote. Despite campaigns of annihilation employing poisons, gases, helicopters, and engineered epidemics, coyotes didn't just survive; they thrived, expanding across the continent from Anchorage, Alaska, to New York's Central Park. In the war between humans and coyotes, coyotes have won hands down.   Coyote America is both an environmental and a deep natural history of the coyote. It traces both the five-million-year-long biological story of an animal that has become the "wolf" in our backyards and its cultural evolution from a preeminent spot in Native American religions to the hapless foil of the Road Runner. A deeply American tale, the story of the coyote in the American West and beyond is a sort of Manifest Destiny in reverse, with a pioneering hero whose career holds up an uncanny mirror to the successes and failures of American expansionism.   An illuminating biography of this extraordinary animal, Coyote America isn't just the story of an animal's survival - it is one of the great epics of our time.     It's super easy to access our archives!   Here's how:   iPhone Users: Access Mysterious Radio from Apple Podcasts and become a subscriber there or if you want access to even more exclusive content join us on Patreon.   Android Users: Enjoy over 800 exclusive member-only posts to include ad-free episodes, case files and more when you join us on Patreon.    Copy and Paste our link in a text message to all your family members and friends! We'll love you forever! (Check out Mysterious Radio!)

My special guest is best-selling author Dan Flores who returns to the show to discuss his book about the war between coyotes and humans in America. Get his book Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History on Amazon. Visit our home on the web: https://www.mysteriousradio.com Follow us on Instagram @mysteriousradio Follow us on TikTok mysteriousradioTikTok Follow us on Twitter @mysteriousradio Follow us on Pinterest pinterest.com/mysteriousradio Like us on Facebook Facebook.com/mysteriousradio Check Out Mysterious Radio! (copy the link to share with your friends and family via text With its uncanny night howls, unrivaled ingenuity, and amazing resilience, the coyote is the stuff of legends. In Indian folktales it often appears as a deceptive trickster or a sly genius. But legends don't come close to capturing the incredible survival story of the coyote.  As soon as Americans - especially white Americans - began ranching and herding in the West, they began working to destroy the coyote. Despite campaigns of annihilation employing poisons, gases, helicopters, and engineered epidemics, coyotes didn't just survive, they thrived, expanding across the continent from Anchorage, Alaska, to New York's Central Park. In the war between humans and coyotes, coyotes have won hands down.  Coyote America is both an environmental and a deep natural history of the coyote. It traces both the five-million-year-long biological story of an animal that has become the "wolf" in our backyards and its cultural evolution from a preeminent spot in Native American religions to the hapless foil of the Road Runner. A deeply American tale, the story of the coyote in the American West and beyond is a sort of Manifest Destiny in reverse, with a pioneering hero whose career holds up an uncanny mirror to the successes and failures of American expansionism.  An illuminating biography of this extraordinary animal, Coyote America isn't just the story of an animal's survival - it is one of the great epics of our time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today let's consider one thrifty, scheming, and supernaturally resilient animal--kind of like the character of Wile E. Coyote himself. Sit down and face coyote's music with today's guest, Sam Wilber, Naturalist. “So much of ecology and biology is such a bummer in this day and age," says Wilber. "There are so many things that are on the endangered list . . . it's important to remember the species who are doing awesome. . . . Coyotes are winning against us, and I love that.” Stop fearing and start marveling about the brilliant resilience of this little (and we do mean LITTLE) meso- (not "apex-") predator who is, for all intents and purposes, just another super-smart pup.  Sam Wilber is a naturalist, zoologist, photographer, and artist based in Tucson, Arizona. She works for Reid Park Zoo and volunteers for the Arizona Master Naturalists and Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection. She also runs her own art business at Sam Wilder Art LLC. Sam has experiences ranging from zoo-keeping to wildlife fieldwork to environmental education and endless stories about her favorite wild animals and wild places. Want to follow up on our sources or watch any of the videos we mention? Go to ThisAnimalLife.com and click on Show Notes or see below.   SHOW NOTES Sam's Resources Population/General Info: Nat Geo https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/coyotes-expansion-north-america-wildlife-nation HSUS https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/why-killing-coyotes-doesnt-work Arizona Sonora Desert Museum https://www.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/coyote.php LiveScience https://www.livescience.com/27976-coyotes.html Farm and Dairy: https://www.farmanddairy.com/columns/coyotes-are-here-to-stay-and-thats-ok/615795.html Feral/Outdoor Cats: HSUS - problematic stance on protecting cats from coyotes https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/coyotes-pets-and-community-cats Ecological impacts of cats https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pan3.10073 Wildlife Society Fact Sheet on outdoor cats https://wildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Feral-Cats.pdf Science News: Feral cats avoid coyotes and are therefore less ecologically harmful https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131113143600.htm Tohono O'odham: Creation story: https://www.sil.org/system/files/reapdata/10/04/67/100467102868469620681332441170203032624/ood_LegendsLore.pdf Coyote tales https://www.indigenouspeople.net/coyotal.htm Map of ancestral homelands to reference indigenous peoples of your area https://native-land.ca/ Coyotes and Badgers: My favorite video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bICTWNRrGE New video just shared recently: https://news.yahoo.com/badger-coyote-seen-strolling-together-151138501.html Article on the mutualism: https://mymodernmet.com/badger-coyote-mutualism/ Rabies: https://atlantacoyoteproject.org/2016/07/coyotes-and-rabies/   Lisa's Resources Attacks by Coyotes on Humans, Wikipedia. Only two attacks are known to have been fatal ever, whereas domestic dogs kill 30 - 50 people per year in the US alone.  “Caught on Camera: Cat Fights Off 3 Coyotes,” CBS Los Angeles, January 11, 2020. Colangelo, Lisa L., “Coyotes deserve a warmer welcome from New Yorkers, says wildlife biologist,” New York Daily News, April 2015. “Coyotes Are the New Top Dogs,” Scientific American Coyote Attacks Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_attack  Flores, Dan, Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History, Basic Books, June 2016. Gehrt, Stanley D. “Urban Coyote Research Project,”  Gehrt, Stanley, D. et al. “Is the Coyote a Misanthropic Synanthrope?” Cities and the Environment, Vol. 4 Issue 1, July 2011. “How to Haze a Coyote,” YouTube Humane Society, “Coyotes and people: what to know if you encounter a coyote,” HumaneSociety.org 2021. iNaturalist interactive website https://www.inaturalist.org/  Interactive Map of Coyote Sightings in Florida Lovejoy's Islands, Wikipedia redirects to Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project. Martin, Douglas, “Central Park Coyote Will Live in Queens,” New York Times, April 1999. “NYC Coyote Existential: Where do they come from and where are they going?” Out Walking the Dog blog. “Otis (Full Song),” by Moose & Elephant, YouTube, April 2021. Perkins, Chris, “Coyote population booms in Florida,” Channel 4 News, June 20, 2021.  Pollan, Michael, “Why Mow? The Case Against Lawns,” The New York Times Magazine, May 1989.  Ryden, Hope, God's Dog: A Celebration of the North American Coyote, iUniverse, May 2005. Thompson, Linda Briggs, “Living with Coyotes,” Broward County Parks, YouTube, April 22, 2021.  Excellent history of coyote population trends. Wegner, Helena, “Aggressive coyote attacks woman walking dog--nips at others, Arizona police say,” Charlotte Observer, October 19, 2021. Wild Dog Foundation      

Dan joins us to discuss-our nature as fission-fusion rational, social animals-how that nature informs how we react to COVID -how that nature has allowed us to survive through history-what "fission-fusion" means-human history in North America-some history of human-animal interactions in North America-human culture-what science is-the importance of "interdisciplinary" thinking-the content of his forthcoming book “Wild New World: Humanity Encounters America’s Animals”and more.About Dan: Dan Flores is a writer and Professor Emeritus of the History of the American West at the University of Montana. A native of Louisiana and currently a resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico, he has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and numerous magazines. He is the author of ten books, most recently American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains, which received the Stubbendieck Distinguished Book Prize in 2017, and Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History, a New York Times Bestseller, winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, and a 2017 Finalist for PEN America’s E. O. Wilson Prize in Literary Science Writing. His current book project, “Wild New World: Humanity Encounters America’s Animals” is a big history of the human/wild animal story and will be published by W. W. Norton in 2022. Contact Michael:1. ccerppodcast@aol.com2. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 4. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1152144714995033/Join us at CCERP on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1152144714995033/Show notes. (To come)Picture and bio courtesy Dan Flores.

Dr. Shelley Alexander, canid specialist and expert in biogeography, professor at the University of Calgary, joins us to talk about coyotes and the human-coyote interaction.After talking about some of her background and interests, we talk about-how Shelley became interested in Coyotes-Coyote and animal play-animal intelligence and consciousness-how animals have been regarded by Western philosophy through history-Native American beliefs about Coyotes-the nature of Coyotes-Coyote diet-Coyote ecology and evolution-Coyotes, Cats, and Dogs-truths and fictions people believe about Coyotes-what people can do to protect themselves and their pets, if the rare need arises-how we can and should live with Coyotes. And more. Enjoy!About Shelley: Shelley M. Alexander is a Full Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Calgary. She has 25 years of experience studying wild canids and is an expert in geospatial analysis and spatial ecology. She founded of the Canid Conservation Science Lab (www.ucalgary.ca/canid-lab), which employs mixed-methods and promotes Compassionate Conservation. She has led international research collaborations on carnivore conservation in Belize, Canada, Mexico, the USA and Zimbabwe. Contact, and more about (achievements, background, publications, etc.), Dr. Alexander:1. https://geog.ucalgary.ca/manageprofile/profiles/shelley-alexander2. https://www.ucalgary.ca/canid-lab/Project Coyote: http://www.projectcoyote.orgContact Michael:1. ccerppodcast@aol.com2. http://www.goldams.com 3. https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-gold-2883921/ 4. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1152144714995033/Join us at CCERP on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/1152144714995033/Show notes:1. Horsesa. Soul of a Horse by Joe Camp: https://www.amazon.com/Soul-Horse-Life-Lessons-Herd/dp/0307406865/b. Nature in Horsemanship, Considering the Horse, Horses Never Lie, A Good Horse Is Never a Bad Color by Mark Rashid: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mark+rashid+books&crid=1IATMYNM6N9L7&sprefix=mark+rashid+%2Caps%2C186&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12c. The Man Who Listens to Horses by Monty Roberts: https://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Listens-Horses-Real-Life/dp/0345510453/d. Buck, a documentary about Buck Branahan: https://www.amazon.com/Buck-Brannaman/dp/B005S6VD70/2. Horses For Heroes: https://www.horsesforheroes.org3. Stacy Westfall shows how its done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKK7AXLOUNo4. Honza Blaha shows how its done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5ZmDkhqhW85. The Emotional Lives of Animals: A Leading Scientist Explores Animal Joy, Sorrow, and Empathy ― and Why They Matter by Marc Bekoff: https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Lives-Animals-Scientist-Explores/dp/1577316290/6. The Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals by Charles Darwina. Free PDF on Internet: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1227/1227-h/1227-h.htmb. Purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Expression-Emotions-Man-Animals/dp/14701888807. Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? by Frans de Waal: https://www.amazon.com/Are-Smart-Enough-Know-Animals/dp/0393353664/8. Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel by Carl Safina: https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Words-What-Animals-Think/dp/1250094593/9. The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild by Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence: https://www.amazon.com/Elephant-Whisperer-Life-Herd-African-ebook/dp/B0050Q5WYS/10 Mind of the Raven: Investigations and Adventures with Wolf-Birds by Bernd Heinrich: https://www.amazon.com/Mind-Raven-Investigations-Adventures-Wolf-Birds-ebook/dp/B000V507ES/11. Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History by Dan Flores: https://www.amazon.com/Coyote-America-Natural-Supernatural-History/dp/B01LXW9MP0/12. First Nation stories about Coyotes (I found these websites, but have not read the stories; I am just offering this as a start on you doing your own research)a. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coyote_(mythology)b. http://www.native-languages.org/legends-coyote.htmc. https://www.ubcpress.ca/asset/9270/1/9780774814010.pdfOther podcasts featuring Dr. Alexander (which episodes you can find on other podcast apps than those linked to here):1. https://www.biosphereinstitute.org/podcasts-and-other-media2. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/intermission-coyote/id1132743791?i=10003773641113. https://arts.ucalgary.ca/news/artscast-episode-2-human-and-coyote-conflict-urban-vs-rural4. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0k6Sm2E2xU9JmhGsnanx3malso here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpdSSJ8cuOs5. https://thefurbearers.com/blog/episode-128-special-report6. https://thefurbearers.com/blog/episode-103-the-bear-truthPicture and bio courtesy Shelley Alexander.

Predators are a two-faced god for humans, according to Dan Flores, historian and author of Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History. After all, we were once both predators and prey.With this episode, we continue to explore this complex relationship of humans and predators by looking to the song dogs of the prairie. Coyotes inspired several Aztec dieties, served as the model for the protagonist of the earliest American stories, and, in defiance of a concerted effort by federal and state agencies to wipe them off the face of the earth, thrive throughout the lower 48 states today. As such, they have much to teach us about the natural and cultural history of America and, more broadly, about our own species.Thank you to David Larzelere for playing the guitar on the "Coyote National Anthem."For more see in-the-weeds.net

This week we talk about a few current events in the hunting world.  We discuss the woman that got kicked off Tinder for the hunting pictures in her profile.  Do you have a duty to notify people you are serving them venison or any wild game before serving it to them? We also discuss the bounty on coyotes currently being proposed in South Carolina.  This is a really interesting conversation with a wide range of topics.  What are your thoughts on any of the topics we discussed in this episode? Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History by Dan Flores Shop Ohio Huntsman Apparel Subscribe to our email list Check us out on Facebook at @OhioHuntsman Join the Ohio Huntsman Facebook Community Check us out on Instagram at @OhioHuntsman_Podcast Check Out Our YouTube Channel Check Out Our Sponsors Monster Whitetail Grub

We talk to writer and historian Dan Flores about his book Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History.

Wile E. Coyote has a family tree with many roots and branches, argues University of Montana A.B. Hammond Professor Emeritus Dan Flores in his recent book, Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History (Basic Books, 2016). Coyotes as a species predate humans in North America, and people have been, by turns, fascinated and horrified by coyotes for as long as the two creatures have coexisted. The coyote’s relationship with humans has been, as Flores describes it, a rollercoaster. Considered a semi-deity figure and trickster god among many Indigenous cultures across the American West, the first Europeans to encounter the coyote were puzzled by the animal. Lewis and Clark struggled to fit coyotes into existing categories; was it a jackal, or closer to a wolf? By the end of the nineteenth century however, Americans had largely decided the coyote was, above all, a nuisance and took up arms to eradicate the animal. The effects were both gruesome and surprising. While government-laid traps and poisons killed millions of coyotes, many thousands also migrated to cities as a means of escaping the attempted extermination. Today, coyotes can be found in every American state save Hawaii and have even crossed their final frontier into New York City. Coyote America traces the history of this nigh-mystical animal (an “American Avatar” in Flores’s estimation) and their long, tortured, relationship with humans. Stephen Hausmann is a doctoral candidate at Temple University and Visiting Instructor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently writing his dissertation, a history of race and the environment in the Black Hills and surrounding northern plains region of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wile E. Coyote has a family tree with many roots and branches, argues University of Montana A.B. Hammond Professor Emeritus Dan Flores in his recent book, Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History (Basic Books, 2016). Coyotes as a species predate humans in North America, and people have been, by turns, fascinated and horrified by coyotes for as long as the two creatures have coexisted. The coyote’s relationship with humans has been, as Flores describes it, a rollercoaster. Considered a semi-deity figure and trickster god among many Indigenous cultures across the American West, the first Europeans to encounter the coyote were puzzled by the animal. Lewis and Clark struggled to fit coyotes into existing categories; was it a jackal, or closer to a wolf? By the end of the nineteenth century however, Americans had largely decided the coyote was, above all, a nuisance and took up arms to eradicate the animal. The effects were both gruesome and surprising. While government-laid traps and poisons killed millions of coyotes, many thousands also migrated to cities as a means of escaping the attempted extermination. Today, coyotes can be found in every American state save Hawaii and have even crossed their final frontier into New York City. Coyote America traces the history of this nigh-mystical animal (an “American Avatar” in Flores’s estimation) and their long, tortured, relationship with humans. Stephen Hausmann is a doctoral candidate at Temple University and Visiting Instructor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently writing his dissertation, a history of race and the environment in the Black Hills and surrounding northern plains region of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wile E. Coyote has a family tree with many roots and branches, argues University of Montana A.B. Hammond Professor Emeritus Dan Flores in his recent book, Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History (Basic Books, 2016). Coyotes as a species predate humans in North America, and people have been, by turns, fascinated and horrified by coyotes for as long as the two creatures have coexisted. The coyote’s relationship with humans has been, as Flores describes it, a rollercoaster. Considered a semi-deity figure and trickster god among many Indigenous cultures across the American West, the first Europeans to encounter the coyote were puzzled by the animal. Lewis and Clark struggled to fit coyotes into existing categories; was it a jackal, or closer to a wolf? By the end of the nineteenth century however, Americans had largely decided the coyote was, above all, a nuisance and took up arms to eradicate the animal. The effects were both gruesome and surprising. While government-laid traps and poisons killed millions of coyotes, many thousands also migrated to cities as a means of escaping the attempted extermination. Today, coyotes can be found in every American state save Hawaii and have even crossed their final frontier into New York City. Coyote America traces the history of this nigh-mystical animal (an “American Avatar” in Flores’s estimation) and their long, tortured, relationship with humans. Stephen Hausmann is a doctoral candidate at Temple University and Visiting Instructor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently writing his dissertation, a history of race and the environment in the Black Hills and surrounding northern plains region of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wile E. Coyote has a family tree with many roots and branches, argues University of Montana A.B. Hammond Professor Emeritus Dan Flores in his recent book, Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History (Basic Books, 2016). Coyotes as a species predate humans in North America, and people have been, by turns, fascinated and horrified by coyotes for as long as the two creatures have coexisted. The coyote’s relationship with humans has been, as Flores describes it, a rollercoaster. Considered a semi-deity figure and trickster god among many Indigenous cultures across the American West, the first Europeans to encounter the coyote were puzzled by the animal. Lewis and Clark struggled to fit coyotes into existing categories; was it a jackal, or closer to a wolf? By the end of the nineteenth century however, Americans had largely decided the coyote was, above all, a nuisance and took up arms to eradicate the animal. The effects were both gruesome and surprising. While government-laid traps and poisons killed millions of coyotes, many thousands also migrated to cities as a means of escaping the attempted extermination. Today, coyotes can be found in every American state save Hawaii and have even crossed their final frontier into New York City. Coyote America traces the history of this nigh-mystical animal (an “American Avatar” in Flores’s estimation) and their long, tortured, relationship with humans. Stephen Hausmann is a doctoral candidate at Temple University and Visiting Instructor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently writing his dissertation, a history of race and the environment in the Black Hills and surrounding northern plains region of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wile E. Coyote has a family tree with many roots and branches, argues University of Montana A.B. Hammond Professor Emeritus Dan Flores in his recent book, Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History (Basic Books, 2016). Coyotes as a species predate humans in North America, and people have been, by turns, fascinated and horrified by coyotes for as long as the two creatures have coexisted. The coyote’s relationship with humans has been, as Flores describes it, a rollercoaster. Considered a semi-deity figure and trickster god among many Indigenous cultures across the American West, the first Europeans to encounter the coyote were puzzled by the animal. Lewis and Clark struggled to fit coyotes into existing categories; was it a jackal, or closer to a wolf? By the end of the nineteenth century however, Americans had largely decided the coyote was, above all, a nuisance and took up arms to eradicate the animal. The effects were both gruesome and surprising. While government-laid traps and poisons killed millions of coyotes, many thousands also migrated to cities as a means of escaping the attempted extermination. Today, coyotes can be found in every American state save Hawaii and have even crossed their final frontier into New York City. Coyote America traces the history of this nigh-mystical animal (an “American Avatar” in Flores’s estimation) and their long, tortured, relationship with humans. Stephen Hausmann is a doctoral candidate at Temple University and Visiting Instructor of history at the University of Pittsburgh. He is currently writing his dissertation, a history of race and the environment in the Black Hills and surrounding northern plains region of South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wile E. Coyote has a family tree with many roots and branches, argues University of Montana A.B. Hammond Professor Emeritus Dan Flores in his recent book, Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History (Basic Books, 2016). Coyotes as a species predate humans in North America, and people have been, by... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Baker Leavitt joins the fellas for the 3rd time. Baker is currently on an elk hunt in Utah and takes a quick break to squeeze in an episode.  Baker and the fellas talk about his recent hunting trip to Africa, anti hunter comments, and much more! Enjoy!  Links from the episode: http://www.killcliff.com/ https://www.readyman.com/ Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History: https://www.amazon.com/Coyote-America-Natural-Supernatural-History/dp/0465052991 http://www.blackriflecoffee.com/ ---------------------------------------- https://workingclassbowhunter.com iTunes : Subscribe and rate us on iTunes! Click here!! https://www.facebook.com/WCBpodcast Other Listen Options: iHEART RADIO: Stitcher: WCB Tunein Blubrry Podbean Have a comment or question? Want to be on the show? Or just have something random to say?? Perfect hit us up some way or another from the options below! Email: workingclassbowhunter@gmail.com twitter: @WCBOWHUNTER https://twitter.com/WCBOWHUNTER Instagram: @WORKINGCLASSBOWHUNTER PODCAST SUPPORTERS: HHA Sports http://www.hhasports.com Badlands Packs http://www.badlandspacks.com Smith’s Custom Meats & Deer Processing, INC http://www.smithsdeerprocessing.com