Coyotes, Bobcats, & Bears, Oh My! ♿
Sat, Sep 12 · 10:00 AM
Rockefeller State Park Preserve · Pleasantville
Learn best practices for minimizing conflict with large wildlife in the Hudson Valley with Leave No Trace Instructor, Martha Bierut. Worried about coyotes, bobcats, and bears within Rockefeller State Park Preserve and your neighborhood? Join RSPP Program Coordinator and Leave No Trace Instructor Martha Bierut to learn ecology and best practices for minimizing you and your family’s risk of harmful wildlife encounters. Martha (MSc Conservation Leadership) has worked with and studied human-wildlife conflict mitigation for years. Her Masters research focused on communities around a Ugandan national park in severe conflict with elephants in the form of crop raiding and retaliatory ivory poaching. Capacity: 40
