Chapter Meeting

Join us the 3rd Thursday of the month for our chapter meeting!

Presentation Title: Living in Harmony with America’s Song Dog

Presentation Summary: Coyotes are highly resilient creatures able to adapt to threats and acclimate themselves in almost every environment, including cities and suburbs. As a keystone carnivore, coyotes play a critical role helping to maintain healthy ecosystems and species diversity. This presentation will look at the current challenges coyotes face in a rapidly evolving human-centric landscape. We’ll examine the coyotes’ seasonal behaviors that often influence increased sightings and dispel some of the most common myths. In conclusion, we’ll discuss proactive methods we can use to help avoid negative encounters with coyotes.

Name of Speakers: Karin and Roberto Saucedo

Brief Bios: Karin Saucedo is a wildlife conservation photographer based in the Dallas area and she’s always been especially passionate about felines and canids. She spends a lot of her time studying their behavior through observation and also remotely through camera traps. Karin’s images have been used to educate about coexisting with urban wildlife, to document wild canid field research and to create awareness about exotic animal ownership, breeding and exploitation. Most recently she’s been published in the book to accompany the film, Deep in the Heart: A Texas Wildlife Story, by Ben Masters and also Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas Fort Worth, by Amy Martin. Karin works with The Canid Project as their Texas Outreach Representative, The Gulf Coast Canine Project as a field research photographer, and she’s been volunteering at In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue for a little over 12 years. Karin serves on the Advisory Committee for Texas Native Cats, and is also a Partner Photographer for Panthera. Instagram: @karinsaucedo. Learn more at karinsaucedo.com

Roberto Saucedo has a background in creative marketing and has used that ability to hone skills in his passion for telling stories though wildlife and conservation photography. For the last seven years, he has documented coyote behavior throughout north Texas through observation, photography and camera traps. Together with his wife, Karin, Roberto serves on the Advisory Committee for Texas Native Cats. He also volunteers at In-Sync Exotics Wildlife Rescue.

Instagram: @rbtsaucedo. Learn more at robertosaucedo.com.

Karin & Roberto are both Texas Master Naturalists with the Blackland Prairie Chapter.

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