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'Urban Coyotes in the Chicago Region' to be focus of FREP Noon Network meeting

The Fox River Ecosystem Partnership will host its bimonthly FREP Noon Network from noon to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, hosted by Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, 14N322 Route 25, East Dundee.

Stanley D. Gehrt, professor of wildlife ecology, extension wildlife specialist at the School of Environment and Natural Resources at The Ohio State University, will discuss "Urban Coyotes in the Chicago Region."

Gehrt is the principal investigator of the Cook County Coyote Project, having initiated the study in 2000. As chairman of the Center for Wildlife Research at the Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation, he directs a variety of research projects both at the Foundation and around the country. Gehrt continues to supervise many daily aspects of the project while working full-time as a professor and extension specialist at The Ohio State University. He is regarded as an international expert of urban wildlife and his research has been featured in numerous print, radio, and television outlets.

Gehrt is the senior editor of the volume "Urban Carnivores" published by Johns Hopkins University Press. Research interests focus on various aspects of mammalian ecology, especially in urban systems, and dynamics of wildlife disease.

This program is free and open to the public. Reservations are not required.

Enter the main McGraw entrance gate off Route 25, turn left at the first intersection. Two parking areas are available. The program is in Pond Cottage, the large gray building near the parking area.

The Fox River Ecosystem Partnership was established in 1996 representing the entire Fox River watershed in Illinois, covering 1,720 square miles situated within the counties of Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, Lee, McHenry and Will.

Membership includes individuals, governments, organizations and businesses that meet regularly "to promote, preserve, protect and enhance the natural, cultural, economic and recreational resources of Illinois' Fox River and its watershed."

For more information about this program and the Fox River Ecosystem Partnership, visit foxriverecosystem.org or www.facebook.com/foxwatershed.

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