Coyotes adapt to urban settings

SALEM — The howl of a coyote has probably livened up the soundtrack of nearly every Western movie.

If you’ve heard that howl in your Ohio neighborhood or in the distance, coyotes are living nearby. It may give you the shivers but it should alert you that the animal figuring prominently in Native American folklore is closer than you think.

About 35 people participated in a recent program, “Go Wild in the Park: Learn about Coyotes,” offered through Salem Public Library. Jason Reynolds, a wildlife and forestry specialist for Columbiana County Soil and Water District, presented the program at Waterworth Memorial Park near the Nature Trail.

Afterward, the group walked the trail, where Reynolds had placed various pelts of such animals as the red fox and gray fox and skulls of a muskrat and beaver.

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