I love the conspiracy theories. Ridiculous, but entertaining.

GLS, a grad student of mine and I saw what was probably the first coyote on the bomb plant back in 92 or 93. Lehr Brisbane was watching for them and not surprised when we told him what we had seen. They certainly got there on their own.

As for the study that removed 500 of them, when was that done? Was it like their Feral Pig contracts where one pig is removed 500 times, or really 500 coyotes? I suspect something more like the former than the latter. The feral pig control on the plant was notorious for being a joke. And the bomb plant is pretty darn small for 500 coyotes, at least if they are claiming that for a single year or two. FWIW, I never heard of coyote removals in the time I was there, so this must be something relatively recent.


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