Portland Urban Coyote Project

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Our Coyote Crew members have been busy at work helping to educate communities across the Portland metro about how to live well with coyotes. Want to help?

Sign up for the Coyote Crew! Yard signs are free to Coyote Crew volunteers (while supplies last)!

When you sign up to join the Coyote Crew—you’ll learn all about the coyotes in your neighborhood, how they live, what they need, and how to keep everyone safe and healthy.

Volunteering with us is low-commitment and choose your own adventure style—give it a try!

portlandcoyote.com/coyotecrew

Our Coyote Crew members have been busy at work helping to educate communities across the Portland metro about how to live well with coyotes. Want to help?

Sign up for the Coyote Crew! Yard signs are free to Coyote Crew volunteers (while supplies last)!

When you sign up to join the Coyote Crew—you’ll learn all about the coyotes in your neighborhood, how they live, what they need, and how to keep everyone safe and healthy. Volunteering with us is low-commitment and choose-your-own-adventure style—give it a try!

portlandcoyote.com/coyotecrew

Coyotes live in cities across the US and Canada—all of us benefit from following these guidelines:

-Never feed coyotes and remove potential food sources.
-Protect pets. Keep pets indoors, on short leashes, and supervised.
-Scare off bold coyotes. Make noise until the coyote leaves the area.
-Share this message. This only works when the whole community works together to keep people, pets, and coyotes safe.

How coyotes are adapting to urban life and thriving in U.S. cities In cities across America, it’s become increasingly common to see coyotes in parks, golf courses and other green spaces. John Yang speaks with New York Times reporter and photographer Loren Elliott and urban ecologist Christopher Schell to learn more.

One of our wonderful Coyote Crew members, Stephanie Sandmeyer, wrote this article about living with coyotes in the Hillsdale neighborhood. Thanks, Stephanie!

Hillsdale: Where Coyotes Thrive [August 20, 2025] What to do when your neighbor's a coyote?

We are thrilled to share this charming and informative zine from Hunter Currey—we are so lucky to have Hunter as a Coyote Crew member!

We recommend printing and folding a paper copy for yourself and for friends—it is easy and fun!

Access a printable and digital version on our blog: portlandcoyote.com/blog

Thank you to Pamela Slaughter from for sharing these photos!

This time of year it can be difficult to differentiate between a habituated coyote you should haze and a coyote parent that is concerned about you (or your dog) near their den (which could already be full of pups). Coyote parents will be extra wary during this time, so try to give them some extra leeway.

While it is appropriate to give coyotes a little extra space and grace this time of year and to keep an extra close eye on pets, it is always okay to discourage a coyote from approaching you by hazing. On the other hand, consider turning around or taking a different route if a coyote seems concerned about your presence and appears hesitant to leave a specific area (especially if you are walking your dog).

In San Francisco, the Presidio National Park takes a proactive approach to pupping season. Since they agree that "Coyotes may also be protective of their young during pupping season," they take the step of "proactively clos[ing] large sections of the Park Trail and the Bay Area Ridge Trail to dog walking from April to October." This practice is thought to get out ahead of potential conflicts.

So far, Portland's coyotes have tended to find hidden spots to den and there aren't major conflicts, so proactive closures aren't necessary. If you suspect there might be a den in your area, please let us know so we can monitor the area and make sure people are aware of the extra care needed.

Above excerpted from our newsletter, read more on our website: portlandcoyote.com/blog