{"id":6935,"date":"2013-10-21T13:12:18","date_gmt":"2013-10-21T17:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=6935"},"modified":"2013-10-21T13:12:18","modified_gmt":"2013-10-21T17:12:18","slug":"coyote-on-the-ridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2013\/10\/21\/coyote-on-the-ridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Coyote on the ridge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: National Park Service<\/p><\/div>\n

We live in coyote<\/a> country. If you raise animals, your ears are finely tuned to the yip and yowl of coyote on the move.<\/p>\n

Late last night, I heard a pack of voices moving along the ridge across from my house…the sheep, including four newborn lambs, are currently pasturing between the ridge and the house.<\/p>\n

I was out of the house in a flash, running toward the pasture to make sure no coyote had finally found a way through the fence. All was well.<\/p>\n

I admire coyote and believe farmers need to find ways to share terrain and habitat with them. We invested in and built good fences, but that’s no guarantee against loss. It’s tricky to co-exist with your “enemy.”<\/p>\n

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Photo: National Park Service<\/p><\/div>\n

So there I was at 1:00 am, standing at the pasture gate listening to the coyote calls move further and further away along the ridge, thinking about co-existence. How many examples could I think of?<\/p>\n

Okay, sheep farming in coyote country without shooting or trapping the predators. What else?<\/p>\n

I was thinking about this in the context of the recent Congressional dust up. Not very collegial or cooperative. How can we co-exist with people with whom we deeply disagree? Are there good examples from human history? Today?<\/p>\n

It’s fundraiser week here at the station. Yes, of course, I want you to contribute some money to the station <\/a>to help us continue our work. But, here’s the thing: when you think about it, public radio is a great example of conflicting and diverse opinions and ideas co-existing. And, I would argue, that makes for a better community, a better nation, and a better world.<\/p>\n

Congress! Listen up! Tune in to your local public radio station. You might learn something…I’ve learned a lot from coyote.<\/p>\n

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