S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8571
I N S E N A T E
May 10, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to require the department of environmental conservation to report
on coyote management techniques in urban and suburban areas
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The department of environmental conservation shall, no
later than January 1, 2019, prepare a report to the legislature regard-
ing coyote management techniques in urban and suburban areas of the
state. Such report, which shall be based on the best available scientif-
ic information, shall include:
(i) management measures currently taken by the department to minimize
conflict between humans and coyotes;
(ii) review of effective management measures being taken in other
states;
(iii) methods to enhance public engagement in and awareness of coyote
management issues;
(iv) identification and evaluation of urban and suburban areas of the
state with high concentrations of coyote populations;
(v) methods currently implemented to minimize dangerous interactions
between humans and coyotes and recommendations for improvements to such
methods, if applicable;
(vi) the basis for the department's current coyote population manage-
ment levels; and
(vii) an evaluation of coyote control methods that may be employed to
reduce coyote populations, which may include, but need not be limited to
capture and euthanization, capture and removal, and fertility control.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13322-02-7