Coyote numbers are on the rise in Kansas with some getting increasingly more comfortable living next to humans in residential and other urban areas. KSNT News spoke with Matt Peek, a wildlife research biologist with the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP), about how coyotes are adapting to life in Kansas towns and cities. “They’ve [coyotes] adapted and are learning to live in the most urban of areas,” Peek said. “The green space of some of our cities now harbor not only coyotes but deer and other wild animals as well.”
Source: KSN-TV

Sedgwick County Emergency Management (SCEM) is expanding the use of Civic Ready Alerts to include 17 more towns in addition to the initial test sites of Wichita and Mt. Hope. The free alert system notifies residents by phone or email of emergencies or important news in their area. As of Monday, May 1, citizens can opt-in to receive messages regarding public safety, health, weather or other community bulletins from these cities: Andale, Bel Aire, Bentley, Cheney, Clearwater, Colwich, Derby, Eastborough, Garden Plain, Goddard, Haysville, Kechi, Maize, Mt. Hope, Mulvane, Park City, Valley Center, Viola, Wichita. “Civil Ready Alerts allows each city to customize what kinds of notifications it sends out and when,” Julie Stimson, director of SCEM, said. “It’s an easy way to keep people informed of what’s happening in their own hometown, especially during times of danger.”
Source: KSN-TV