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Hey Thunder Bay hunters. My name is Justin and I'm a Masters student at Trent University who is researching wolf and coyote habitat use throughout eastern North America with a focus on Ontario. I'm curious how these animals are using their landscape and am in the process of creating an extremely large distribution map which shows where you are most likely to find wolves and coyotes. My project is made possible due to the support of various independent trappers, museums, fur auctions (NAFA, FHA), and universities because the samples are so difficult to obtain and we require so many! This leads me to my question - if anyone expects to have access to wolf OR coyote samples in the coming year and would like to support ecological research I would be absolutely thrilled to cover the cost of shipping the samples. All that is required is 20-40 hairs from an individual with an accurate (<1 KM) GPS location (can be done on a cell phone!). Acknowledgements for support will be made in any publications and presentations, while your efforts will help us better understand how wolves and coyotes are responding to landscape modification and habitat fragmentation. I have attached an image which shows the location of a few hundred of our samples, as you can see we are quite sparse in the Thunder Bay area. Please do not hesitate to ask if you have any questions or would like a more in-depth review of my proposal and methods. Feel free to email me at any time at justinjohnson@trentu.ca