Coyote is a collie-sized canine with gray fur and bushy tail, which is held low when running. Coyote’s diet consists of 60% meat and 40% plant matter such as grasses, fruits, flowers, and seeds.

Partially-digested seeds in Coyote’s scat readily sprout into young mesquite trees.

Remember that Coyote is a wild animal and should always be admired from afar.

Ash Meadows Interpretive Sign

The canyons are giving birth to the Coyote Clan—individuals who are quietly subversive on behalf of the land.

They are infiltrating our neighborhoods in the most respectable ways, with their long, bushy tails tucked discreetly inside their pants or beneath their skirts. Members of the Coyote Clan are not easily identified, but there are clues.

You can see it in their eyes. They are joyful and they are fierce. They can cry louder and laugh harder than anyone on the planet. And they have enormous range.

The Coyote Clan is a raucous bunch: they have drunk from desert potholes and belched forth toads. They tell stories with such virtuosity that you’ll swear you have been in the presence of preachers.

The Coyote Clan is also serene. They can float on their backs down the length of any river or lose entire afternoons in the contemplation of stone.

Members of the Coyote Clan court risk and will dance on slickrock as flash floods erode the ground beneath their feet. It doesn’t matter.

They understand Earth re-creates itself—day after day.

Terry Tempest Williams, An Unspoken Hunger