Join us as our own CFRW Outreach & Engagement Manager, Seanna Jobe, discusses her master’s research she conducted at UNCW!

Pancakes at 8 am, seminar will start at 9 am!

Title: Bald Head Island Coyotes: How Predator Exclusion Cages, Which Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nests, Act as a Visual Stimuli

Description: Loggerhead Sea Turtles are a species that are threatened on the IUCN red list and face many challenges such as; predation, coastal development, climate change, nesting obstructions, pollution, inundation by overwash, and poaching. On Bald Head Island, intense predation by coyotes became a very real threat in 2019 when over 100 hatchlings and 2,000 eggs were lost. After a research project on best predatory exclusion cage design was conducted, Seanna researched how these devices act as a visual attractant to coyotes on the island, and what that meant for sea turtle management in the future!

Speaker: Seanna Jobe, CFRW Outreach & Engagement Manager
Seanna grew up in Western New York and moved to Wilmington for graduate school in 2020. She received her bachelor’s in environmental biology from Houghton University, and her master’s in environmental studies from UNCW. While getting her masters, she did her research capstone on Predator Exclusion Cages as Visual Attractants to Canis latrans. This research was conducted on Bald Head Island, North Carolina, where she was able to collaborate with Bald Head Island Conservancy. Seanna has been fortunate to have many formative experiences with wildlife which have directly influenced her passions for management and conservation, and science communication! 

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