NOTE: I will soon be publishing a guidebook with reflections on 5 years of coyote walks. Look out for Five Coyote Walks out of New York City summer 2013.
laH
is an annual walking project that commemorates the spirit of Hal, a coyote who appeared
in Central Park in 2006 and died shortly after being captured and re-released in the wild. The walk and associated body of research investigates connections between the natural and human world, and the pathways between the two.
laH illustrates how a coyote might find its way into Manhattan with a
reverse human journey
out of the city: a hike retracing a potential
coyote-like path through greenspaces. Citing examples of juvenile coyotes
that have made long dispersal trips, the walk averages around 50-60 miles. The walk has been performed solo, in a group, and in a pair.
KMZ files for seeing the routes on google earth can be downloaded
here.
Link to article in the NYNJ Trailwalker magazine
2013 54.3 mile
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2012 59.5 mile
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2011 54 mile
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2011 in a larger map
2010 45 mile
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2009 66 mile (click arrows to see the placement of small monument’s given by people
at the
City Reliquary sendoff)
View Lah Journey 2009 in a larger map 
artist’s book with quotes and images from
Proteus Gowanus show
