On December 21, 2014, a 15-year-old girl found a dead coyote in a steel-jawed leg hold trap in the near NE 187th Pl. and 47th Ave NE in Lake Forest Park (LFP). The girl was walking her dog in the woods on watershed property. The area is LFP Water District property and that agency has been notified, as has the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife. At this point it isn't known who set the trap or if there might be more of them. It is a criminal offense in Washington state to use a steel-jawed, leghold trap, and penalties include up to a year in jail, a $5000 fine or both.
