One coyote howling in the snow on the edge of Appalachia

Usually you only hear them groups, small groups and sometimes big groups. You almost never see a coyote, although you live among them. They are so spectacular to watch, those rare times when you do see one.

Here in a county along the northern edge of the 410 counties that make up the area of operations of the Appalachian Regional Commission, a single coyote keeps me awake, howling nearby. So, I read about "Appalachia Redux" in the NY Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/opinion/12mon3.html
...and wonder how this Appalachian section of NYS can gain a strategy for facing the transitions in land use and settlement patterns in the rural areas.