Exciting/Breaking news! Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Research makes books free Open Access Downloads to increase access to books, and Other News.

There are 3 exciting developments within this organization:

1) In an effort to increase access, Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Research has made the following e-books Open Access which ensures that anyone in the world can read these books for free:

The Trip of a Lifetime and Northeastern U.S. National Parks

All that is asked, as is explained in both of the books, is that you donate to Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Research if you enjoyed the read(s). That will help facilitate the production of more books like this one. Enjoy!

2) In additionally exciting news, the founder of Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Research, Jonathan (Jon) Way, is finishing another major e-book, Coywolf, which will soon be available on this website. That book will be nearly 300 pages, will include hundreds of pictures, and will discuss eastern coyote ecology, genetics, management, and politics. It details at length how this animal came about as a hybrid creature and its ecology and behavior in the wild. The book is the culmination of years of work. It has evolved to include politics because it’s important to understand the regressive policies that dominate predator management and the negative consequences many biologists face when they try to accurately portray predators in the context of wildlife management.

3) Lastly, in a 3rd major initiative after the publication of the 2 e-books as Open Access, and the finishing of Coywolf – a major treatise on the eastern coyote, Jon plans on soon writing another e-book, this one based on his trip to Yellowstone National Park over the recent holiday season. It is going to be a picture-oriented e-book called Christmas in Yellowstone! More soon on both of these endeavors.

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Wolf Scat documented in Maine!

8 November 2020. I am so glad to be part of this ongoing work. We are getting a new administration just at the right time as it appears they will actually care for and protect our wildlife heritage rather than cater to special interests. Hang in there wolves. We will continue to find and protect you. Never underestimate the power of a small group of individuals vs government tyranny. Just in case the Facebook link doesn’t work for you, here is the original article describing this work.

Related article:

13 November 2020. Our View: Evidence of wolves in Maine raises management questions: How to handle them has been a contentious issue in other states. Editorial from the Portland Press Herald.

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Northeastern National Parks and The Trip of a Lifetime

Press Release: July 24, 2020.

Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Research is pleased to announce the release of 2 e-books written by Jonathan Way that are related to the National Park Service and protection of wildlife, including carnivores, within its borders.

The Trip of a Lifetime: A Pictorial Diary of My Journey out West is a 500+ page book which is the result of a dream 3.5 week trip out west during summer 2019. Dozens of parks, protected areas, and national forests/grasslands were visited to produce this pictorial journey, including 995 images, which describes this adventure in a unique, very visual way. It is intended to be an easy, relatively quick read given the number of pictures of our great country and some of its best natural features. This book is unique in the annals of adventure books and western national park reads in that it provides a journalistic flair to the text and offer insights into the author’s observations, yet provides abundant, maybe even overwhelming, visual documentation. The importance of our national parks is clearly evident to make this book possible, especially the pictures. The case is made to expand the existing national park system to include more large natural areas throughout the country that ‘preserve resources unimpaired for future generations’ so additional people can have similar experiences to the ones described in this text.

Northeastern U.S. National Parks: What is and What Could Be, a 250 page, 500 picture book, makes the case to expand the National Park (NP) System in the Northeast, beyond just having Acadia National Park as its only large “natural” park, by adding 3 units: Cape Cod NP, Kancamagus NP in NH, and Maine Woods NP and Preserve. These 3 units are already existing federal land and could immediately be turned into true national parks by an Act of Congress. Giving National Park status to these areas would provide an important, higher level of protection to better safeguard these areas especially during politically volatile times.

Both books are available for the mere price of $10, which is equivalent to a night at the movies.

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Don’t buy from Dog Ear Publishing

This is a word of caution: The original publisher of my 2007 book “Suburban Howls” is Dog Ear Publishing. It is important to note that they are a bunch of thieves (please see detailed article here). They sell author’s books and don’t pay them their profits. I haven’t been paid for sales for over 2 years. They owe me at least $500 and the value is probably higher than that. I am part of an email chain of over 30 people where the same thing has happened. The real number of people scammed by Dog Ear Publishing is probably much higher.

I realize that most people visiting this site buy directly from me on my website (here) but if you are going to Amazon please buy the book thru Ingram Spark (ISBN# 9781087848501), which has a revised 2014 version on the cover. Please DO NOT buy the Dog Ear Publishing version as it is currently still listed up there even though I cancelled my contract with them months ago. It is sad that in this day and age people can get away with stealing right in front of you even when one contacts the Attorney General and Better Business Bureau which I and all those other authors have already done.

For your best, bet, please visit my store page where all of my books and some of my pictures are available for sale. Thanks for your interest and loyalty.

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Coyote Control Based on Scientific House of Cards

December 21, 2017. Coyote Control Based on Scientific House of Cards: Complaint Seeks to End Federal Reliance on Flawed 42-Year-Old Study. Today I became co-author with a major national group, PEER, to challenge a study that will no doubt start to legally reform carnivore management nationwide. We were able to get a lot of major people/scientists to sign on to this including Jane Goodall! It is the beginning of a new era of challenging special interest dominated flawed wildlife (specifically carnivore) management and this document will be used to challenge carnivore hunting and control programs in the very near future. This is a very exciting development! Below, is the scientific citation for this document:

Carlesco, A., J.G. Way, and L. Kane. 2017. Complaint about information quality: Use of the Connolly and Longhurst (1975) paper in justifying coyote control. URL: https://www.peer.org/assets/docs/usda/12_20_17_PEER_DQA_Complaint.pdf. 23 pages.

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New Paper “Once I Found Out” shows the general public’s distaste for carnivore hunting

November 15, 2017. New Paper “Once I Found Out” shows the general public’s distaste for carnivore hunting. This is an exciting new paper that I co-authored with Dr. Jennifer Jackman in the peer-reviewed journal Human Dimensions of Wildlife showing that voters on Cape Cod, MA overwhelming opposed hunting practices on coyotes. I am sure that future research will verify this in most of the U.S. Citation for paper is:

Jackman, J. L. and J. G. Way. 2017. Once I found out: Awareness of and attitudes toward coyote hunting policies in Massachusetts. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2017.1397824.

Will state wildlife agencies acknowledge this and guide future management to how the public wishes, or will they remain special interest focused on satisfying the small minority of people that hunt carnivores?

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Petition to ban Carnivore Hunting in an Eastern National Park: Cape Cod National Seashore

May 8, 2017. A special thanks to Louise Kane, Elizabeth G Brooke, John Maguranis, and Predator Defense: https://www.facebook.com/PredDefense/ for creating this important petition to ban carnivore hunting at Cape Cod National Seashore. It is due time that the park service treats this area like the national park that it is and for more people in the East to have a chance to experience a national park setting without having to travel out west. It is hoped that 1000s of signatures are gathered and that you might not only sign on but also forward this petition to your networks and help us recruit many other signers to force Seashore staff to recognize this important area and give it the proper protections it deserves. This is a great situation where someone can feel empowered in making a difference by singing on to a document that has a chance of achieving its intended goals.

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Press Release: Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Research Founder publishes Research Obstruction Testimonial called “Blackballed”

9/15/16

Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Research founder, Dr. Jonathan Way, publishes a testimonial called “Blackballed”, which documents – in detail – the research obstruction that he has experienced trying to study eastern coyotes/coywolves in Massachusetts. Jon is a father, volunteer coach for youth basketball and football, author of two books and over 40 professional publications, and currently lives and works on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Yet, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries – the same agency that authorizes an unlimited six month hunting season for anyone who wants to kill them – has repeatedly obstructed and denied his research requests.

This testimonial is timely as government corruption related to pandering to special interests is now capturing headlines more than ever. State wildlife agencies cater almost exclusively to narrow user groups despite changing demographics of public trust resources, and when Jon’s work as an independent scientist challenged the status quo policy positions within MA Wildlife his career was essentially terminated. The attached testimonial is Jon’s “coming out”. It’s intended to give readers a specific, informed first-hand account of the power that state agencies wield on obstructing productive field work and discriminating against freedom of speech when scientists challenge their authority and policies.

For more and to read the testimonial, please visit:

http://EasternCoyoteResearch.com/ResearchObstructionTestimonial

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Breaking news: Coywolf, Canis oriens, is suggested new name for ‘eastern coyote’ says scientific article

March 16, 2016. Updated (bottom) May 12: my co-authored paper on changing the species name of ‘eastern coyote’ to coywolf (common name), Canis oriens (scientific name), was accepted and published:

Way, J.G. and Lynn, W.S. 2016. Northeastern coyote/coywolf taxonomy and admixture: A meta-analysis. Canid Biology & Conservation 19(1): 1-7. URL: http://canids.org/CBC/19/Northeastern_coyote_taxonomy.pdf. This paper summarizes the literature and suggests that not only should ‘coyotes’ in the Northeast be called coywolves, but that they warrant new species status, Canis oriens – meaning eastern canid!

Update May 12: Also check out my article published in the academic journal The Conversation on the same topic: https://theconversation.com/why-the-eastern-coyote-should-be-a-separate-species-the-coywolf-59214.

 

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Who really pays for wildlife in the U.S.?

October 27, 2014. Who really pays for wildlife? In this very important analysis, “Wildlife Conservation and Management Funding in the U.S.”, it is shown that the general taxpayer contributes substantial more to wildlife conservation than do hunters, despite the often mentioned comment that “hunters pay for wildlife management”. This document clearly shows that that is not true and that wildlife should be managed for all citizens as a public trust resource and not for special interests. Update April 15, 2016: A new article describing the same topic “The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It” very nicely (and in depth) describes how much more wildlife watchers and other non-consumptive users of wildlife contribute to wildlife management than just hunters. And added September 27, 2016. Why the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation is Problematic for Modern Wildlife Management. By M. Nils Peterson & Michael Paul Nelson. This is a super important professional/scientific article (available for free) that yet again challenges the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and critiques the model for only giving white male hunters credit for wildlife conservation when the true story is much more diverse including non-hunters, women, and minorities.

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