The following schedule lists where I will be giving presentations on my research and/or book signings. After most talks, I will have my books available (except at places such as a free/public library where it is not legal to sell things). At book signings (like at a book store), I will likely just do a signing and no talk/presentation. Generally, I request a speakers fee (honorarium) of $300-400 per talk/presentation which greatly supports my research endeavors and travel costs. I have many talks I can give but the most common are:
1. Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Ecology and Behavior – This is my standard talk where I give a 1 hour 15 minute PowerPoint presentation showing over 100 pictures of eastern coyotes/coywolves, including video-clips. Talk includes discussion of eastern coyote home range and territory size, movement and activity patterns, sociality, denning behavior, and hybridization dynamics including pictures of various Canis in North America. The goal is to explain how coyotes behave and why they are so successful living near people. Best to leave 1 hr 30 min to 2 hours for this talk given the extended Q&A that normally follows the presentation.
2. Northeastern U.S. National Parks: What is and What Could Be – This talk (and book) focuses on expanding 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 added to the NP Service by an Act of Congress. It is significant because all areas are relatively large (~45,000 acres or bigger) which would offer ecosystem level protection not currently enjoyed on most of these federal lands. Demographic trends and the large number of people who spend millions of dollars on wildlife watching clearly support such designations where all resources are ‘protected unimpaired for future generations’. 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. This talk will make a plea to politicians that this is “America’s Best Idea” and is worth accomplishing here in the urbanized Northeast. It is my hope that the pictures, stories, and ideas in this 250 slide, 500 picture hour-long talk will inspire bipartisan support and legislation for this idea (click on link for sample letter to politicians).
3. My Yellowstone Experience – I have visited the world’s first national park 20 times and have well over 100 pictures and many video clips on the amazing wildlife, geothermal features, and scenery of the area. You’ll see photographs of elk, bison, bighorn sheep, black bears, coyote-badgers, and wolves, along with the park’s unique geology and scenery. A special talk about a special place. My book “My Yellowstone Experience” will be available for signing as well.
4. Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Hybridizaton: Phenotypic, Morphological, and Genetic Findings – This talk focuses on the Taxonomy behind the eastern coyote/coywolf and describes in depth why this creature is a unique form of North American Canis. Related ecological and behavioral findings are shared too. This is a twist on talk #1 above.
5. Canid/Coyote/Coywolf Management – This talk focuses on Coyote and Coywolf behavior and how management (i.e., hunting) plans for these creatures are not accurately reflected given their social, intelligent, family-oriented nature, and the fact that they are ecologically important animals in a given area, especially where larger predators (e.g., wolves and cougars/mountain lions) have been killed off.
Please contact me (Jon) at easterncoyoteresearch@yahoo.com if interested. Thanks in advance!
Scheduled events:
I recently finished a few talks and will hopefully have more as we transition to spring in a couple of months.
Note: I do not advertise all events, such as private venues or educational visits to school groups or universities.
– July 27, 2024 interview: Nature Nuggets: Episode 15 ~ Coywolves! With Jon Way of Eastern Coyote Research.
– 10 October 2021. All about Quincy (MA) Podcast. This is a 45 minute interview/podcast that I did with the host, John Melley. It was well done and the sound is very good!
– YouTube link from my June 16, 2020 Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Ecology and Behavior talk for Hamilton Township (Trenton), New Jersey. Thanks are due to Kelly Rypkema (krypkema@mercercounty.org) for making this link for us.
– Wolf Hollow – This is a great place in Ipswich, MA where you can view human socialized wolves.
– Wolf & Co. – A great event (conference) that I attended in Berlin, Germany in May 2017.
– Link to talk I gave to the Wareham (MA) Land Trust June 2016.
– Link to Eastern Coyote/Coywolf hybridization/talk. This is from a talk I gave August 31, 2015 for the Tales of Cape Cod at The Olde Court House across the street from St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Barnstable, MA.
– Visit this site: Adirondack Wildlife Refuge & Rehabilitation Center, www.AdirondackWildlife.org. I spoke there May 2009, as well Labor Day weekends 2011, 2012, & 2015. A great and worthwhile place to visit and to donate to.
– January 20, 2010. The Point with Mindy Todd on Cape Cod’s NPR stations. An interview based on the hybrid nature of the Eastern Coyote and why I think they should be called Coywolves.
– July 27, 2007. One Man’s Life Work: The Eastern Coyote. Interview by Christina Russo. New Hampshire Public Radio.
– July 12, 2007. The Point with Mindy Todd on Cape Cod’s NPR stations. An interview based on the recent release of my book Suburban Howls.