March 19, 2021: Exciting/Breaking news!
In an effort to increase access, I have made my latest e-book, Coywolf, Open Access which ensures that anyone in the world can read this book for free. All I ask, as explained in the book, is that you donate to my research if you enjoyed the read. That will help facilitate the production of more books like this one. I also request that you write to the legislators listed at the end of this book too. Enjoy!
I wrote this as an e-book because, as a biologist who has made studying eastern coyotes/coywolves my life’s work, I wanted to maximize the book’s exposure as much as possible. I am offering it for free to anyone in the world who wants to read it. This is the culmination of years of work and delves deeply into eastern coyote ecology, behavior, and genetics. This project was the result of a labor of love that turned into a real-life nightmare in recent years. Thus, it has evolved to include management and 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.
The book is nearly 280 pages long and includes 290 fully color pictures. It is my “tell all” book from the last 20 years and is a must-read for anyone interested in predators, coyotes and wolves, hybridization, politics, and how to reform carnivore management. I hope you enjoy and appreciate it.
Citation: Way, J.G. 2021. E-book. Coywolf: Eastern Coyote Genetics, Ecology, Management, and Politics. Eastern Coyote/Coywolf Research, Barnstable, MA. 277 pages. Open Access URL: http://www.easterncoyoteresearch.com/CoywolfBook/.
Most recent update of book: March 19, 2021.
Note: Because this is a longer book there is a way in Adobe Acrobat to resume where you left off (i.e., at the last page you read). In Adobe Reader, go to “Edit” and at the bottom click on “Preferences” (or simply hit “Ctrl + K” buttons). From there, click on “Documents” at the top left of the menu and then “check the box” at the top of that screen for ‘Restore last viewed settings when reopening documents’. Once you click that, scroll down and click “OK”. PDFs will now open where you left off instead of at the beginning. This is not a default setting so you manually have to do it, unfortunately.
Downloading/Donating info:
To receive a copy of this e-book as a color PDF, download your free book here. However, to support my work please consider donating $10 or more for this privilege, which will allow me to continue making Open Access documents. If you feel uncomfortable donating online, then please email me (Jon) at easterncoyoteresearch@yahoo.com and I can provide you with a postal address. You can also send money for free (no fees on either end) in PayPal by going to Tools then Send Money and send it from bank account to bank acct (rather than credit card) using my email address (easterncoyoteresearch@yahoo.com) and/or selecting “Friends to Friends” Payment. This will eliminate the PayPal fees which is about 4% of a transaction. Thank you in advance for your kindness.
