The below videos are from the Maine Public Radio’s “All About Wolves” program. John Glowa, the president of the Maine Wolf Coalition participated in the call-in program.
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In response to Maine’s Wolf History, an article published in the Ellsworth American on May 22, 2024: After reading the recent article by V. Paul Reynolds “Maine’s wolf history”, I regret that I don’t have the opportunity to counter his lies and disinformation in every newspaper that prints his column. First of all,…
A 99 pound canid was killed after it attacked a family dog. A DNA analysis at the National Fish and Wildlife
In the Fall of 2013, a 78 pound canid was killed in North Hero, Vermont by Ray Beavolin. North Hero is made
The Winter 2023 issue of the MWC newsletter is the first in nearly a quarter of a century. Many thanks to
In December 2021, an 85 pound wolf was killed less than one hundred miles from Connecticut,
DNA analysis of an 85 pound canid shot by a New York hunter in
Governments are usually not too interested in talking about wolves.
Wolves predating on livestock grazing on public land continues to be an issue. We all recall the tragic story
I have always been fascinated with the saga of the wolves and moose living on Isle Royale in Lake
Things may not be looking good for wolves in the State of Wisconsin. A proposed new state law would
Nate Blakeslee wrote a remarkable article for The Wall Street Journal on October 7-8, 2017, entitled “The
In this my third Words From Walt, I lament two particular crisis situations for wolf recovery in our country.
In my last Words from Walt, I lamented what I characterized as the continuing problem of the “I thought it
I am your vice president and will be offering this occasional column on the plight of the wolf in our country.
Maine has no coyotes (Canis latrans). The wolflike canid that ranges from Ohio to the Carolinas and
I have started a new Facebook page titled John Glowa’s Maine Fish and Wildlife News.
On January 14, 2016, the Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife submitted its 2015 Revision
In a new article by authors Rutledge et al 2015 eastern wolves genetic simulations, evidence is presented
A recent study done by Canadian researchers documented the ability of Canada lynx to cross the St.
The Maine Dept. of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) 2005 Wildlife Conservation Strategy listed
On April 7, 2015, MWC president John Glowa testified before the Maine Legislature’s Inland Fisheries
MWC started in 1994 as an all-volunteer organization. We remain that way today. Although we operate on a shoestring budget, there are expenses, the biggest of which is this website which allows us to get the message of northeast wolf recovery around the globe.
As we wait for the USFWS decision regarding delisting gray wolves in the northeast and declaring the
In September 1994, we started the Maine Wolf Coalition at the Common Ground Fair in Windsor, Maine.
For several months this past fall and winter, a large canid frequented the area around Port Blandford, Newfoundland.
We started the Maine Wolf Coalition in September 1994 at Maine’s Common Ground Fair.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans to de-list the gray wolf from most of the continental United States has run into a stumbling block.
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service’s response to a recent Freedom of Information Act request submitted by MWC was very enlightening, more for what it didn’t contain than for what it did.
September 26, 2012 Secretary Kenneth Salazar U.S. Department of Interior 1849 C. St. NW Washington, D.C. 20240
The Maine Wolf Coalition was established during the 1994 Common Ground Fair held in Windsor, Maine.
Parks Canada is reporting a second possible wolf-this one in Terra Nova National Park.
In a letter dated June 19, 2012, Peter Kent, Canada’s Minister of the Environment responded to MWC’s April 29, 2012 letter calling for a Bi-National Recovery Plan for wolves in the northeast U.S. and eastern Canada.
Date: May 9, 2012 For Immediate Release First Wolf Killed In New Brunswick In More Than A Century Maine Wolf Coalition Renews Its Call For A Bi-national Recovery Plan
April 29, 2012 Secretary Ken Salazar U.S . Department of Interior 1849 C. St. NW Washington, DC. 20240
In April 2012, Jacques Mallett killed this 86 pound wolf on New Brunswick’s Acadian Peninsula
In March 2012, Joe Fleming shot and killed this 82 pound wolf after he called it in using a predator caller. It was the first wolf documented in Newfoundland since 1911. Click on the thumbnail image(s) below to see full size images.
The recent killing of two 80+ pound wolves in areas of eastern Canada where they haven’t been seen for more than a century serves as evidence that wolves are attempting to recolonize much of eastern North America.
MWC recently completed a successful first field season with its wolf trail cameras, despite the fact that
US Fish and Wildlife Service 4401 N. Fairfax Drive MS 2042-PDM Arlington, VA 22203
From September 23-25, 2011, MWC again had a booth at the Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine.
In 2010, The Maine Wolf Coalition reorganized from a membership-based organization to primarily an internet-based organization.
On May 5, 2011, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a proposed rule that would eliminate federal
1 M.R.S.A. § 408 is Maine’s Freedom of Access law. It gives every person, “…the right to inspect and copy any public record…within a reasonable period of time after making a request to inspect or copy the public record.”
Several bills intended to facilitate the killing of coyotes but which may also impact wolf recovery are
The Maine Wolf Coalition participated in the sixth annual Maine Wildlife Appreciation Day at the State House
State Rep. L. Gary Knight (R) of Livermore Falls is sponsoring L.D. 1072, An Act to Establish a Coyote Bounty Permit.
Maine’s sixth annual Wildlife Appreciation Day will be held Tuesday, March 15, 2011 from 8 A.M. till 1 P.M. at the State House Hall of Flags in Augusta.
Rep. Paul T. Davis-R (Sangerville) is sponsoring L.D. 640, “An Act to Encourage Coyote Management”.
Sen. Troy Jackson-D (District 35 Northern Aroostook County) has introduced L.D. 101 “An Act to Institute a Snaring Program for Coyotes”.
We recently purchased our first trail camera and will be deploying it and perhaps several others in remote areas of the state in 2011.
WABI-TV Channel 5 in Bangor, Maine recently ran a piece on wolves in the northeast.
November 6, 2010 Governor-Elect Paul LePage Waterville City Hall One Common St. Waterville, ME 04901
For the seventeenth consecutive year MWC participated in the Maine Organic Farmer’s and Gardener’s Association Common Ground Fair in Unity, Maine.
Meredith Kellogg has been named MWC’s Education & Outreach Coordinator.
The Maine Wolf Coalition, Inc. announces its new Northeast Wolf Recovery website at http://mainewolfcoalition.org.
This possible wolf was seen in the Adirondack foothills and was photographed using a trail camera set up next to chicken grease placed on the ground as bait.
In October 2007, this 85 lb. male wolf was shot and killed after it had allegedly killed several sheep in the
In October 2006, this 91 lb. male wolf was shot and killed as it walked through a farm field. It was killed some
In January 2002, a Quebec trapper killed this 67 pound wolf some twenty miles north of Quebec’s border
In December 2001, a coyote hunter shot and killed an 85 lb. male wolf. The New York Dept. of
In November 1998, a 72 pound male wolf was shot and killed in northern Vermont. The carcass of the animal
In November 1996, this 82 lb. male wolf was killed by a trapper in eastern Maine. The trapper reported that
This young 67 lb. female wolf visited a remote campsite in the north Maine Woods in late August 1993.