Category: TWS Local News

April 16, 2019

Northeast Section to hold trapping matters workshop

The Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society will host a trapping matters workshop May 31 in Hadley, Massachusetts. The workshop will help participants understand and better communicate the benefits of regulated...

April 15, 2019

TWS member receives top honor from Mississippi State

Steve Demarais, a longtime TWS member and a TWS Fellow, was awarded Mississippi State’s highest honor, the Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award. Demarais is a Dale Arner Distinguished Professor...

March 18, 2019

San Joaquin Valley Chapter hosts California condor field trip

This article originally appears in the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s March 2019 newsletter. Photos from the field trip are also included in the newsletter. The San Joaquin Valley...

March 15, 2019

Western Section to hold California botany workshop

The Western Section of The Wildlife Society will host a California Botany for Wildlifers workshop May 1 to 4 in Santa Barbara, California. The goal of this workshop is to equip...

March 6, 2019

TWS Section, Chapter meetings and student conclaves in April

Sections, chapters, and working groups of The Wildlife Society hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. In addition, TWS Student Conclaves are usually held in the spring. The following meetings...

March 1, 2019

Western Section to hold workshop on drones

The Western Section of The Wildlife Society will host, “Drone technology and regulation” Apr. 9 to 12 in Monterey Co., California. This workshop is designed to provide an overview of unmanned...

February 12, 2019

TWS Section, Chapter meetings and student conclaves in March

Sections, chapters, and working groups of The Wildlife Society hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. In addition, TWS Student Conclaves are usually held in the spring. The following meetings...

February 4, 2019

Working Group logo design contest

The Molecular Ecology Working Group of The Wildlife Society is accepting submissions for a new logo. The logo should reflect the working group as accessible and fun, and signal its...

January 15, 2019

Texas Chapter issues position statement on captive cervids

In response to growing concerns by wildlife professionals regarding the negative biological impacts that the spread of diseases such as chronic wasting disease can have on native species like white-tailed...

January 14, 2019

North Central Section happenings – Part 2

This article originally appears in the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society’s Fall 2018 newsletter. The newsletter includes updates from the Ball State University, Purdue University and Southern Illinois...