Category: TWS News

February 25, 2019

Student Presentation: Using acoustics to deter bats from wind turbines

Prey species such as tiger moths (Arctia caja) often use acoustics to deter approaching bats. But can people do the same thing? Sara Weaver, a doctoral candidate at Texas State...

February 19, 2019

2019 Call for Abstracts now open!

The workshop, symposia and panel discussion proposals have been rolling in for a few months now, and now it’s your chance to submit an abstract for the first-ever joint conference...

February 14, 2019

TWS supports bill to study CWD

TWS recently sent a letter to Sens. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Michael Bennet, D-Colo., and Doug Jones, D-Ala., thanking them for addressing the spread of chronic wasting disease. The Chronic Wasting Disease...

February 13, 2019

TWS supports legislation to empower R3 efforts

TWS sent a letter this week to Rep. Scott Austin, R-Ga., supporting the Modernizing the Pittman-Robertson Fund for Tomorrow’s Needs Act (H.R. 877), recently introduced in the 116th Congress. The legislation would...

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...

February 1, 2019

One month left to submit conference proposals

This is an exciting year! The Wildlife Society and the American Fisheries Society will hold their first-ever joint conference in Reno, Nevada, Sept. 29–Oct. 3. Proposals for education and training programs,...

January 31, 2019

TWS contacts U.S. government leaders about shutdown

The Wildlife Society recently contacted President Trump and congressional leaders to emphasize the impacts of the recent partial government shutdown on its members and their critical work of science-based wildlife management...

January 31, 2019

Northwest Section speaks out against Montana bill

A bill recently introduced in the Montana state legislature would limit the information that the state’s Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks can consider while making wildlife policy decisions. If passed,...

January 22, 2019

Nevada student chapter engages new members

This article originally appears in the Nevada Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s Fall 2018/Winter 2019 newsletter. The University of Nevada, Reno Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society entered the fall...