Tag: Students

March 23, 2017

UND students reflect on state chapter meeting

Seeing many of my fellow students get more and more involved throughout the year, especially at the North Dakota Chapter of The Wildlife Society annual meeting February 8-10, 2017 brought...

March 13, 2017

CRU students influence future of living natural resources

Each year, nearly 600 graduate students participate in natural resource education and training through the Cooperative Research Unit Program (CRU). Research directed by CRU scientists assists the next generation of...

March 10, 2017

Increasing Native American participation in wildlife field

Across Indian country one can find beautiful areas of untrammeled land, more than 100 million acres, stewarded by people who value their natural heritage. “As tribal people, our relationship with...

March 8, 2017

UMD Student Chapter advocates for bird-safe building design

The University of Maryland’s Student Chapter of TWS participated in the Lights Out Baltimore initiative this past fall semester in an effort to promote bird-safe building design and windows. The...

March 2, 2017

Resolve in the New Year

The idea of resolutions may seem antiquated to some, but I believe it’s important to reflect on each passing year and what you want to make of the next. As...

February 16, 2017

Have natural resource programs surpassed carrying capacity?

As graduation creeps closer, or for some has passed, the looming question is, “What is next for me?” The surge of U.S. Fish and Wildlife jobs in the last month...

January 19, 2017

Student research project: Large carnivores surviving on unusual prey

Despite the negative impacts that people have on natural ecosystems, some wildlife species are surviving on the expanded menus that humans offer them. In particular, large carnivores in landscapes altered...

January 19, 2017

Genetics study aims to aid pronghorn conservation decisions

Where highways have been identified as barriers to seasonal movements of migratory pronghorn, a project just beginning in Wyoming hopes to highlight the genetic effects of these anthropogenic stressors on...

January 13, 2017

A grand slam for students, schools and science

In 2014, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell formalized a Youth Initiative to expand career, educational, volunteer, and recreational opportunities for youth and veterans on the nation’s public lands, including...

January 11, 2017

Scholarship opportunity for conservation camp

A few years ago, when retired North Carolina state wildlife biologist Terry Sharpe was chatting with friends about why they became interested in wildlife, he realized they all had one...