Tag: TWS Conference

August 17, 2021

Oklahoma wildlife agency wins Diversity Award

Getting inner city children interested in fishing and the great outdoors sometimes just requires the right bait. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s bait wasn’t worms or insects, but NBA...

August 4, 2021

Steve Demarais wins Caesar Kleberg Award

For Steve Demarais, putting wildlife science into practice has been the most important. That has meant closely tracking forestry treatments for decades of his career to figure out the best...

July 23, 2021

NCWF wins TWS Group Achievement Award

North Carolina is rich with ecological diversity from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Outer Banks. But taking care of the plethora of wildlife resulting from so many different ecosystems...

September 25, 2020

TWS2020: Angola mammals avoid humans after 30-year civil war

The seasoned trackers sat on special chairs fastened to the front of a jeep moving slowly through the savannas of Angola’s Luengue-Luiana and Mavinga national parks. They eyed the ground...

May 22, 2020

TWS member’s video explores why wildlife matters

Why does wildlife matter? The answer to that question is inherent in the work that wildlife professionals do, but they don’t often have to put it into words. So with...

April 9, 2020

Deadline approaching for conference abstracts

The deadline to submit your abstracts to present your research at this year’s TWS Annual Conference is this Friday, April 17, 2020. This year’s call features a new list of...

October 9, 2018

Wini Kessler: A pioneer for women in wildlife

Like Aldo Leopold, this year’s Aldo Leopold Memorial Award winner Wini Kessler finds important lessons from what seem like mundane events. But unlike Leopold, Kessler, a member of The Wildlife...

January 18, 2018

Rebuilding the North Dakota student chapter

Nominations for the 2018 Student Chapter Advisor of the Year Award will be accepted through May 1. Visit the Conservation Education Award and Wildlife Education Award webpages by clicking the links...

January 2, 2018

Student research project: LIDAR describes marten habitat

The elusive Pacific marten seeks shelter and food in the forests of the Sierra Nevada, where its populations are imperiled by habitat loss. Taking advantage of LIDAR, the laser-based remote...

December 21, 2017

Student research project: Chipmunks in the Oscura Mountains

In southern New Mexico, a seldom-studied subspecies of chipmunk faces an uncertain future due to the destruction of the high-elevation coniferous woodlands it inhabits. Using camera traps, a recent student...