Month: April 2015

The North Central Section of TWS wrote a letter to some of Wisconsin’s legislators, addressing concerns related to proposed changes to Wisconsin wildlife management. In the 2015-2017 biennial budget, Governor...

What do western landowners and a small, grey endangered bird species have in common? They’ll both be coming out on top because of a new conservation program unveiled last week...

Priority areas for future conservation in the U.S. are mostly concentrated in the Southeast — an area which lacks protected areas to support them, according to a new study. Researchers...

Wildlifers have an opportunity to work for their professional society and contribute to the policy activities of the organization. TWS is currently looking to fill two policy intern positions at...

Some people in Florida who think they’re helping gopher tortoises by releasing them into the ocean are actually causing them more harm. Last week, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission...

From the spring issue of The Wildlife Professional. New USFS technical guide offers strategies and tips For agencies and organizations to effectively manage wildlife, knowledge about the status and trend...

The Iowa Chapter of TWS has developed a position statement on the impacts of biofuel energy development on wildlife within the state. “As Iowa continues to expand in and explore...

Wildlife Services often partners with other federal agencies. Last August, when WS qualified airport wildlife biologists Ben Allen and Justin Crump captured a golden eagle that was threatening (and threatened...

Last month the Society held a 2-day Council meeting in Omaha, at the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference. I thought that I would share with these comments some...

The decline of endangered Arctic ivory gulls (Pagophila eburnea) in Canada might be due to a dramatic increase in mercury levels over the past 130 years, a recent study shows....