Month: October 2015

October 20, 2015

A Night at the Museum Sees TWS Invasion

Biologists, wildlife managers, students and researchers descended on the Manitoba Museum in droves last night for the Night at the Museum Networking Event of the 2015 Conference of The Wildlife...

October 20, 2015

Aldo Leopold Award Recipients Gather at TWS Conference

Recipients of the Aldo Leopold Award — The Wildlife Society’s highest honor — got together at a commemorative reception that was part of the ongoing TWS Annual Conference in Winnipeg....

October 19, 2015

Students Learn About Careers, Get Advice from Professionals

Students filled the room at the Careers with U.S. Forest Service and Wildlife Services event to hear straight from the source what it’s like to work for the two federal...

October 19, 2015

Wildlife Connections the Theme of Packed Plenary Event

Rick Baydack, president of The Wildlife Society, kicked off the plenary at The Wildlife Society’s 22nd Annual Conference in Winnipeg, by bringing up the theme of his leadership tenure: Why...

October 18, 2015

Film Premiere: Attendees Get a Glimpse into Canadian Naturalist’s Career

It was as if you were right by the polar bears wrestling in the wild and could feel the great gray owls fly overhead at the premier of the film,...

October 18, 2015

Live from Winnipeg!

Wednesday, October 21, 2015 10/21/2015  4:30 PM Contributed Papers: Wildlife Diseases and Toxicology “Impacts of Insecticide Plague Treatment on Populations of Deer Mice in Prairie Dog Colonies” Prairie dogs are...

October 16, 2015

FWS Planning Mexican Wolf Releases Despite State Objections

Internal documents obtained from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) on October 15 indicate that FWS plans to go forward with the release of up to 10 Mexican wolf...

October 16, 2015

TWS Member: Nebraska Pheasants Decline Despite Conservation Program

Despite the implementation of the Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), a Farm Bill funded program to improve soil and restore perennial grass cover, pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) that rely on the grass...

October 15, 2015

Sportsmen’s Bill Moves on After Markup

The House Natural Resources Committee held a heated day of public land bill markups on October 8. The most notable of these markups occurred for the Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational...

October 15, 2015

Warm Arctic Weather Could Be Shrinking Butterflies

Butterfly size may be affected by warming Arctic temperatures, according to a new study. “Our studies show that males and females follow the same pattern and it is similar in...