Month: October 2016

October 18, 2016

Wildlifers gather to celebrate Aldo Leopold award winner

The Aldo Leopold Memorial Award, named after the pioneer conservation, is the highest honor a TWS member can achieve. On Monday evening at this year’s Aldo Leopold Reception at the...

October 18, 2016

Plenary examines the threat of invasive species

Wildlife professionals everywhere are struggling against the threat of invasive species. At Monday’s plenary symposium at the TWS 23rd Annual Conference, three experts offered insight on this universal challenge, laying...

October 17, 2016

Members of The 1,000 support TWS strategic initiatives

The Wildlife Society offered a warm thank you Monday night to members of “The 1,000,” a prestigious group of TWS members who are inspiring other members into action, leading by...

October 17, 2016

A student-professional networking night at the museum

Students from universities throughout the country and wildlife professionals working in a wide range of organizations, including agencies, nonprofits and others mingled and met over desserts and drinks at the...

October 17, 2016

Distinguished leaders promote wildlife partnerships

The threats to natural resources and the need for smarter resource conservation in the face of those threats have continued to grow for many decades, outstripping the capacity in any...

October 16, 2016

Opening plenary calls on wildlife professionals to forge collaborations

The Wildlife Society’s Annual Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, kicked off Sunday morning with a plenary symposium on the future of conservation through partnerships. TWS President Gary Potts has made...

October 16, 2016

It’s all good news at the TWS members meeting

It’s been a successful year for TWS and this years’ TWS Annual Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, is off to a great start. At the Sunday morning TWS Membership Meeting,...

October 16, 2016

What would Aldo Leopold think of our profession?

If Aldo Leopold were alive today, what would he think of the wildlife profession? This was the topic the 2017 Aldo Leopold winner and keynote speaker Jim Nichols addressed Sunday...

October 16, 2016

TWS is Live from Raleigh, NC!

Live from Raleigh on WEDNESDAY, October 19, 2016 Handling Microagressions in the Workplace Speakers in this interactive session started with a poll of the audience asking whether they had experienced microgression...

October 14, 2016

Flying squirrels to flee the stand, but not the forest

If you look into the tree canopies of the Stanislaus-Tuolumne Experimental Forest in California, you might spot a small northern flying squirrel catching air with its pseudo wings as it...