Month: December 2016

December 9, 2016

It’s a win-win for bluebirds and vineyards

Putting up nest boxes in vineyards can help provide habitat for bluebirds while simultaneously helping growers keep pests off their grapes. In a new study published in The Auk: Ornithological...

December 9, 2016

TWS sends letter to Trump, transition team

The Wildlife Society sent a letter Tuesday congratulating President-elect Donald Trump on the results of the election and introducing TWS and the collective interests and expertise of its members to...

December 8, 2016

WSB study: Sterilizing female deer doesn’t reduce deer populations

Although animal welfare groups have backed sterilizing female deer — an experimental alternative to traditional methods of decreasing overabundant deer populations such as hunting or hiring sharpshooters to cull animals...

December 8, 2016

Virginia Tech students host Annual Wild Game Dinner

Students returned to the Virginia Tech campus after Thanksgiving break ready to whip up favorite recipes for the Annual Wild Game Dinner, hosted by The Student Chapter of The Wildlife...

December 8, 2016

BLM approves planning proposal

The Bureau of Land Management has finalized a strategy, known as Planning 2.0, with the goal of making land-use planning more efficient, more accessible to the public, and more adaptive...

December 7, 2016

JWM study: Tree removal has long-term impact on bird community composition

In the first-known study to examine the long-term effects of tree removal in northwestern Colorado on bird habitat, researchers found fundamental changes in the bird community. The findings suggest that...

December 7, 2016

Sections, chapters and The 1,000 boost Travel Grant program

The TWS Student Travel Grants program helped fund travel for 19 students to attend the Annual Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, earlier this year. The students received up to $500...

December 6, 2016

USFWS coastal conservation responds to climate change

At the Chesapeake Marshlands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, two members of The Wildlife Society are working to monitor and respond to the ecological impacts of climate change. Supervisory wildlife biologist...

December 6, 2016

WI Student Chapter participate in owl banding, host workshop

It has been an action-packed start of the year to say the least for the Student Chapter of TWS of UW-Madison! We are excited about all of our new members...

December 6, 2016

JWM study: Ferruginous hawks benefit from some human development

There’s no shortage of stories these days about wild animal populations decreasing due to habitat loss from human development. However, sometimes there’s a story in which human development actually benefits...