Month: December 2016

December 6, 2016

Albuquerque 2017: Call for Proposals now open

The Wildlife Society will hold its 24th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from Sept. 23-27, 2017. Proposals for education and training programs including workshops, symposia and panel discussions are...

December 5, 2016

If you build it, they will come

With over 14,000 acres of habitat supporting hundreds of animal and plant species, there is no such thing as a “typical day” on Bitter Creek National Wildlife Refuge (Bitter Creek)—but...

December 5, 2016

NPS constructs the longest feral cat exclusion fence in the U.S.

The National Park Service, American Bird Conservancy, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other partners have recently completed construction on the longest cat exclusion fence in the United States. Located...

December 2, 2016

NRCS expands working lands conservation program

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) has added 11 new projects to the Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW) program, which incentivises conservation of wildlife on private...

December 2, 2016

Coyotes thrive in Southeast at expense of deer populations

Coyotes began migrating eastward throughout the latter half of the 20th Century. Once restricted to the western plains, they now occupy most of the continent and have invaded farms and cities,...

December 1, 2016

Sage-grouse rider removed from defense bill

Congressional committee members have removed an amendment from the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 that would have impacted conservation and management of the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus)....

December 1, 2016

In the Amazon rainforest, small roads have big impacts

Cars, trucks, and other vehicles leave noise, pollution, and roadkill in their wake. But if those impacts are subtracted, what about the roads themselves? “We wanted to untangle the effects...