Month: February 2017

As conservationist Aldo Leopold was first sitting down to write what would become his iconic A Sand County Almanac, he and a group of dedicated wildlife managers and biologists were...

The Fiscal Year 2018 budget process has begun for the 115th Congress. With the new administration looking to reduce spending across the federal government; many organizations, agencies, and coalitions are...

Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) has begun a review of the current Species at Risk Act (SARA) with hopes to strengthen the legislation for effective protections and recovery of...

Wyoming state congressmen introduced House Bill No. 271, Game Bird Farms – Greater Sage-grouse, to the state House of Representatives on Jan. 27. In addition to modifying game bird farm...

Dubbed “the enigma of the Pacific” until ornithologists finally tracked down its nest in the 1970s, the marbled murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) is a seabird that forages by the coast and...

At the recent Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference earlier this month in Lincoln, Neb., past TWS president Gary Potts and student representative to Council Kristi Confortin won important awards in...

TWS has launched your newest membership benefit that will revolutionize your networking opportunities in support of your daily work and professional development. For the first time ever, TWS members will...

Merav Ben-David, a professor of wildlife ecology and management at the University of Wyoming’s Department of Zoology and Physiology, has been named the new editor-in-chief of Wildlife Monographs. “My interest...

On Feb. 15, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing entitled “Oversight: Modernization of the Endangered Species Act,” led by Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY). Throughout the...

TWS presented the 2016 Chapter, Student Chapter and Student Chapter Advisor of the Year Awards at the 23rd Annual Conference last October in Raleigh, N.C. The Society selected the San...