Month: June 2017

Early bird pre-registration for this year’s conference is now open! Register by June 30 to save an additional $50. All registration prices will increase $50 on July 1. And don’t...

Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks officials say they plan to change the way they estimate the state’s wolf (Canis lupus) populations, switching to a model that relies on data gathered...

When scientists publish location information about endangered species, it’s not just other scientists who are reading it. They may be opening the door to poachers, wildlife photographers and curiosity-seekers coming...

As the demands on wildlife habitat continue to increase due to a variety of factors like urbanization, advancements in agriculture, and weather, the need to have every remaining and available...

Fast Facts:  TPWD announces $600,000 funding to Ducks Unlimited for waterfowl habitat conservation projects in Prairie Canada. Funding comes from state Migratory Game Bird Stamp purchases. TPWD’s contribution will be...

On Jun. 8, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke signed Secretarial Order 3353 (Greater Sage-Grouse Conservation and Cooperation with Western States). With the Order, the U.S. Department of the Interior will establish...

TWS’ San Joaquin Valley Chapter is raising money to help treat endangered kit foxes (Vulpes macrotis), whose urban population has been struck by a sarcoptic mange epidemic. “It’s the Chapter...

Frozen in the act of scavenging dinner, the vulture’s head lay on the fox’s abdomen, covering the hole it had been attempting to enlarge. When biologists pulled the bird away,...

Join the Western Section for the one of their most asked-for workshops! Remote cameras have become an invaluable tool for wildlife research and management as an economic, non-invasive, and consistently...

From Canada to central Europe to Australia, top predators can control lower-order predators and exert an influence over the broader ecosystem, a new study found, especially if they appear in...