Month: June 2017

June 5, 2017

Rare butterfly reintroduced on San Diego NWR

The recovery of an endangered butterfly in southern San Diego made history last year and is seeing early success. A team of biologists from the San Diego Zoo Global, the Service,...

June 5, 2017

Blooming buds and busy bees: How to prepare hives for spring

Spring brings a multitude of color and warmth into the environment, and for me personally, a beekeeper, spring means active honey bees and the promise of another exciting year of...

June 2, 2017

Council election voting opens today

Electronic ballots for the 2017 Council election will be sent today. Candidates were announced on wildlife.org April 18. Click here for a PDF of all candidates’ nomination materials. Voting information, including a unique...

June 2, 2017

WSB Study: Partial fencing doesn’t keep reptiles off road

Fencing just one side of a road cutting through wildlife habitat may minimize costs, but a new study from Ontario demonstrates that for reptiles, total fencing on both sides was...

June 1, 2017

June forums set to discuss North Carolina alligator plan

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission and the North Carolina Alligator Task Force are holding six public forums in June to present a draft of the state Alligator Management Plan...

June 1, 2017

New Hampshire’s bobcats are back

Not long ago, bobcats (Lynx rufus) were elusive creatures in New Hampshire, but TWS member John Litvaitis, an emeritus professor of wildlife ecology at the University of New Hampshire, has...

June 1, 2017

Porpoises found to frequent proposed Maryland windfarm site

According to most wildlife guides, harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) don’t typically range south of New Jersey. But recent research shows that during winter, these marine mammals regularly feed in an...