Month: March 2018

March 27, 2018

TWS supports funding for wetland conservation grants

The Wildlife Society has signed onto a letter alongside hunting, angling and other conservation organizations in support of funding for the North American Wetlands Conservation Act (NAWCA). This letter, addressed...

March 26, 2018

Wyoming announces grizzly hunt

The Wyoming Game and Fish Department has developed grizzly bear harvest regulations for the fall of 2018 that are currently open for public comment. The hunting regulations were developed after...

March 26, 2018

Legislators call for funding state & tribal wildlife grants

169 Members of Congress have signed a letter supporting “robust funding” for the State and Tribal Wildlife Grant program in the fiscal year 2019 federal budget.  The ‘Dear Colleagues’ letter...

March 26, 2018

JWM: Camera traps help catch crop raiders and assess losses

In the sustainable-use reserves of Juruá, Brazil, communities can legally obtain fruits, nuts, fish and meat from the protected rainforest, but they chiefly subsist on cultivated cassava, a crop susceptible...

March 23, 2018

Wild horse and burro advisory board meeting postponed

The Bureau of Land Management has postponed a National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board meeting that was scheduled for March 27-28 in Salt Lake City. The meeting was postponed...

March 23, 2018

Combined efforts raise support for Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

Leaders from corporations, state wildlife agencies and NGOs traveled to Washington, D.C. earlier this month to urge their congressional delegations to support the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 4647). The...

March 23, 2018

The newest book from TWS and Johns Hopkins University Press

 Are you thinking about a career with a state wildlife agency or already a seasoned professional working for one?  Either way, this newest book in TWS’ Wildlife Conservation and Management...

March 22, 2018

2018 Annual Conference: Hiking and birding in Northeast Ohio

Don’t forget to pack your binoculars when you come to Cleveland! With it’s location on the shores of Lake Erie, Cleveland provides a great opportunity to check off species on...

March 22, 2018

Two new TWS journal issues: March WSB and April JWM

TWS’ publisher, Wiley, has launched a new platform that makes it easier to read the latest articles published in the Wildlife Society Bulletin and the Journal of Wildlife Management. The...

March 22, 2018

Students refurbish duck boxes for President Jimmy Carter

Students from The Wildlife Society’s Student Chapter at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College spent an exciting morning with former President Jimmy Carter recently at their annual wood duck box cleanup on...