Month: May 2018

High-severity forest fires create a mix of trees and habitat for different species, according to new research, upending previous assumptions that held that these large, hot fires resulted in conversion...

The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies voted last week on a 2019 spending package that would keep overall funding at this year’s levels but change the...

During a 2003 radio telemetry study, researchers inside helicopters took photographs of pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) capture events. After reviewing the photos, they were surprised to find a pronghorn doe missing...

The following student chapter news was included in the Spring 2018 newsletter of the Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Wildlife Society. Photos of student chapter activities are also...

The Student-Professional Networking Event returns to this year’s conference schedule by popular demand after being notably missed in Albuquerque. It will take place on Tuesday evening from 7:30-9:30. Other great...

A House subcommittee has voted to increase discretionary spending over President Trump’s executive budget proposal next year in an appropriations bill that includes some wildlife-related programs. The subcommittee’s proposed measure...

The ongoing controversy over greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) conservation continued this month with the release of six draft environmental impact statements and resource management plan amendments. A public comment period...

Hooded warbler (Setophaga citrina) moms must do double duty when the fathers tend to their feathers rather than their chicks. When nesting male hooded warblers replace their plumage in the...

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke testified last week on the department’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2019 in front of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies. The...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced its intent to conduct five-year status reviews of 35 threatened and endangered species. This session of reviews will involve species occurring in...