Month: February 2020

February 19, 2020

Administration budget would cut wildlife funding

The administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 budget (update June 2021 – see link to archived document here)proposal, released Feb. 10, includes steep cuts for many important wildlife management and conservation programs including...

February 19, 2020

2020 Call for Abstracts now open!

The Wildlife Society invites you to submit abstracts for presentations at the 2020 Annual Conference in Louisville, Kentucky! The call is open now through April 17, 2020, and includes oral...

February 19, 2020

As Montana grizzly numbers climb, so do bear deaths

The number of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) killed in train collisions, car accidents, poaching and the removal of troublesome bears remained at a record high last year in the...

February 18, 2020

Feral swine eliminated from Colorado

State and federal officials have announced the eradication of feral swine in Colorado, according to a press release. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)...

February 18, 2020

Tracking baby sea turtles to help conservation

Tracking baby sea turtles across vast expanses of ocean can help conservationists determine where sea turtles at risk may face danger from fishing operations or other disturbances. “Clearly, you want...

February 18, 2020

Southeastern Section to hold field course

The Southeastern Section of The Wildlife Society will host a Wildlife and Forestry Field Techniques field course for students from May 26 to June 10 at the Jones Center at...

February 14, 2020

Climate could claim 1 in 3 species in 50 years, study finds

About a third of plant and animal species around the world could be extinct within 50 years due to climate change, according to a study by University of Arizona biologists....

February 14, 2020

Bumble bee species have favorite flowers

Different species of bumble bees in the Sierra Nevada select different types of flowers, according to new research, which has conservation implications for promoting the growth of pollinator populations. In...

February 14, 2020

Watch: Bighorns go back to Fort Berthold

Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) are back on the Fort Berthold Reservation in western North Dakota after a 150 year absence. Their translocation from the Rocky Boy’s Reservation in Montana was...

February 13, 2020

Cleveland, Tenn., student chapter members had eventful 2019

From earning over 1,000 volunteer hours with federal and state natural resource agencies to earning paid internships, the Cleveland State Community College student chapter of The Wildlife Society in Cleveland,...