Month: March 2020

Back to Position Statements page Burgeoning human populations, increasing per capita consumption, and changes in land use place an increasing demand on the world’s limited natural resources. Degradation of terrestrial...

Back to Position Statements page Demands that human societies make upon the earth and its biota may result in environmental change. Few areas on earth have escaped the influence of...

Back to Position Statements page Economic growth is an increase in the production and consumption of goods and services, occurring as a consequence of an increase in the multiplied product...

Back to Position Statements page This position statement has been rescinded and replaced by TWS Council in Nov. 2023. View the new statement here. Biological diversity is the richness, abundance,...

Back to Position Statements page Regulating activities of the public is a major element in management of natural resources, particularly wildlife. An increasing human population means that, in the future,...

Back to Position Statements page Aldo Leopold’s goal during his academic career was to teach his students “to see the land, to understand what he sees, and enjoy what he...

Back to Position Statements page The Wildlife Society (TWS) regards science as the framework necessary to understand the natural world and supports the use of science to develop rational and...

Mourning doves are a common species throughout much of the United States, but researchers found that intensive agricultural production could be causing their reproduction to decline. “A lot of papers...

Researchers predict that sea level rise on barrier islands in the southeastern U.S. will impact loggerhead and green sea turtle nesting, even in remote areas on barrier islands. Even low...

Perhaps looking for an upside to COVID-19, social media has been filling with incredible tales of wildlife recovery due to the pandemic. Swans have returned to Venice. Dolphins are swimming...