Month: July 2020

July 14, 2020

2020 TWS Council election results

The results from the 2020 TWS Council elections are in. TWS members have elected Don Yasuda as the next vice president of TWS. Valorie Titus will join Council as the...

July 14, 2020

Waterfowl and working lands

This article originally appeared Ducks Unlimited magazine. From the Central Valley of California to the Chesapeake Bay, partnerships make it possible for Ducks Unlimited to conserve wetlands and fill the...

July 14, 2020

Western Section will host certification workshop July 17 and 18

The Western Section of The Wildlife Society will hold a virtual workshop on TWS certification July 17 and 18, led by Rhys Evans, CWB®, Biological Scientist/Natural Scientist Lead for Vandenberg...

July 14, 2020

Thermal imaging reveals shrinking bison mechanisms

As bison take in more and more heat as a result of climate change, their bodies are becoming smaller and smaller, since they’re putting their energy toward keeping cool rather...

July 13, 2020

Coalition makes conservation recommendations for next U.S. administration

The Wildlife Society, as part of a coalition of nearly 50 partner organizations known as the American Wildlife Conservation Partners, is providing recommendations to the next presidential administration and Congress...

July 13, 2020

TWS journal impact factors see increase

TWS’ journals, the Journal of Wildlife Management and the Wildlife Society Bulletin, both saw an increase in their 2019 Journal Impact Factor according to recently updated numbers in the Journal...

July 13, 2020

APHIS offers grants for states and tribes to address CWD

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is offering up to $3.5 million for state and tribal governments to carry out research and management activities to...

July 10, 2020

TWS policy internship program renamed to honor Joe Burns

The Wildlife Society has renamed its policy internship program after Joe Burns, one of its first interns. A devoted TWS member, Burns went on to a 33-year career in federal...

July 10, 2020

JWM: Grazing aids grouse — but not how researchers expected

Specially tailored grazing on the Montana prairie doesn’t benefit sharp-tailed grouse, researchers found, but keeping cattle on the landscape — rather than converting it to farmland — may be critical....

July 10, 2020

Watch: Video shows scourge of cheatgrass in western Colorado

The Gunnison sage-grouse has withstood millennia of changes in Western Colorado. But now the species faces extinction as the invasive plant cheatgrass invades its last refuge — the remote Gunnison...