Month: September 2020

September 3, 2020

EPA announces new western office for mine cleanup

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is opening a new Colorado-based office that will focus on cleaning up mines. EPA associate deputy administrator Doug Benevento said the new Colorado-based Office of...

September 2, 2020

Ross Hier receives ‘Ding’ Darling Memorial Award

Wildlife professional and artist Ross Hier has received the 2020 Jay N. “Ding” Darling Memorial Award for Wildlife Stewardship Through Art. The award honors Darling’s legacy of using art to...

September 2, 2020

Biological Diversity Working Group starts webinar series

The Biological Diversity Working Group of TWS recently launched a webinar series, and their next webinar, “Factors and Dynamics Affecting Species’ Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change,” will take place Sept....

September 2, 2020

Brazilian high school students committed to conservation

High school students throughout Brazil agree that conservation is important, and they strongly disagree that conservation is the responsibility of rich countries alone, a survey found. Researchers surveyed students ages...

September 1, 2020

Interior report shows big game conservation progress

The Department of the Interior is making progress in protecting winter range and migration corridors for big game across the West since a 2018 Secretarial Order was signed, a new...

September 1, 2020

Federal resource agencies still lack confirmed leaders

As the Trump administration nears the end of its first 4-year term, a number of natural resource agencies still find themselves without permanent, Senate-confirmed leadership. For the first time since...

September 1, 2020

Black Mammalogists Week celebrates diversity in the discipline

Following on the success of Black Birders Week, September’s Black Mammalogists Week will highlight the contributions by past and present Black mammalogists and provide opportunities for Black scientists who work...