Category: TWS Wildlife News

April 25, 2017

Colorado study may change bear management practices

A six-year study of black bears (Ursus americanus) in Colorado sheds new light on the roots of human-bear conflicts and could lead to changes in how bears are managed to...

April 24, 2017

The future for many species is all about connections

Maintaining connectivity between habitats is a key strategy for conserving wildlife populations into the future. Yet here in the contiguous U.S., habitat fragmentation and loss threaten the well-being and even...

April 21, 2017

We conserve—but we don’t do it alone!

With a history that can be traced back to the late 1800s, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service  is the nation’s premier government agency responsible for wildlife and plant species...

April 20, 2017

Alberta bat hibernation site discovered away from mountains

Greg Horne and his fellow cave explorers had just gotten out of a truck from an all-day trip from Edmonton to the northern boreal forest of Alberta, but their journey...

April 19, 2017

Surveying native bee species

There are close to 4,000 species of bees in North America. Bees are distinct from wasps and flies in that they are insects that collect pollen and nectar to feed to...

April 19, 2017

WSB study: Utah sage-grouse benefits from conifer removal

Across the greater sage-grouse’s range, conifers annually invade 60,000 acres of the bird’s sagebrush (Artemisia spp.) habitat. New research from northwestern Utah indicates that removing these trees boosts the success...

April 18, 2017

Former USFWS directors urge Congress to reauthorize NAWCA

On Mar. 30, six former U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service directors sent a joint letter to leaders of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works and the House Committee...

April 18, 2017

TWS member’s citizen science project tracks a wildlife hazard — balloons

Matthew Bettelheim had seen one too many balloons, deflated and forgotten, lying around in nature. Doing field work in what seemed like remote locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area,...

April 17, 2017

Kansas ranch conserves waterfowl

About five years ago, Wendy and Eric Dunn sold their facility management business in Wichita, Kan., to build a ranch for friends and family where they could hunt and enjoy...

April 14, 2017

Court affirms ruling on interstate commerce of injurious species

On April 7, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling in favor of the U.S. Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK), lifting restrictions on interstate commerce of injurious species...