Category: TWS Local News

December 28, 2017

TWS Section and Chapter meetings in January

Sections, Chapters, and Working Groups of The Wildlife Society hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meetings are currently scheduled during the month of January: January 25-26, 2018:...

December 26, 2017

Indiana Chapter members honored by Midwest AWFA

Indiana received the Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (MAFWA) “Excellence in Conservation” award in 2017. One of seven annual awards given by the 13-state MAFWA organization, the “Excellence...

December 15, 2017

TWS member Scott Johnson given Lifetime Achievement Award

At the 2017 Midwest Bat Working Group meeting this spring, Indiana Chapter of The Wildlife Society member and Chapter Past-President (1993) Scott Johnson was awarded The Dave Redell Lifetime Achievement...

December 12, 2017

Here’s what’s happening in the North Central Section

Below is a summary of recent Chapter and Student Chapter activities within the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society, which was included in the Section’s Fall 2017 newsletter. The...

December 11, 2017

TWS Western Section to host sea turtle workshop

Join the Western Section of The Wildlife Society for a West Coast sea turtle workshop! This workshop hopes to demystify the biology, conservation, and regulation of sea turtles occurring on...

November 27, 2017

TWS Wyoming Chapter will host three-day meeting in Jackson

The Wyoming Chapter of The Wildlife Society will be hosting their 2017 annual conference December 5-7, 2017 at the Virginian Lodge in Jackson, Wyoming. The agenda includes various workshops, student/professional...

November 17, 2017

CA Central Coast Chapter to host CWB® workshop

The California Central Coast Chapter of The Wildlife Society will be hosting a Certified Wildlife Biologist® workshop on December 2, 2017 in San Luis Obispo, California. Professional Certification is strongly...

August 31, 2017

NM Chapter CAC comments on Mexican wolf recovery plan

The Conservation Affairs Committee (CAC) of the New Mexico Chapter of The Wildlife Society submitted comments on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s draft recovery plan for Mexican wolves. The Chapter...

August 14, 2017

Wyoming Chapter comments to improve sage-grouse regulations

New policies and regulations regarding greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) management were proposed in the state of Wyoming earlier this year in response to new legislation, specifically relating to the practice...

June 29, 2017

TWS member Patrick Magee honored for ornithology work

As a wildlife biology professor and Thornton chair of biology at Western State Colorado University in Gunnison, Patrick Magee has dedicated a career to researching the birds around him and...