Category: TWS News

November 15, 2022

Apply now for 2023 Native American Research Assistantship

The USDA Forest Service (USFS) and, starting this year, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), through partnership with The Wildlife Society, are offering research assistantships for Native undergraduate or graduate students...

November 11, 2022

Watch: Interior Secretary Haaland addresses TWS conference

Attendees of the TWS Annual Conference in Spokane, Washington, were honored to receive a video address by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland. Haaland, the first Native American cabinet member, spoke of...

November 11, 2022

TWS wraps up another successful Annual Conference

The Wildlife Society concluded its Annual Conference on Thursday—its first in-person conference in three years. Some 2,000 wildlifers from across the country and around the world turned out for the...

November 9, 2022

TWS2022: A salve for conservation wounds

The best way to heal the wounds of ecological degradation is through storytelling and political involvement, 2021 Aldo Leopold Memorial Award recipient Mike Phillips told wildlifers in his keynote speech...

November 8, 2022

TWS2022: TWS continues to ‘invest in wildlife professionals’

At the first in-person conference in three years, The Wildlife Society leadership reflected on the changes that have taken place since the Society had last met together—a period that brought...

November 8, 2022

TWS2022: Speakers hail need for salmon restoration at plenary

The Wildlife Society kicked off its 2022 Annual Conference in Spokane on Monday with a focus on dam removal to restore healthy, salmon-fueled ecosystems throughout the Upper Columbia River Basin....

November 4, 2022

Ales and allies

As we approach our first in-person Annual Conference of The Wildlife Society after three years apart, this is a great opportunity to reemphasize our collective responsibility and commitment as wildlife...

November 4, 2022

The November/December issue of The Wildlife Professional

The Wildlife Professional is an exclusive benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published six times annually, the magazine presents timely research news and analysis of trends in the wildlife profession....

November 3, 2022

TWS Conference to provide ombuds service for the first time

For the first time, this year’s TWS Annual Conference will provide conference goers with ombuds services to help provide a safe, welcome and inclusive conference for attendees. Jen G. Sims...

October 26, 2022

TWS submits testimony on wild horse and burro management

In written testimony to the National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board, which met in early October, The Wildlife Society stressed the need for reducing populations of federally managed, free-roaming...