Category: TWS News

July 2, 2020

The July/August 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....

July 2, 2020

John Organ earns 2020 Aldo Leopold award

When John Organ retired last year as chief of the U.S. Geological Survey’s Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Program, it was with mixed feelings. After more than four years...

June 25, 2020

TWS urges including RAWA in stimulus bill

Recovering America’s Wildlife Act should be included in a future economic recovery package, says a letter signed by The Wildlife Society, over a dozen TWS organizational units, and 230 additional...

June 25, 2020

TWS announces 2020 awards winners

The Wildlife Society is announcing the recipients of this year’s awards. Unfortunately, the recipients won’t have their on-stage moment at our virtual annual conference this year, but we don’t want...

June 16, 2020

Northeast Section honors awards recipients

The Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society has presented its 2020 awards in association with the Northeast Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies. The awards were announced online. NEAFWA and...

June 8, 2020

Montana FWP’s Alan Wood receives Distinguished Service Award

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks Science Program Supervisor Alan Wood received the Montana Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s Distinguished Service Award for 2020 in recognition for more than three decades...

June 5, 2020

The July issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management

The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering wildlife science, management...

June 4, 2020

Interior lifts hunting restrictions on Alaska preserves

The Department of the Interior announced last week that it would amend regulations regarding hunting and trapping in Alaska’s national preserves by allowing some harvest methods that were prohibited by...

June 4, 2020

TWS annual conference to go virtual

The Wildlife Society’s 2020 Annual Conference is going virtual. As a result of the uncertainty surrounding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, TWS has decided to suspend this year’s in-person event in...

June 3, 2020

A message from The Wildlife Society

The Wildlife Society strives to ensure that all are welcome, heard and respected. Recent events in the United States have highlighted the continued racial injustice and inequity in our society....