Category: TWS News

August 6, 2019

Reno Renaissance: Downtown Diversity Brings the City to Life

Reno may have originally been branded The Biggest Little City because of neon lights, Vegas-like casinos, and a 24-hour scene, but this moniker feels apt in today’s Reno for different...

July 31, 2019

Local news station highlights TWS bat biologists

TWS members and bat biologists Kristi Confortin and Katherine Etchison were recently spotlighted in the local television news in Raleigh, North Carolina for their contributions to a bat blitz. A...

July 30, 2019

Alabama TWS chapter to host bats and forest workshop

The Alabama Chapter of The Wildlife Society, along with the Alabama Bat Working Group, will host a bats and forest workshop on September 10 at Cleburne Mountain Center in Heflin,...

July 29, 2019

Award recognizes member’s bird conservation project

A project led by longtime TWS member Jim Ray has received the Council for the Conservation of Migratory Birds’ 2019 Presidential Migratory Bird Federal Stewardship Award. A wildlife biologist with...

July 25, 2019

TWS Working Group launches hunting/shooting mentor program

University of Montana TWS student chapter member Ada Smith always wanted to learn how to hunt, but she wanted to shadow an experienced hunter before she ventured out on her...

July 22, 2019

July issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management

Poaching is the most immediate threat to African elephants, yet its effects on their behavior have been challenging to study. In the July 2019 Issue of the Journal of Wildlife...

July 22, 2019

TWS section meetings in August

The Wildlife Society’s sections, chapters and working groups hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meetings are currently scheduled in August: August 22-24, 2019: Central Mountains and Plains...

July 18, 2019

2019 TWS Council election results

The results from the 2019 TWS Council elections are in. TWS members have elected Gordon Batcheller as the next vice president of TWS. Pat Lederle will join Council as the...

July 15, 2019

Colorado student chapters reflect on spring semester

These updates originally appear in the Colorado Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s Summer 2019 newsletter. Photos highlighting the student chapter’s activities are also included in the chapter’s newsletter. Colorado State...

July 12, 2019

TWS backs reintroduced Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

The bipartisan Recovering America’s Wildlife Act was reintroduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich and Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb. They were joined by over 50 of...