Category: TWS News

May 9, 2019

TWS and AFS comment on Clean Water Act rule

The Wildlife Society joined with the American Fisheries Society to submit comments on a recent proposal to redefine “waters of the U.S.,” the phrase that determines whether the Clean Water...

May 6, 2019

Congratulations to TWS’ Leadership Institute Class of 2019

The Wildlife Society is pleased to announce the Leadership Institute Class of 2019. Each year, a group of 10 early career wildlife professionals are selected from a competitive pool of...

April 30, 2019

Four chosen for Native American Research Assistantship

The Native American Research Assistantship (NARA) Program, made possible by the Premier Partner relationship between the U.S. Forest Service and The Wildlife Society, has selected four students to participate this...

April 30, 2019

University of Tennessee at Martin TWS student chapter wins award

After implementing its mission of engaging the community, the University of Tennessee at Martin student chapter of The Wildlife Society won the university’s Student Organization of the Year award. These...

April 23, 2019

Student Research: Modeling habitats for endangered Indiana turtles

In northern Indiana, spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata) and Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) face a number of human-caused threats. While habitat fragmentation, habitat loss and degradation, road mortality and even poaching...

April 23, 2019

Alabama Chapter to host birding workshop for beginners

The Alabama Chapter of The Wildlife Society, along with the Wehle Land Conservation Center, will be hosting a professional development program, “Beginner Birding Workshop,” on May 13-14 at the Wehle...

April 22, 2019

TWS member recognized for work on AR waterfowl and wetlands

TWS member Lorne Green received the George H. Dunklin Jr. Arkansas Waterfowl and Wetland Management Award for his forest management work with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission. Established in...

April 19, 2019

Student earns award for research on invasive quagga mussels, goby fish

A student from Northern Michigan University earned the award for top research project at the Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries Society-Wildlife Society meeting. Biology graduate student and teaching assistant...

April 16, 2019

Northeast Section to hold trapping matters workshop

The Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society will host a trapping matters workshop May 31 in Hadley, Massachusetts. The workshop will help participants understand and better communicate the benefits of regulated...

April 15, 2019

TWS member receives top honor from Mississippi State

Steve Demarais, a longtime TWS member and a TWS Fellow, was awarded Mississippi State’s highest honor, the Ralph E. Powe Research Excellence Award. Demarais is a Dale Arner Distinguished Professor...