Category: TWS News

April 10, 2019

2019 TWS Elections: Candidates and proposed bylaws change

The ballot for The Wildlife Society’s 2019 elections include a proposed bylaws amendment and nominees for the positions of Vice President, Northwest Section Representative, Western Section Representative and North Central...

April 5, 2019

South Dakota chapter student earns award for sheep work

Graduate student Austin Wieseler earned the Outstanding M.S. Graduate Student Award from the South Dakota chapter of The Wildlife Society for his work on examining survival and mortality in the Badlands...

April 4, 2019

Watch: Florida students share favorite events and TWS value

A “Beast Feast” of cricket brownies and wild meat and women-mentored deer hunts are among the wonderful benefits enjoyed by the members of the University of Florida TWS student chapter,...

April 3, 2019

Fish and wildlife organizations join forces for virtual journal

While they might seem to occupy distinct ecosystems at first glance, fish and wildlife conservation often overlaps. The American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society recently released a virtual journal...

March 29, 2019

Student Research: Diverse Costa Rica spot at risk?

Adam Yaney-Keller was checking videos that showed up on his camera trap. He had placed the video camera at a small, dried-up waterfall pool where he thought he would catch...

March 27, 2019

TWS publishes new issue statement on killing contests

The Wildlife Society’s Executive Committee recently approved a new issue statement on wildlife killing contests. In the document, The Wildlife Society discourages contests that adversely affect the wildlife resource or...

March 26, 2019

Former TWS President Daniel Decker receives Grinnell award

Former TWS President Daniel Decker received the Wildlife Management Institute’s George Bird Grinnell Memorial Award for Distinguished Service to Natural Resource Conservation. The award, established in honor of conservation pioneer...

March 22, 2019

John Moriarty receives Boy Scouts gold medal award

John Moriarty, longtime TWS member and North Central Section Representative to Council, recently was honored with the Boy Scouts of America William T. Hornaday Gold Medal Award.  Moriarty is a...

March 20, 2019

Horse Rich & Dirt Poor

 Support a healthy ecological balance on your public lands! Explore the effects of America’s overpopulated wild horses and burros on wildlife, public lands, and ecosystems as you travel through...

March 18, 2019

San Joaquin Valley Chapter hosts California condor field trip

This article originally appears in the San Joaquin Valley Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s March 2019 newsletter. Photos from the field trip are also included in the newsletter. The San Joaquin Valley...