Category: TWS News

February 5, 2018

Apply now for TWS Leadership Institute Class of 2018

The Wildlife Society is now accepting applications for the Leadership Institute Class of 2018. The deadline to submit applications is Sunday, Mar. 18. The Leadership Institute participants engage in a...

February 2, 2018

TWS and Wisconsin Chapter member receives award

Harvey Halvorsen, a TWS member since 1974 and a member of the Wisconsin Chapter of The Wildlife Society, was awarded the 2017 Wisconsin DNR Wildlife Management Leadership Award during a...

February 1, 2018

TWS urges Zinke to balance Alaska wildlife needs with energy development

The Wildlife Society has written a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, urging him to protect important wildlife habitat on lands in the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska (NPR-A)  as the Bureau of...

January 30, 2018

Self-made student chapter earns award

Nominations for the 2018 Student Chapter of the Year Award will be accepted through May 1. Visit the 2018 Student Chapter of the Year Award webpage by clicking the link above, or visit https://wildlife.org/engage/awards/ to learn...

January 29, 2018

Upcoming Western Section symposia: February 5-6

The Western Section of The Wildlife Society will be holding two workshops at their upcoming annual meeting in Santa Rosa, California on February 5 and February 6. For more information...

January 26, 2018

GA Student Chapters remain highly engaged on and off campus

Below is a summary of recent Student Chapter activities within Georgia, which was included in the Georgia Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s Fall 2017 newsletter. The newsletter includes updates from...

January 23, 2018

Cleveland logo winner features conservation success

With the theme of the upcoming TWS 2018 Annual Conference in Cleveland being conservation successes, Lee Neighbors’ logo fit the bill. His winning logo features a North American river otter...

January 23, 2018

TWS signs letter supporting native grassland conservation

The Wildlife Society, alongside 10 TWS chapters and sections, has joined more than 150 conservation and agriculture organizations in a letter supporting the American Prairie Conservation Act (S.1913, H.R. 3939),...

January 19, 2018

SJV Chapter hosts advanced animal tracking workshop

It was a cool fall day within a braided section of the north fork of the Tule River, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada range, just outside of Springville,...

January 18, 2018

At play, Native American kids show deeper ecological knowledge

Can playtime tell us how young children see wildlife and the environment? A study of Midwestern preschoolers found Native American children were more likely than others to roleplay as animals...