Category: TWS News

December 15, 2017

TWS member Scott Johnson given Lifetime Achievement Award

At the 2017 Midwest Bat Working Group meeting this spring, Indiana Chapter of The Wildlife Society member and Chapter Past-President (1993) Scott Johnson was awarded The Dave Redell Lifetime Achievement...

December 15, 2017

High school project gives turtles a head start

When Brian Bastarache heard about efforts at Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge to recover threatened turtles, he saw an opportunity to give both the turtles and his students a head...

December 13, 2017

Wildlifer recognized for promoting native diversity

Nominations for the Diversity Award will be accepted through May 1. Click on the link above to visit the Diversity Award webpage, or visit www.wildlife.org/awards to learn more about all TWS awards....

December 12, 2017

TWS signs letter in response to DOI reopening sage-grouse plans

On Nov. 30, The Wildlife Society and 23 other organizations sent a letter to Ryan Zinke,  Secretary of the Interior, in response to the Bureau of Land Management notice announcing...

December 12, 2017

Here’s what’s happening in the North Central Section

Below is a summary of recent Chapter and Student Chapter activities within the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society, which was included in the Section’s Fall 2017 newsletter. The...

December 11, 2017

TWS Western Section to host sea turtle workshop

Join the Western Section of The Wildlife Society for a West Coast sea turtle workshop! This workshop hopes to demystify the biology, conservation, and regulation of sea turtles occurring on...

December 8, 2017

Student Chapters in the CMP Section are keeping busy

Below is a summary of recent Student Chapter activities within the Central Mountains and Plains Section of The Wildlife Society, which was included in the Section’s Winter 2017 newsletter. The...

December 7, 2017

Student research project: Even limited urbanization affects bird biodiversity

Towns are few and far between amid the forests of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, but even these small amounts of urbanization can affect the biodiversity of bird communities, a student research...

December 4, 2017

Student Chapters take part in Minnesota Audubon cleanup

What would you be doing on a Saturday morning in November, when the temperature is 18 degrees Farenheit with snow flurries in the forecast? If you’re a member of a...

December 1, 2017

Student carries on legacy with game bird scholarship

Nominations for the 2018 Donald H. Rusch Memorial Game Bird Research Scholarship will be accepted through May 1. The annual scholarship is open to any graduate student studying upland birds or waterfowl...