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July 25, 2018

Colo. governor asks to keep sage-grouse land off lease sale

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is asking the Bureau of Land Management to remove greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) habitat from a planned oil and gas lease sale. The Dec. 6 sale...

July 24, 2018

Project seeks to count all the cats in D.C.

A new effort in Washington, D.C. has an ambitious goal: count all the cats in the city. That includes feral cats, which roam the streets and prey on wildlife, as...

July 23, 2018

Quebec officials bust bear poaching network

Quebec wildlife officials say they have dismantled a poaching ring that resulted in the illegal harvest of more than 100 black bears (Ursus americanus) over the course of three years....

July 23, 2018

The best of Cleveland: Food and drinks

Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, is now open! Visit twsconference.org for details, or register now by logging in to Your Membership and clicking on the Conference tab. When National...

July 20, 2018

Study finds most Americans support Endangered Species Act

Despite the controversy that continues to swirl around the Endangered Species Act, including the proposal by the Interior Department to embark on a major set of revisions, most Americans support...

July 20, 2018

Opening conference plenary recognizes conservation successes

Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, is now open! Visit twsconference.org for details, or register now by logging in to Your Membership and clicking on the Conference tab. The opening...

July 19, 2018

After research site sells, volunteers rescue prairie dogs

When Nebraska’s Doane University sold its research land to soybean farmers, volunteers stepped in to rescue the 230 prairie dogs on the site. The Associated Press reports that Nebraska Wildlife...

July 18, 2018

Downtown Cleveland: A conference experience not to miss

Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, is now open! Visit twsconference.org for details, or register now by logging in to Your Membership and clicking on the Conference tab. Architecture; theater...

July 18, 2018

Moving beaver for property and natural resource protection

This spring a property protection issue emerged allowing me to revisit my earliest work with USDA’s Wildlife Services, but with a northern perspective. My first position with the damage management...

July 17, 2018

Session of the Week: ‘Moving Forward Together from #MeToo’

Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, is now open! Visit twsconference.org for details, or register now by logging in to Your Membership and clicking on...