Area of Focus: Conservation and Management Arenas

October 29, 2025

Shocking northern pike research reveals resilience

Common research tactic to stun fish using electric voltage has little effect on survival

October 29, 2025

Potential RIF during government shutdown

TWS is monitoring and commenting on developing information related to RIFs and recent court documents

October 28, 2025

Food, cover and corn drive elk movement in Nebraska

Elk have returned to Nebraska but we’re only now discovering how they move through its patchwork of prairie and corn

October 28, 2025

Artificial roosts may overheat bats

Common conservation technique may be death trap for bats during heat waves

October 27, 2025

Wetland restoration boosts flatwoods salamander numbers

Decades of historical fire suppression has led to unsuitable habitat and a contracted range

October 23, 2025

Are harp seals hampering cod recovery?

One of the biggest fisheries in the North Atlantic collapsed in the 1990s—and numbers are still down

October 23, 2025

U.S. Customs intercepts a stowaway pest

The tiny leafhopper species is potentially dangerous to crops and native plants

October 22, 2025

Congress is nullifying resource management plans

This creates uncertainty around the future management of federal public lands

October 21, 2025

Half of world’s bird species in decline: IUCN

An update to the international organization's Red List reveals a growing extinction crisis for some species while offering hope for others

October 20, 2025

Government slashes funding for environmental groups encouraging diversity

Environmental organizations lose funding, even after some removed language from their websites