Area of Focus: Policy and Program Administration

August 5, 2025

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ could threaten fragile ecosystem

Historic conservation battleground sees renewed legal fight over detention facility

August 4, 2025

New director confirmed for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

U.S. Senate votes and confirms Brian Nesvik in a 54-43 vote as director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

July 25, 2025

What my first fly-in to DC taught me as a scientist

A call for connection, teamwork and collective action when addressing the challenges facing wildlife and fisheries

July 22, 2025

EPA shuts down key scientific office

Concern rises over the closing and reorganization of the EPA’s key office related to the effects of pollution on wildlife and ecosystem

July 21, 2025

House committees meet on environmental policy

Congressional hearings focused on federal resource management agencies, endangered species policy, pollution and conservation funding

July 11, 2025

Supreme Court rules federal agencies may resume staff layoffs

With just one dissenter, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed a previous appeal preventing a mass reduction in force

June 25, 2025

Public land sales return for an encore

Conservationists renew their efforts to ensure public land sales remain excluded from the 'Big Beautiful Bill'

June 12, 2025

USFWS seeks comment on endangered species regulations

The Service is asking for public input on how to improve conservation agreements and incidental take permitting

June 10, 2025

Another screwworm incursion inevitable, experts warn

Parasitic fly larvae that feed on open wounds of mammals and birds could have devastating impacts on wildlife and cattle in the southwest

June 9, 2025

New policy and communications intern joins TWS

The Wildlife Society welcomes its summer 2025 policy and communications intern, Kaylyn Zipp