Geographical Location: North Central

May 22, 2019

Here’s what’s happening in the North Central Section Part 3

Below is a summary of recent Student Chapter activities within the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society, which was included in the Section’s Spring 2019 newsletter. The newsletter includes updates from...

May 20, 2019

Here’s what’s happening in the North Central Section Part 2

Below is a summary of recent Student Chapter activities within the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society, which was included in the Section’s Spring 2019 newsletter. The newsletter provides updates from...

May 14, 2019

Here’s what’s happening in the North Central Section student chapters Part 1

Below is a summary of recent Student Chapter activities within the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society, which was included in the Section’s Spring 2019 newsletter. The newsletter includes updates from...

May 13, 2019

North Central Section Chapter updates

Below is a summary of recent Chapter activities within the North Central Section of The Wildlife Society, which was included in the Section’s Spring 2019 newsletter. The newsletter includes updates from the...

May 1, 2019

Michigan boosts efforts to combat CWD

Michigan is ramping up its efforts to fight chronic wasting disease. The Detroit Free Press reports that the state Department of Natural Resources is teaming up with Michigan State University...

April 25, 2019

Chirping at night can put birds at greater collision risk

Birds that make faint, high-frequency flight calls during their nighttime migration are more likely than ones that don’t make these calls to collide with buildings, researchers found. “Flight calls are...

April 23, 2019

Student Research: Modeling habitats for endangered Indiana turtles

In northern Indiana, spotted turtles (Clemmys guttata) and Blanding’s turtles (Emydoidea blandingii) face a number of human-caused threats. While habitat fragmentation, habitat loss and degradation, road mortality and even poaching...

April 17, 2019

Isle Royale study may uncover declining Minnesota moose mystery

As researchers continue to restore wolves (Canis lupus) on Michigan’s Isle Royale, some are hoping to learn more about the species’ primary prey — moose (Alces alces). While moose are...

April 2, 2019

White-nose syndrome driving Minnesota’s bats to extinction

White-nose syndrome has greatly affected hibernating bats in just four years in Minnesota. According to the state’s Department of Natural Resources, the disease has wiped out 90 percent to 94...

February 15, 2019

Could more private land conservation reverse bird declines?

Throughout rural Illinois, more than 140,000 acres of farmland have been conserved for wildlife. That’s about as much as one-third the acreage of public land in the state. Like similar...