Geographical Location: Northwest

February 19, 2020

As Montana grizzly numbers climb, so do bear deaths

The number of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) killed in train collisions, car accidents, poaching and the removal of troublesome bears remained at a record high last year in the...

February 3, 2020

The February issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management

The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering wildlife science, management...

February 3, 2020

JWM: Decades on, Alaska caribou still avoid oil development

Caribou on Alaska’s North Slope continue to avoid oil infrastructure decades after it was put in place, especially during the calving season, according to a recent study This adds to...

January 28, 2020

‘The Blob’ caused massive seabird die-off

Warm water conditions referred to as “The Blob” in the North Pacific Ocean may have prompted the deaths of thousands of common murres in one of the largest seabird die-offs...

January 17, 2020

TWS section and chapter meetings in February

The Wildlife Society’s sections, chapters and working groups hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meetings are currently scheduled in February: Feb. 3-7, 2020: Western Section of The...

December 30, 2019

Officials wary of wild pigs entering U.S. from Canada

Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) have long plagued the South. They’ve made inroads in Canada. Now, residents worry they threaten to spread outside Canada into border states like Montana and North...

December 26, 2019

A banner year for western snowy plover fledglings

The summer of 2019 on the Oregon coast resulted in the second highest number of western snowy plover (Charadrius nivosus nivosus) fledglings in the recovery project’s history. Portland State University...

December 12, 2019

JWM: For spotted owls, missing the trees for the forest

Protecting remaining old growth forests won’t always conserve northern spotted owls, a team of researchers found. Instead, they say, managers may need to zoom in to finer scales to see...

November 25, 2019

Armed biologists to reduce deer in D.C. park

U.S. Department of Agriculture biologists who are trained firearms experts are taking to Rock Creek Park in Washington, D.C., to reduce the urban park’s population of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)....

November 22, 2019

Caribou migrate a long way — but wolves travel even farther

In the battle between wolf and caribou, who wins? This isn’t a battle for survival. This is bragging rights for long-distance travel. Researchers set out to determine which species globally...