Welcome to the Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society
Important Dates
- ABSTRACT DEADLINE (Presentations and Posters) to Miranda Reinson (vp.ictws@gmail.com) by January 26, 2024 [Instructions]
- LOGO CONTEST DEADLINE EXTENDED ($100 cash prize) to Morgan Pfander (morgan.pfander@idfg.idaho.gov) by February 25, 2024 [Guidelines]
- Award Nominations (Charles E. Harris Professional Wildlifer Award, the Special Recognition Award, and the Randall B. Smith Emerging Leader Award) to Ryan Long (ralong@uidaho.edu) by February 15, 2024 [Form]
- Executive Board Nominations (Treasurer and Vice-President) to Charlie Henderson (charlie.henderson@idfg.idaho.gov) by January 27, 2024
- Grant Applications (Management, Conservation, and Education) to Laura Wolf (laura.wolf@idfg.idaho.gov) by March 1, 2024 [Application]
- Coeur d’Alene Resort room reservations (at group rate) February 25, 2024 [Reservations]
- Mentorship Program sign-up (Professionals) on-going [Guidelines]
Students!
- Scholarship Applications (Undergraduate and Graduate) to Robert Akins (robert.akins@idfg.idaho.gov) by January 26, 2024 [Application]
- Travel Awards (5 available, $300/ea) to Laura Wolf (laura.wolf@idfg.idaho.gov) by February 16, 2024 [Application]
Please reach out to idahochaptertws@gmail.com if you have any questions!
NEW! ICTWS Mentorship Program
The Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society is pleased to announce its brand new Mentorship Program! This initiative has been jointly developed by the ICTWS Membership and Student Affairs Committees over the past year. To kick it off, we are looking for interested wildlife professionals to sign-up. Responses will be collected and curated by the Mentorship Program Coordinator Sandy Amdor (Sandy.Amdor@idfg.idaho.gov) and the ICTWS Secretary Robert Ritson (idahochaptertws@gmail.com). If we have enough interested mentors, we will open it up to prospective student mentees at the Joint Annual Meeting in March. Students will contact the Mentorship Program Coordinator or ICTWS Secretary who will then share the prospective mentor survey responses. It will then be up to the prospective mentees to identify a mentor who meets their interests and contact them directly. The Mentorship Program Guidelines can be found here.
Logo Design Contest!
The ICTWS is soliciting logo designs for this year’s joint annual meeting! Your artwork could grace the program as well as the coffee mugs, water bottles, and/or laptops of conference attendees and you could win $100.00 if your design is selected. Please send your designs to ICTWS President Morgan Pfander (morgan.pfander@idfg.idaho.gov). The contest will be open to both ICTWS and WA-TWS membership. Submission deadline is February 25th.
This year’s annual meeting at the Coeur d’Alene Resort with the Washington Chapter of The Wildlife Society and Northwest Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation will be held on March 25-29.The official meeting theme is “Restoration Works! Restoration Success Stories in Wildlife Conservation”.
Click here to view Submission Guidelines.
Save-the-Date: 2024 ICTWS Annual Meeting
The ICTWS is excited to host a Joint Annual Meeting with the Washington Chapter of The Wildlife Society and the Northwest Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation on March 25-29 at the Coeur d’Alene Resort! Planning is underway, for more information visit our Annual Meeting page.
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ICTWS Federal Land Transfer Position Statement
The ICTWS Federal Land Transfer Position Statement describing ICTWS’s stance on the transfer of federal land to state ownership and management has been finalized. The Idaho Chapter of The Wildlife Society is opposed to this type of transfer for multiple reasons, all of which are outlined in the statement.
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