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New policy and communications intern joins TWS

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

Read Now June 9, 2025
June 13, 2025

Wildlife Vocalizations: Johny Tzib

Master’s student from Belize describes how mentors helped him succeed in the wildlife profession

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 11, 2025

Congratulations to TWS’ Leadership Institute Class of 2025!

This year’s class of 10 participants was chosen from a competitive pool of more than 60 applicants

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September 26, 2017

TWS thanks The 1,000 members at annual reception

Members of The 1,000 gathered Monday evening at the historic Hotel Andaluz for an annual reception to thank them for their commitment to The Wildlife Society. “These are folks who...

September 25, 2017

Partnerships critical for wildlife conservation, keynote speakers say

When Jennifer Owen-White was hired as refuge manager for the newly created Valle de Oro National Wildlife outside Albuquerque, N.M., she had a one-person staff, a minimal budget, no roadmap...

September 24, 2017

TWS President Bruce Thompson says the Society’s come a long way in a year

The Bureau of Land Management is signing on with The Wildlife Society as a premier partner, CEO Ed Thompson announced on Sunday at the annual TWS members meeting. The BLM...

September 6, 2017

Thinking outside the box to support TWS

Alan Wentz has been an active member of The Wildlife Society since he was an undergraduate, and he and his wife Jan, who shares his love of wildlife, included TWS...

September 5, 2017

JWM study: Contaminated game raises health concerns for hunters

When you buy meat in the supermarket, it’s been subjected to safety testing before being packaged and stacked in the refrigerator case. But hunters who eat game meat may be...

July 24, 2017

RMEF honors TWS member Evelyn Merrill

TWS member Evelyn Merrill, a longtime wildlife biologist and former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Wildlife Management, received the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s Excellence in Elk Country-Wildlife Researcher/Biologist award, honoring...

July 7, 2017

JWM study: Bait is major food source for northern Wisconsin bears

Bear baiting is a popular hunting technique in Wisconsin, where hunters leave out troves of stale cookies, donuts and candy in hollowed-out logs to habituate black bears (Ursus americanus) in...

June 23, 2017

Aging elk learn to stay clear of hunters

Mark Boyce couldn’t help but notice the difference in the elk he was studying in Alberta. When hunting season arrived, their behavior visibly changed. As the roads became busy with...

May 22, 2017

Longtime TWS member Bill Hepworth honored for pronghorn work

His lifelong research earned him a spot in Wyoming’s Pronghorn Hall of Fame When Bill Hepworth began studying Wyoming’s iconic pronghorn (Antilocapra americana) in the 1960s, the fleet-footed animal still...

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