TWS comments on USFS Rangeland Management Directives
Livestock grazing on national grasslands and forests can affect wildlife populations and habitats across the nation, The Wildlife Society stressed in a comment on the U.S. Forest Service’s proposed changes...
TWS and other societies support ’30 by 30′ initiative
The Wildlife Society joined two professional forestry societies in expressing their support for the U.S. administration’s efforts to conserve 30% of the nation’s lands and waters by 2030. Known commonly...
USFWS approves Pittman-Robertson funds in violation of NEPA
A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service violated the National Environmental Policy Act when it allocated federal Pittman-Robertson funds for a multi-year experiment evaluating the...
Advocacy groups urge more protection for old-growth forest species
Advocacy groups have filed lawsuits against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service over its recent decisions regarding Endangered Species Act protections for two forest-dwelling species of the Pacific Northwest —...
Proposed bill would aid global amphibian conservation
The U.S. House of Representatives is considering legislation that would support international amphibian conservation efforts. The bill — the “Global Amphibian Protection Act” — would authorize $5 million annually to...
Montana may amend wildlife management section of Constitution
The Montana legislature is considering a bill that would ask voters to designate hunting, fishing and trapping as the preferred methods of fish and wildlife management in the state’s constitution....
TWS, others submit Interior mitigation recommendations
The Wildlife Society joined a coalition of conservation, sportsman, and landowner organizations to provide recommendations for the U.S. Department of the Interior to implement reliable mitigation policies. Mitigation is a...
Florida restricts high-risk invasive reptiles
Florida recently approved new rules to manage the importation, breeding, and possession of invasive reptile species that pose a high risk to native ecosystems. In a February meeting, the Florida...
Senate votes in Haaland as U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Representative Deb Haaland, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, has become the first Native American to serve as Secretary of the Interior after a U.S. Senate vote Monday....