Senate considers Haaland for Secretary of the Interior
A recent U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee confirmation hearing for Representative Deb Haaland, President Biden’s nominee for Secretary of the Interior, will help the Senate make a decision...
TWS supports proposed ESA consultation rules
The Wildlife Society is supporting a recent proposal that would streamline the consultation process for federal land management agencies under the Endangered Species Act. New rules for consultations under the...
Wisconsin to hold February wolf harvest season
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has opened a last-minute hunting and trapping season for gray wolves. The season will run from Feb. 22 to 28, 2021. During that week,...
Coalition releases federal invasive species priorities
Members of the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species have provided recommendations to the Biden-Harris Administration and the 117th Congress on mechanisms to tackle invasive species prevention and management. The...
New administration to review bird, wetland regulations
The Biden administration is reviewing Trump-era rulemaking on laws protecting migratory birds and wetlands. Recent changes in interpretations of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Clean Water Act reduced...
Federal court orders release of captive red wolves into the wild
A federal district court has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to resume releasing captive red wolves from a captive breeding population into the wild. In 2015, the USFWS...
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New intern joins TWS government affairs team
The Wildlife Society’s Government Affairs program has welcomed its spring 2021 Joe Burns Memorial Wildlife Policy Intern Allison Scott to the team at TWS’ Headquarters. Scott, AWB®, is a Virginia...