Canada, B.C. governments release draft conservation agreement
The governments of Canada and British Columbia have developed a Draft Conservation Agreement for the Conservation of the Southern Mountain Caribou. The Southern Mountain Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), an ecotype...
Forest Service revisits sage-grouse plans
On Nov. 21 the U.S. Forest Service published a notice soliciting comments on its plan to revisit and possibly amend land management plans in regards to the greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus...
Trump reduces Bears Ears and Grand Staircase monuments
Appearing in Utah on Monday, President Donald Trump shrank the size of two of the state’s national monuments by about 2 million acres. Trump decreased Bears Ears National Monument by...
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TWS member’s loon study featured in Washington Post
TWS member Tiffany Grade’s Journal of Wildlife Management study on lead tackle and loon deaths in has been featured in the Washington Post. A biologist with the Loon Preservation Committee,...
Cleveland named to National Geographic Traveler’s ‘Best of the World’
If you needed another reason to come to The Wildlife Society’s 2018 Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio in October, just open up National Geographic Traveler. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports...
Manatee in Chesapeake Bay stuns researchers
November is Manatee Awareness Month, and researchers in the Chesapeake Bay have found themselves unusually aware of them. Earlier this month, they were shocked when they spotted a 7-foot manatee...
USFWS expands hunting and fishing in 10 refuges
On Nov. 8 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that it would increase hunting activities at nine national wildlife refuges and open up one refuge to sport fishing. Some...
House Committee holds hearing on sage-grouse plans
On Oct. 25, the House Committee on Natural Resources held an Oversight Hearing on Empowering States in Sage-Grouse Management. This hearing was held in response to the Bureau of Land...
BLM to hold public hearings on sage-grouse in four
The Bureau of Land Management has announced it will hold public hearings this November in four states — Idaho, California, Oregon, and Colorado — as part of its gathering of...
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