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The September issue of the Journal of Wildlife Management
The Journal of Wildlife Management is a benefit of membership in The Wildlife Society. Published eight times annually, it is one of the world’s leading scientific journals covering wildlife science, management...
Lack of predators doesn’t change deer fawn survival rates
Deer fawn survival rates are similar in ecosystems without predators as in areas with coyotes, bobcats and black bears. Researchers were working on a long-term white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawn...
TWS and AAWV Joint Issue Statement: Domestic Sheep and Goats Disease Transmission Risk to Wild Sheep
Back to Position Statements page Bighorn sheep and thinhorn sheep (Ovis canadensis and O. dalli, collectively referred to as wild sheep) are iconic species of western North America. Found in isolated, rugged,...
Communicating Science as Stories
Communicating Science as Stories By Rachel Smiley rsmiley2@uwyo.edu and Brittany Wagler bwagler@uwyo.edu University of Wyoming and Haub School of Environment and Natural Resources Graduate Students Every scientist strives for their...
South Dakota chapter student earns award for sheep work
Graduate student Austin Wieseler earned the Outstanding M.S. Graduate Student Award from the South Dakota chapter of The Wildlife Society for his work on examining survival and mortality in the Badlands...
Get hands-on educational opportunities at the TWS conference
Get ready to get your hands dirty! There’s no better way to learn about new techniques, ideas and other parts of the wildlife biology field than to have hands-on experience...
Announcing the new issues of JWM and WSB
More than 30 papers that focus on wildlife management and conservation are now posted in the Wiley Online Library. Log on the TWS website and click on the “Publications” tab...
WSB study: Small flocks of domestic sheep and goats might infect bighorns, too
Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) populations in North America have suffered great losses from pneumonia after coming in contact with domestic sheep and goats that graze on public lands. Now, a...
Inbreeding Not to Blame for Bighorn Sheep Decline
Catherine Driscoll was hiking with her father in the Never Summer Mountain Range of the Rocky Mountains. They were collecting bighorn sheep’s fecal pellet samples to study their genetic variation,...
Another State Cancels Bighorn Sheep Hunt
Joining Montana, the North Dakota Game and Fish Department has cancelled the upcoming hunting season for bighorn sheep due to significant die-offs from bacterial pneumonia, which state officials believe was...