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Christmas Bird Count marks 120th season
Concerned that Americans were overharvesting birds, New York ornithologist Frank Chapman started the Christmas Bird Count in 1900 as an alternative to a Christmas tradition of hunting birds. This year...
Recovering America’s Wildlife Act surpasses 150 co-sponsors
Congressional support for the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R. 3742) continues to grow, with 152 representatives now in support of the legislation. The Recovering America’s Wildlife Act would provide state and...
Scientists from 153 countries issue climate warning
A report by over 11,000 scientists in 153 countries warns that the earth “faces a climate emergency” and sets out six policy goals to address it. The study published in...
Arctic fox breaks records with over 2,000-mile journey
An Arctic fox fitted with a tracking device recently moved at the fastest rate ever recorded for the species on its 2,000-mile journey from Norway to Canada. The Arctic fox...
2019 TWS Elections: Candidates and proposed bylaws change
The ballot for The Wildlife Society’s 2019 elections include a proposed bylaws amendment and nominees for the positions of Vice President, Northwest Section Representative, Western Section Representative and North Central...
Wyoming Chapter: Board Meeting Minutes, Fall 2018
Board Meeting Minutes Board Minutes – Fall 2018 By Daly Edmunds, Secretary Since our last newsletter, the Board and Committee Chairs met in-person in Lander on June 14, via phone...
Shutdown continues as 116th Congress begins
With 800,000 federal workers furloughed or working without pay, Washington D.C., is quieter than normal, even as new member of Congress and their families flock to the city as the...
115th Congress ends without federal budget, LWCF, RAWA
The lame-duck Congress was unable to reach agreement on the federal budget by the Dec. 21 deadline, sending some federal government agencies into a shutdown. While final budgets for the...
WWF finds global wildlife has declined 60 percent since 1970
The World Wildlife Fund’s 2018 Living Planet report demonstrates a global wildlife population loss of 60 percent between 1970 and 2014. The report, which tracks over 4,000 species of mammals,...
Student travel grants bring 17 wildlife students to Cleveland
Each year, wildlife students look forward to the annual TWS conference. This year, 47 percent of conference attendees were students, and student travel grants helped make it easier for 17...