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March 24, 2020

TWS Issue Statement: Management of Old-growth Forest on the Pacific Coast of North America

Back to Position Statements page The coastal temperate rainforest of North America extends along the Pacific coast from northern California to southern Alaska. This forest encompasses nearly 259,000 square kilometers,...

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March 24, 2020

TWS Issues Statement: Wolf Restoration and Management in the Contiguous United States

Back to Position Statements page Gray wolves (Canis lupus) were once distributed throughout most of North America, except possibly the southeastern U.S., where a different wolf species (Canis rufus) may...

March 19, 2020

The difficult path to recover black-footed ferrets

Why has it been so challenging to reintroduce the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)? Efforts continue throughout the West, but establishing populations has been difficult. The wild population had nearly reached...

March 18, 2020

TWS comments on proposed NEPA changes

The Wildlife Society, along with other professional societies, recently expressed concerns that some proposed changes to the National Environmental Policy Act could have serious effects on natural resources and asked...

March 11, 2020

Research on the ground, change in the air

What’s the easiest way to hypnotize a blue jay? Try turning it onto its back and stroking its head. This may not be helpful advice for most people, but it’s...

March 9, 2020

Are whale strandings linked to sunspots?

Could beached whales be linked to storms on the surface of the sun? In a recent study in Current Biology, researchers documented what may be a correlation between sunspots and...

March 4, 2020

Wild Cam: Struggling caribou herd penned in by predators

The Gaspésie herd is one of North America’s most endangered caribou populations, and logging around the fringes of the last remaining landscapes it occupies is giving predators an advantage over...

March 2, 2020

The Wildlife Society provides recommendations for grazing regulations

The Wildlife Society submitted comments to the Bureau of Land Management last week, highlighting a list of issues that the BLM should consider in its forthcoming Environmental Impact Statement that...

February 26, 2020

Fieldnote: Tracking mammal presence through soil DNA

Researchers are using trace residues that mammals leave in soil to better detect which species are present in a given area. “It was really cool yet challenging to use the...

February 26, 2020

Court upholds wild horse removals in Nevada

A federal court upheld the Bureau of Land Management’s plan to remove more than 1,700 wild horses from the Caliente Herd Area in southeast Nevada. More than ten years ago,...