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At first conference, and now, memory of Leopold lingers
As The Wildlife Society prepares to hold its 24th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, three organizers recall planning the Society’s first independent conference, in the same city, in 1994....
First TWS Conference still echoes, 23 years later
As The Wildlife Society prepares to hold its 24th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, three organizers recall planning the Society’s first independent conference, in the same city, in 1994....
British Columbia bans grizzly bear trophy hunting
The Province of British Columbia will ban trophy hunting of grizzly bears (Ursus arctos horribilis) effective Nov. 30, 2017 — after the end of this year’s season. Once the ban...
Fishlake National Forest and Boulder Mountain Habitat Improvement Projects
The Beaver, Fillmore, Fremont River, and Richfield Ranger Districts of the Fishlake National Forest worked together to design a landscape scale project to remove encroaching pinyon and juniper trees in...
Canada designates new national marine conservation area
On Aug. 10, Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, along with the President of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, P.J. Akeeagok, and Nunavut’s Environment Minister, Joe Savikataaq, announced...
Bobolinks reliance on rice raises new concerns
Bobolinks (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) travel 12,000 miles each year to their North American breeding areas, where they have experienced habitat loss and degradation for decades. The declining grassland bird may also...
Newly discovered, Nevada toad faces uncertain future
Scientists described a new toad species in Nevada last month, an act they hope will protect the toad from a proposed power plant that they fear could destroy its tiny...
Motorboats disrupt cooperation between cleaner fish and their clients
The world of cleaners and clients sounds more like one of domestic labor than of coral reefs, but the unique symbiotic relationship between cleaner fish and their clients helps keep...
Native American youth learn trapping in summer program
In late June, Wildlife Services specialist Marty Federick presented an afternoon of trapping demonstrations to young people participating in the Choctaw Youth Conservation Corps (CYCC) at the invitation of the...
DNA from flies helps survey mammal species
Who needs drones when you have flies? Traditional survey methods can be expensive and difficult to conduct, but a team of researchers found studying carrion flies can reveal which mammals...