Series: TWS Awards

The northern bobwhite hen seems to sit blissfully, in an ideal patch of habitat covered by native grasses and flowers but with just enough clear space for its chicks to...

When Cary Chevalier was earning his bachelor’s degree at Arizona State University, he was a member of the student chapter of The Wildlife Society, but it didn’t have much faculty...

Karen Swaim, a principal and senior wildlife biologist at her own biological consulting firm, Swaim Biological, Inc., received the Distinguished Service Award for demonstrating a long-term commitment to The Wildlife...

Greg Schenbeck, has worked with a number of state and federal agencies throughout his career, and he has continued striving to benefit wildlife through his work at The Wildlife Society...

The Wildlife Society has awarded Bob Lanka with the Special Recognition Award for a “Herculean effort” to update and improve the society’s bylaws for new generations of wildlifers. Lanka, a...

The Stephen F. Austin State University Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society won the Student Chapter of the Year award for the second consecutive year. “To our chapter, I think...

Fish is studying American woodcock (Scolopax minor) migration ecology in eastern North America. He helped build a collaborative research team involving 36 governmental, nongovernmental and nonprofit organizations to increase the...

Elizabeth Flaherty makes one thing clear about the students taking her classes: They won’t often be passively sitting and listening to her lecture. Flaherty, an associate professor of wildlife ecology...

Getting inner city children interested in fishing and the great outdoors sometimes just requires the right bait. The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s bait wasn’t worms or insects, but NBA...

From exploring warbler migration to conflicts between carnivores and livestock, recipients of TWS’ 2021 Wildlife Publications Awards covered a wide range of topics in wildlife conservation and management. Gunnar Kramer,...