Series: TWS Conference

November 14, 2017

2018 Annual Conference Call for Proposals now open!

Click here to download the PDF call. The Wildlife Society will hold its 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, October 7-11, 2018. Proposals for education and training programs including workshops,...

November 14, 2017

Student Research Project: Fishers recolonized remote landscape

After fishers (Pekania pennanti) were reintroduced in the 1990s to Cooking Lake Moraine, a rolling upland region in Central Alberta, researchers didn’t know if their budding population was a result...

November 7, 2017

Global participants enjoy TWS Annual Conference

From Europe to Asia to Africa, attendees from around the globe made their way to Albuquerque, New Mexico to share their knowledge and learn more about wildlife at the last...

October 30, 2017

8-year-old’s penguin project makes splash at TWS Conference

Like many 8-year-olds, Mikail Bakhtiyarov likes swimming, playing basketball and reading. Unlike most kids his age, however, he has a reference library containing hundreds of wildlife books on everything from...

October 25, 2017

Kleberg Institute founder receives Kleberg Award

On a recent October afternoon, Charles DeYoung was soaring over South Texas by helicopter, as he does several times a year, counting deer and any other species he spotted. “I...

October 23, 2017

Logo Contest: Leave your mark on TWS’ 25th Annual Conference!

The Wildlife Society is seeking design submissions for the 2018 Annual Conference Logo Contest. The logo is an important characteristic of the conference, which will be held in Cleveland, Ohio,...

October 19, 2017

Newcomers Day introduces diverse students to wildlife field

Lauren Reeves knew she loved the fish tank in her parents’ house, but attending the TWS Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico made her think about fish in a different...

October 16, 2017

TWS grants bring 23 students to annual conference

Twenty-three budding wildlifers attended the Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, last month through the TWS Student Travel Grants program, which offers each awardee up to $500. Since 2008, TWS...

October 10, 2017

Kessler celebrates pinnacle of career with Aldo Leopold award

When Winifred “Wini” Kessler learned that she achieved the highest honor bestowed by The Wildlife Society, the Aldo Leopold Memorial Award, she was shocked, she said, and “feeling like a...

October 5, 2017

TWS grants bring more native students to Annual Conference

Seventeen aspiring wildlifers representing tribes from across the continent traveled to this year’s Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, through TWS’ Native Student Professional Development program. Organized by the Native...