Series: TWS Journals

December 27, 2017

Start the New Year with two new TWS journal issues

Start your year by taking full advantage of your TWS member benefit: online access to The Journal of Wildlife Management and the Wildlife Society Bulletin. The new January issue of...

December 18, 2017

WSB: Mobile app gathers plover data across vast range

The threatened piping plover (Charadrius melodus) nests on North American coastlines from Maine to North Carolina, where biologists fear it faces growing threats from rising sea levels associated with climate...

September 19, 2017

Read the September issue of the Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volume 41.3 is now published online. The issue features five Tools and Technology articles and 18 Original Articles. Featured in this issue are: What Should Go in a Wildlife Professional’s...

September 14, 2017

For most hunters, success defines a good hunt

Hunters often say enjoying nature and bonding with friends and family are favorite parts of the experience, but what contributes most to the happiness they get from the hunt? It’s...

July 24, 2017

RMEF honors TWS member Evelyn Merrill

TWS member Evelyn Merrill, a longtime wildlife biologist and former editor-in-chief of the Journal of Wildlife Management, received the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation’s Excellence in Elk Country-Wildlife Researcher/Biologist award, honoring...

July 20, 2017

Wildlife Monographs: Predator control impacts wolves in Alaska preserve

Gray wolves (canis lupus) are protected within the boundaries of central Alaska’s Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve, but their numbers are being reduced by predator management efforts outside the preserve, according...

July 12, 2017

JWM study: Pacific martens avoid resorts during ski season

While many people enjoy the recreational activities that ski resorts offer, they may not realize that wildlife uses the same areas as habitat. In a study published in the Journal...

July 7, 2017

JWM study: Bait is major food source for northern Wisconsin bears

Bear baiting is a popular hunting technique in Wisconsin, where hunters leave out troves of stale cookies, donuts and candy in hollowed-out logs to habituate black bears (Ursus americanus) in...

July 5, 2017

The July/August issue of The Wildlife Professional

The threats to natural resources and the need for smarter resource conservation in the face of those threats has continued to grow for many decades. The cover feature of this...

July 3, 2017

JWM study: Logging may cause caribou stress

More than natural events like wildfire, or manmade features like roads and transmission lines, effects of logging operations on their habitat seem to be the biggest indicator of long-term stress...