Tag: Aldo Leopold

March 13, 2020

TWS student member receives Aldo Leopold Scholarship

Jade Arneson, a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, recently became the first student at the university to earn the Aldo Leopold Memorial Scholarship. Arneson, a second year...

February 27, 2020

Partners from the start of wildlife conservation

When the Boone and Crockett club formed in 1887, there was no such thing as a wildlife biologist, let alone a discipline of wildlife biology. Before the creation of the...

October 9, 2018

Wini Kessler: A pioneer for women in wildlife

Like Aldo Leopold, this year’s Aldo Leopold Memorial Award winner Wini Kessler finds important lessons from what seem like mundane events. But unlike Leopold, Kessler, a member of The Wildlife...

June 29, 2018

Boone and Crockett Club joins TWS Partner Program

A new Leading Sponsor relationship between The Wildlife Society and Boone and Crockett Club has further strengthened ties within the conservation community. An agreement between the two organizations will go...

June 20, 2018

Aldo Leopold award recipient will focus on personal reflections

Click here to register now for the upcoming 25th annual TWS conference. It isn’t Aldo Leopold’s groundbreaking science or policy papers that most people remember when they think about the renowned...

September 26, 2017

TWS members toast Kessler as new Aldo Leopold awardee

Conference attendees and past recipients celebrated Wini Kessler on Monday as this year’s recipient of the Aldo Leopold Memorial Award. A certified wildlife biologist from British Columbia and a TWS...

September 24, 2017

Can culture get in the way of science?: Aldo Leopold Keynote Address

Everyone is born into and develops some sort of culture. Since science requires objectivity, this can cause some challenges. This was the topic of Dale McCullough’s Aldo Leopold Keynote Address:...

August 28, 2017

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....

February 28, 2017

TWS celebrates 80 years of science and conservation

As conservationist Aldo Leopold was first sitting down to write what would become his iconic A Sand County Almanac, he and a group of dedicated wildlife managers and biologists were...

November 18, 2016

Forward thinking earns McCullough Aldo Leopold Award

Progressive ideas are not always popular. Innovation can challenge existing institutions and is often met with scrutiny before being accepted by the masses. Dr. Dale McCullough believes he faced this...