Officials in charge of state parks around the country are trying to attract more diverse visitors. About 75% of visitors to the state and national parks in the U.S. are White, according to park officials, …
The Wildlife Society’s Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Awareness Working Group is hosting a free two-day virtual storytelling workshop for 25 wildlifers in August 2022. The exact date will be announced soon. The deadline to apply …
The Student Wildlands Adventure Program recently completed its fifth annual event. Twelve students from the western United States and Canada were selected to participate on a trip to the Southern Appalachian mountains to learn about …
The Director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife made racially insensitive remarks at last month’s Colorado Parks and Wildlife Partners in the Outdoors Conference that resulted in a CPW employee feeling “traumatized, disappointed, upset, and extremely …
A growing group of journal publishers is taking a closer look at the diversity of their authors. Nature reports that over 50 publishers representing over 15,000 journals around the world are preparing to ask their …
The Diversity Joint Venture for Conservation Careers selected TWS Professional Development Manager Jamila Blake as a new member of its management board. Blake will serve a three-year term on the 15-member board through December 2024. …
The Wildlife Society welcomes its newest operations and outreach intern, Alexia Yau, to TWS headquarters. Yau is from Hampton, Va. and graduated in the summer of 2020 from the University of Florida with a bachelor’s …
The Entomological Society of America no longer recognizes “gypsy moth” and “gypsy ant” as common names for the two insect species, saying the names contain a derogatory term for the Romani people. The changes come …
This article is part of a series focusing on topics addressed in upcoming TWS webinars. Hosted by TWS working groups, the monthly webinars engage wildlife professionals on a host of subjects relevant to their work. Learn …
About 500 bee species —14% of all of the bee species known in the United States — can be found in the Chihuahuan Desert at the border of the U.S. and Mexico. “That’s an amazing …
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