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Forest

Dana Kobilinsky

For fire-dependent woodpeckers, megafires are too intense

August 16, 2019

Species like the black-backed woodpecker historically have relied on landscapes shaped by high-intensity forest fires, but researchers recently found the intense megafires that now burn across California and the West may be too severe even …

Dana Kobilinsky

Tapping into private landowners for bird diversity

June 21, 2019

Privately owned forests in Costa Rica may support just as much bird biodiversity as protected forests, according to new research. Daniel Karp, an assistant professor in the Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology at …

David Frey

25 years after Northwest Forest Plan, birds still declining

February 22, 2019

In the 25 years since the Northwest Forest Plan was initiated, bird species still are not recovering, researchers found, despite sweeping protections the plan brought to old-growth forests in Washington, Oregon and California. While the …

Conservation News

In a protected forest, why did the birds disappear?

January 30, 2019

The William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest is a rare piece of land in New Jersey. Set aside by Dutch settlers in 1701, it is an uncut tract of old growth oak and hickory forest, owned …

Dana Kobilinsky

For birds, the trail less travelled makes all the difference

December 7, 2018

The presence of humans on trails — not the trails themselves — cause the most disturbance to forest birds, according to recent research. In a study published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, a research …

Spotlight

Restoration of Pine-Oak Woodlands in Missouri — from The Wildlife Professional

August 1, 2018

Using Science to Inform Land Management Debates and Decisions   On a warm July day in 2014, our group headed out to a field tour on the Mark Twain National Forest. The purpose of the …

Conservation News

JWM: Agriculture may improve white-tailed fawn survival

May 31, 2018

White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns have a better chance of avoiding mortality on agricultural land than they do in forests, according to new research. In a study published in The Journal of Wildlife Management, researchers …

Emily Ronis

Northeast Section releases position on forest management

April 6, 2018

The Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society has released a new position statement titled Managing for Biodiversity in Northeastern Forests. Approved last month, the statement expresses concern that the effects of unsustainable logging in the 19th …

Conservation News

JWM study: West Nile could be impacting Pennsylvania grouse

October 24, 2017

A new study from Pennsylvania suggests that the West Nile virus may be partly to blame for the decline of ruffed grouse and could be undermining efforts to restore the bird. Ruffed grouse populations have …

Conservation News

JWM study: Lasers help map red tree vole habitat in Oregon

February 2, 2017

Lasers can shed light on where even small species live on the landscape and help wildlife managers plan for their conservation, a new study shows. Researchers used LiDAR to model red tree vole (Arborimus longicaudus) …

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