Tag: policy

The U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 2898 on Thursday; a bill to provide relief from California’s drought to agricultural communities, which includes controversial provisions aimed at state fisheries. The...

Alongside nine other organizations, TWS sent a letter to Congressman Kind (D-WI) and Congressman Wittman (R-VA) in support of their introduction of legislation to reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation...

Last week marked 100 days before the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) authorization expires at the end of September. Senators Bennet (D-CO), Ayotte (R-NH), and Heinrich (D-MN), cosponsors of...

TWS led efforts to submit a letter to both House and Senate committees considering H.R. 2016 and S.1081, the “Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act.” The letter was signed onto by...

TWS, along with 10 other sportsmen and conservation organizations, submitted a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Fiscal Year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), urging the...

The North Carolina Chapter of TWS submitted a letter to the State Legislature opposing legislation that would expand the captive cervid industry. S.B. 513 would transfer jurisdiction of the captive...

Recent efforts across the western U.S. have focused on the potential sale and transfer of federal lands to state governments and private entities. In 2012, the Utah state legislature passed...

After a lengthy rulemaking process, including an extended public comment and over 400 stakeholder meetings, the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers announced their final rule defining waters...

TWS, along with the National Wildlife Refuge Association and The Society for Range Management, sent a letter to the Senate Subcommittee on Fisheries, Water, and Wildlife opposing S. 1204, the...

The Policy Brief Series, TWS’s go-to resource for information regarding wildlife-related federal policies and programs, welcomes a new addition. Members of The Wildlife Society can now readily access information regarding the...