Tag: science

March 24, 2022

Present at the 29th Annual Conference in Spokane!

The Wildlife Society invites you to present at our 2022 Annual Conference! The Call for Abstracts is open now through April 29, and includes contributed oral presentations, contributed poster presentations and Student...

November 30, 2021

Wildlife agencies contribute to climate conference

As world leaders gathered at a United Nations conference to tackle climate change, they heard from some state and federal agencies, which sent representatives to Scotland or appeared virtually to...

February 2, 2021

President Biden calls for increased scientific integrity

U.S. President Biden issued the new memorandum, calling on federal agencies to increase their focus on scientific integrity. He asked that all scientific and technological activities within agencies comport with...

October 15, 2018

Interior issues new ‘open science’ policy

Interior Deputy Secretary David Bernhardt issued a new policy on ‘open science’ Sept. 28. Under the four-page memo, Interior bureaus will be required to make publicly available the scientific data...

August 29, 2018

Survey shows political influence on decisions

The Union of Concerned Scientists surveyed scientists in 16 federal agencies to gauge the role of science in the current administration. The results appear in a new report, Science Under...

June 28, 2018

USFWS staffers honored with Science Awards

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has recognized three staff members for their extraordinary work by awarding them the Service’s 2017 Science Awards. The Science Awards were established to recognize...

May 11, 2018

Pruitt signs ‘Secret Science’ rule, controversy remains

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator, Scott Pruitt, wants to promote the “ability to test, authenticate, and reproduce scientific findings” that the agency uses in its rulemaking process with the proposed rule...

March 30, 2018

Paper questions use of science in wildlife management

Wildlife managers have long stressed the critical role science plays in their field, but a recent paper has created controversy by suggesting that “hunt management” decisions in the United States...

June 15, 2017

Get excited for these symposia at the Annual Conference

Early bird pre-registration for this year’s conference is now open! Register by June 30 to save an additional $50. All registration prices will increase $50 on July 1. And don’t...

January 24, 2017

U.S. Fish & Wildlife announces Science Award winners

The Director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has released the following announcement: It is my honor to announce this year’s recipients of the Service Science Awards — the...