Tag: TWS 2018

February 5, 2019

Student presentation: Implementing citizen science in research

Citizen science is growing in wildlife biology, providing an inexpensive, efficient way to collect large amounts of data. But how should researchers use it effectively? In a presentation titled, “Population...

January 17, 2019

Authors recognized for outstanding publications

From topics on lesser prairie-chickens (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) to northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis), 15 wildlifers and authors took home the Wildlife Publications Award at the 2018 annual TWS conference in Cleveland,...

December 26, 2018

Every person matters for this year’s Aldo Leopold winner

It was the fall of 1943, and a young Leigh Fredrickson joined his father for a day in a Missouri River oxbow in Iowa collecting cattail leaves. A cooper, his...

November 1, 2018

Student travel grants bring 17 wildlife students to Cleveland

Each year, wildlife students look forward to the annual TWS conference. This year, 47 percent of conference attendees were students, and student travel grants helped make it easier for 17...

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...

October 2, 2018

Session of the Week: Private sector wildlife biologists

Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, is open! Visit twsconference.org for details, or register now by logging in to Your Membership and clicking on the Conference tab. The profession of...

September 27, 2018

Ecologically important, turtles are declining globally

Turtles are rapidly going extinct, researchers found, but many people have no idea they’re vanishing and are unaware of the valuable ecological roles they play. Whit Gibbons, professor emeritus of...

September 25, 2018

Session of the Week: Informing wildlife policy

Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, is now open! Visit twsconference.org for details, or register now by logging in to Your Membership and clicking on the Conference tab.  While biological,...

September 18, 2018

Conference includes special events you won’t want to miss

Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, is now open! Visit twsconference.org for details, or register now by logging in to Your Membership and clicking on the Conference tab. Among exciting...

September 13, 2018

Session of the Week: R3 in Outdoors Activities

Registration for The Wildlife Society’s 25th Annual Conference in Cleveland, Ohio, is now open! Visit twsconference.org for details, or register now by logging in to Your Membership and clicking on the Conference tab. Society is...