Tag: TWS Annual Conference

July 21, 2017

More workshops at the TWS Annual Conference

The Wildlife Society’s 24th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico is closer than you think, so it’s time to start getting excited about some workshop opportunities in store. In a...

July 3, 2017

Apply for Native Student Professional Development program

The Native Student Professional Development Program provides Native American students with the opportunity to attend the TWS Annual Conference, the largest gathering of wildlife professionals in North America. Now in...

April 20, 2017

Opening up the conversation on pollinators at the TWS conference

September will be here before you know it, and as summer transitions into fall, The Wildlife Society will be hosting its 24th Annual Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Over the...

March 22, 2017

Passion drives McDonough Award winner

Nominations for the 2017 Jim McDonough Award will be accepted through May 1. Click on the link above to visit the McDonough Award webpage, or visit www.wildlife.org/awards to learn more...

February 16, 2017

Hewitt named director at Caesar Kleberg Institute

Former TWS Texas Chapter President David Hewitt was recently named executive director of the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. “I’m enjoying it and looking forward to...

February 14, 2017

Student research project: Monitoring Georgia black bears

A small black bear population (Ursus americanus) in central Georgia appears to be relatively stable, and more bears are found in upland habitat filled with pines and other plants, according...

February 6, 2017

Student Research project: Parasites prevalent in bulls and juvenile bison

While interning with The Nature Conservancy in South Dakota in August 2015, Lisa Zoromski, a University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point senior, found that bulls and juveniles in the free-ranging...

January 19, 2017

Student research project: Large carnivores surviving on unusual prey

Despite the negative impacts that people have on natural ecosystems, some wildlife species are surviving on the expanded menus that humans offer them. In particular, large carnivores in landscapes altered...

December 22, 2016

Conservation of the future

On more than one occasion, the Utah Community-Based Conservation Program has been touted as the embodiment of Aldo Leopold’s vision for wildlife conservation in North America. Ranchers Jay and Diane...

December 20, 2016

Student Poster winner: Wildlife threats over the years

Have threats to plants and wildlife changed over time? Some curious wildlife students wanted to know. Seven undergraduate students — three at Millersville University in Pennsylvania, advised by assistant professor...