Tag: TWS news

March 22, 2019

John Moriarty receives Boy Scouts gold medal award

John Moriarty, longtime TWS member and North Central Section Representative to Council, recently was honored with the Boy Scouts of America William T. Hornaday Gold Medal Award.  Moriarty is a...

March 15, 2019

Georgia TWS member earns award

Elizabeth Miller, a member-at-large on the Georgia TWS chapter board,has been selected as the 2018 Eastern Region Wildlife Biologist of the Year for the USDA Wildlife Services program. As the...

February 1, 2019

One month left to submit conference proposals

This is an exciting year! The Wildlife Society and the American Fisheries Society will hold their first-ever joint conference in Reno, Nevada, Sept. 29–Oct. 3. Proposals for education and training programs,...

January 30, 2019

Fellows and Group Achievement nominations due this Friday

The deadline to submit nominations for 2019 TWS Fellows and Group Achievement Awards is this Friday, Feb. 1, by 11:59 p.m. EST. Nominate a respected colleague you believe will continue...

October 19, 2018

Mississippi Chapter practices disease and emergency response

The annual meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society featured a wildlife disease/emergency response workshop presented by Wildlife Services’ wildlife disease biologist Jonathan Lewis and feral swine coordinator...

August 8, 2018

TWS writes to Sen. Barrasso regarding changes to the ESA

The Wildlife Society sent a letter to Sen. John Barrasso, chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to provide testimony on his draft bill proposal, the Endangered Species...

July 23, 2018

The best of Cleveland: Food and drinks

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. When National...

March 29, 2018

America’s declining wildlife requires a proactive solution, report says

A new report released in collaboration between the National Wildlife Federation, American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society celebrates the amazing diversity of wildlife species in the United States and...

February 1, 2018

TWS urges Zinke to balance Alaska wildlife needs with energy development

The Wildlife Society has written a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, urging him to protect important wildlife habitat on lands in the National Petroleum Reserve—Alaska (NPR-A)  as the Bureau of...

August 23, 2017

Video: Expertly navigate this year’s Annual Conference

Visit twsconference.org for details about this year’s conference and register today! The beautiful Hyatt Regency hotel and newly renovated Albuquerque Convention Center are the perfect host facilities to experience TWS Live. Get your first...