Welcome to the TWS Transportation Ecology Working Group
The Transportation Ecology Working Group (TEWG) promotes professional collaboration and information sharing to identify solutions that enable wildlife to thrive alongside our ever-changing and growing transportation infrastructure.
We promote professional collaboration and information sharing to identify solutions that enable wildlife to thrive alongside our ever-changing and growing transportation infrastructure.
Announcements
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Northeastern Transportation and Wildlife Conference
The 2026 NETWC Conference will be held Sept. 27-30, 2026 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College, Pennsylvania. Registration is open here!
We’re excited to announce that Dr. Patricia Cramer, Board Member at Large of the TWS Transportation Ecology Working Group, will deliver the Keynote Speech!
The TWS Transportation Ecology Working Group will be hosting a networking happy hour from 6:00pm – 7:00pm on Tuesday, September 29th at Legends Sports Bar, Gardens Level! Please join us, we’d love to meet you!
Visit the NETWC Conference website for more information.
TWS Annual Conference 2026
We’re excited to see many of you at the 2026 TWS Annual Conference in Des Moines, Iowa! The Transportation Ecology Working Group symposium entitled Using Transportation Ecology Knowledge to Implement Connectivity Solutions take place on Tuesday, November 3rd from 8:30am – 10:00am.
The TWS Transportation Ecology Working group will be hosting a meet and greet, and we hope to see you there! Please keep an eye on the conference website for updates on the date and time for this event!
Webinar Recording
Watch the recording from our Jan. 2026 webinar, Providing Wildlife Connectivity Across Roads in the U.S. in 2026. The presentation slides may be viewed here.
Become a member
Membership is available to all current TWS members. You may join our working group by logging in to your TWS account.
Officers
Interim Chair: Sarah Barnum
Interim Vice Chair: Melinda Squillace
Interim Secretary: Joanne Theriault
Interim Treasurer: Kelby Houtz
Meetings
The TEWG will hold at least one virtual meeting annually and provide opportunities to connect in-person each year at The Wildlife Society’s Annual Conference. Please check back for updates about the upcoming 2026 member meeting!