Groups Come Together on Polar Bear Hunting
Several aboriginal organizations, local hunters, and territorial and provincial governments in Canada reached a landmark agreement to manage the Southern Hudson Bay polar bear subpopulation. Environment Canada announced the agreement...
New Fact Sheet: Impact of Disease on Bighorn Sheep
TWS members can now access the most current science, management tools, and federal action regarding conservation of bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) through a new fact sheet developed and released by...
Hemorrhagic Virus Threatens Spain’s Amphibians
The world’s amphibians cannot catch a break. Climate change, habitat loss, and the spread of chytrid fungus already contribute to declining populations. Now, a deadly virus is ravaging Spain’s toads...
Flyway to the Danger Zone
Flying at night should be old hat for bats, but this routine feat is becoming increasingly dangerous. Tens to hundreds of thousands of migratory bats turn up dead at the...
TWS Informs Virginia’s Hunting over Bait Review
The Wildlife Society and the Virginia Chapter of The Wildlife Society each submitted comments to a committee charged by the Virginia State’s legislature with reviewing current policies that prohibit hunting...
North Dakota Chapters Support Ballot Initiative
A ballot initiative to provide more funding for wildlife conservation will be included on North Dakota’s ballot this November. Measure 5 proposes allocating 5% of state tax revenues from oil...
Tribes and First Nations sign “Buffalo Treaty”
Last week, 11 U.S. Indian Tribes and Canadian First Nations signed a treaty that established an intertribal alliance aimed at restoring bison in their territories located throughout the Great Plains...