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Many students and early career professionals have questions when putting their first CV (curriculum vitae) or resume together. In this webinar, professionals from a variety of backgrounds give advice on putting together effective CVs for the wildlife professional. Panelists have worked in state and federal government agency positions, academic institutions, and NGOs. Panelists will review commo...

Attending a national or international conference for the first time can be very daunting, especially for those traveling without a support group or mentor to guide them. In this webinar, panelists will review tips for attending TWS’s annual conference for the first time. Panelists will review expectations for professional behavior at the conference, safety tips for travel and lodging, as well a...

Evaluating patterns of greenness (NDVI) and their influence on the habitat quality and reproduction of a declining grassland bird Presenters will go over tools that can be used to link phenology-metrics to wildlife habitat by providing a case study of using these tools to predict lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) reproductive habitat in the Southern Great Plains.

The Wildlife Society's Conservation Education and Outreach Working Group discusses communicating conservation in the digital world with staff from the Missouri Department of Conservation and the Aldo Leopold Foundation.

When you plan large meetings or online events: do you typically assume that everyone who attends is able to see, to hear, and to operate a mouse to navigate your conferencing platform? If so, you’re at risk of leaving out 20% of the world’s population - more than 1 billion people. Join Knowbility’s IT Director Mark Boyden to explore ways to provide fully inclusive and accessible remote meetings...

The Student Network for Amphibian Pathogen Surveillance (SNAPS) leverages student-power to conduct ongoing and cost-effective Bsal surveillance by incorporating surveillance into undergraduate curriculum. Early detection of wildlife disease is inherently challenging, requiring broad spatiotemporal surveillance that can be expensive, time-consuming and logistically challenging. The Bsal Surveill...

Join TWS’ Habitat Restoration Working Group for a webinar discussing seed predators in tropical forests. Sergio Estrada, from the Universidad del Rosario, Bogota, Colombia, will show how different groups of animals influenced forest regeneration in the Neotropics, in the first 100 years of restoration. He will argue that the study of animal seed dispersal will be crucial in the UN Decade of Eco...

Join the North Central Section and Rangeland Wildlife Working Group to learn about private lands management! This webinar will feature several professionals working in private lands management ranging from USFWS private lands biologists, University extension, non-governmental organizations, and will include a testimony from a private landowner in Wisconsin. This webinar will be geared toward un...

In this webinar, we will highlight the Native Student Professional Development Program that is part of the Native Peoples’ Wildlife Management Working Group of TWS. We will go over the history of the program, how it began and its purpose. Next, we will talk about the current state of the program, as well as this year’s cohort and what they learned. We will then look at where we want to take the...

Speaker: Marc Valitutto, VMD, Senior Field Veterinarian, EcoHealth Alliance In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the critical interface between humans and animals has garnered significant attention in both media and legislative circles. However, the absence of standardized guidelines for personal protection in field research poses a concerning safety gap. Join our presentation to learn about t...

The webinar will feature guest speaker Sara Parker Pauley, Director of the Missouri Dept. of Conservation, one of the amazing women conservation leaders that participated in the recent panel discussion “Conservation Leaders on Mentoring the Next Leaders” at TWS’ Annual Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The webinar will continue the discussion about mentors, their value, and ways to find mento...

The koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an Endangered Australian marsupial that specialises in eating leaves from a variety of Eucalyptus species. One of the key threats to koalas is the ongoing loss or modification of the eucalypt forests and woodlands where they live. I will describe some of our recent work to understand how variation in the nutritional composition of eucalypt leaves influences...

Lindsay Martinez, Research Program Coordinator for the East Foundation, was a plenary speaker during The Wildlife Society's 30th Annual Conference plenary, "Communicating in an Era of Science Mistrust," in Louisville, Kentucky. Her presentation discussed research on ocelot populations in South Texas and communicating science to policy makers and the public. The 2023 plenary was sponsored by the...

Mental Health in the Field of Natural Resources: Finding Ways to Enhance our Mental Health Ecosystem

How to Integrate DEI into Wildlife and Natural Resource Curricula

The Role and Relevance of Wildlife Damage Management for Wildlife Students and Professionals

The Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement Presents: Refuge System 101

Grazing: The Key to Saving Grassland Birds

Drone-based Infrared Thermography to Evaluate the Health and Physiology of Large Whales

Phenology Data and Tools for Wildlife Conservation and Management

Habitat Restoration: Addressing Challenges in a Changing World

A Pioneering Biologist Explains Why We Must and How We Can Diversify the Scientific Workforce

Parenthood in the Field: Challenges and Advice for Raising Your Own Brood

Taking Action to Resist, Accept, or Direct Change: How Wildlife Mgrs Can Thrive in Uncertain Future

The Wildlife Society - Aldo Leopold Memorial Award

Congressional Briefing: Supporting the National Wildlife Refuge System

Highlighting Bridge Builders: Examples of R3 Efforts toConnect New Audiences Outdoors

How Do We Get the Discussion about Non-Lead from Non-Starter to Non-Issue?

Change. It’s what’s on the table