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new Global Ambassador for the society
At the Annual Conference last fall, TWS’s Council voted to
appoint Canadian conservationist Shane Mahoney as the first
International Liaison for The Wildlife Society. A noted biologist,
author, and lecturer, Mahoney has deep roots with both TWS
and the international conservation community. For several years
he has served as the North American expert for the International
Council for Game and Wildlife Conservation (CIC), based in
Budapest, Hungary—an organization with 84 member nations
and national affiliates. He also sits on the conservation commit-
tee of Safari Club International.
In these and other roles Mahoney
travels extensively, giving him
unique access to wildlife biologists
and conservationists worldwide.
“It’s critically important that TWS
export its expertise and philosophy
beyond the U.S. and Canada,” says
Mahoney, noting that a founding
principle of TWS is “the idea that
natural resources can be man-
aged in a sustainable way through
the application of science.” Given
the increasingly global nature of
the challenges facing wildlife and
habitat, it’s more important than
ever that biologists collaborate on
conservation solutions. Mahoney
will give TWS a strong internation-
al voice to make the case.
courtesy of Shane Mahoney
Shane Mahoney, left, talks
about conservation with former
President George Bush at
a 2008 Texas fundraiser for
wildlife programs in Tanzania.
the fly-in Hits a Milestone
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the State Wildlife Grant
Program, which has funneled upwards of $500 million to states
since its inception one decade ago. The Teaming with Wildlife
Coalition—a 6,200-member group dedicated to increasing funding for state wildlife management and conservation—helped
launch the program and promotes it each year with its annual
Fly-In event. During the event, supporters from around the
country come to D.C., meet with their members of Congress, and
advocate for increased funding for wildlife. To mark the grant
program’s 10th-anniversary milestone, at this year’s Fly-In in
February the Coalition presented new awards to agencies, partners, and member organizations that have made outstanding
contributions to wildlife conservation. Among those honored:
the Nongame and Endangered Wildlife Division of the New
Hampshire Fish and Game Department and the University of
New Hampshire Cooperative Extension Forestry and Wildlife
Program won the State Wildlife Action Plan Partnership Award,
and the Washington Wildlife Federation won the Teaming with
Wildlife Coalition Member Achievement Award.
new Book series launched
TWS and Johns Hopkins University Press (JHUP) have signed
a publishing agreement to create a new edited book series on
wildlife conservation and management. According to series
editor Paul Krausman of the University of Montana, each
volume will cover broad topics “applicable to everybody in the
Society.” Books in the series will cover topics such as wildlife
management, climate change, and the North American Model.
JHUP—one of the world’s oldest, largest, and most respected
university presses—will widely promote the books, ensuring
that the series reaches a global professional audience. Krausman encourages anyone with an idea for a book to contact him
directly at paul.krausman@umontana.edu.
online Help for officers
We’ve recently launched a new page on our website specifically to assist officers of TWS chapters, sections, and working
groups. The page includes links to all necessary reporting and
tax forms, free IRS tax workshops, model bylaws, policies,
sample petitions to create a new chapter or working group,
and procedures for nominating chapters for awards. Just as a
reminder, the Tax Report Form is due to Shannon Pederson
( Shannon@wildlife.org) by March 30. We hope this new page
will prove useful to all TWS officers.
tWs technical Reviews now free online
In order to more-widely disseminate the scientific analyses in
TWS Technical Reviews, the Society is now making all Reviews
freely available online. Members and others who visit the new
Technical Reviews page on the website can download PDFs of
Reviews dating back to 1990. Future Technical Reviews will be
immediately posted online, with hard copies made available
upon request at minimal cost.
say Hello to …
Jenna Jadin, who joined The Wildlife Society in January as the Associate Director of
Government Affairs. Prior to joining TWS,
Jadin worked as a public policy associate at
the American Institute of Biological Sciences, a scientific association dedicated to
the advancement of biological research and
education. There she wrote columns on policy-related issues for
the society’s journal, BioScience, drafted position statements,
and conducted training seminars for scientists and graduate
students interested in media outreach and policy. Jadin earned
a bachelor’s degree in 2000 from the University of Wiscon-
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