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Society News Election Results: New Faces on Council
Video Contest Winners
The Wildlife Society congratulates the new members of Council, who will officially assume their new roles at the Annual Conference in Snowbird, Utah. TWS members have elected Winifred Kessler, director of Wildlife, Fisheries, Ecology, Watershed, and Subsistence Management for the U.S. Forest Service’s Alaska Region, to serve as Vice President of Council. Members also elected Karl Martin of Wisconsin as Courtesy of Winifred Kessler North Central Section Representative, Winifred Kessler Jack Connelly of Idaho as Northwest Section Representative, and re-elected California’s Don Yasuda for a second term as Western Section Representative. Kessler is eager to build on the forward momentum in TWS’ approach to member services, government affairs, communications, and recruiting. “I wish to apply my experience and perspectives in ways that build on these positive trends and respond to new challenges and opportunities in the wildlife field,” she says.
The Wildlife Society has some talented videographers in its midst. After receiving 22 captivating entries to our inaugural video contest, viewers selected a video montage by Amanda Moors titled “When Owls Dream” as their favorite. Moors’ video montage depicts the grace of owls in the wild, flying, hunting, and feeding. Second place winner Shawn L. Locke took a different tack with his video, “Trapping Rio Grande Wild Turkeys in Texas,” offering viewers detailed instruction on how to equip turkeys with tracking devices. Marco Sanchez rounds out the winners, earning third place with his submission, “Meet a Fisheries and Wildlife Grad,” which documents Michigan Credit: Amanda Moors State University graduate student An owl swoops onto a branch in Amanda Moors’ winning video, “When Owls Dream.” Emily Johnston’s explanation of her research on zoonotic disease. Don’t miss the outtake at the end. View all of the submitted videos at the TWS YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/WildlifeSociety.
In addition to Council elections, TWS members approved all eight proposed ballot measures. Several of these change the Society’s Code of Ethics. Most notably: The Code now applies to all members and has expanded the standards of professional conduct to all members and no longer just to Certified Wildlife Biologists. Members also approved a measure to create a new category of membership—“New Professional”—which will offer a discounted membership fee of half the normal dues plus $10 to professionals in entry-level positions.
Wiley-Blackwell Our New Publishing Partner The Wildlife Society is pleased to announce that beginning in 2011, Wiley-Blackwell will become the new publisher for The Journal of Wildlife Management, Wildlife Monographs, and the Wildlife Society Bulletin, scheduled to re-launch as an online journal next year. After a thorough search, TWS Council selected Wiley because of the firm’s premier journal collection, international presence, marketing savvy, reputation, and financial projections. As publisher of more than 1,500 peer-reviewed scholarly journals—including many of the top journals in ecology, conservation, and zoology—Wiley-Blackwell will increase the profile and international reach of TWS’ publications. As we prepare for this new partnership, we would like to express our thanks and appreciation to Allen Press for its long years of fine service and dedication to The Wildlife Society.
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Conference Sustainability To help offset the carbon footprint of the Annual Conference, The Wildlife Society is partnering with TreeUtah, an organization dedicated to the planting and stewardship of trees throughout the state of Utah. Five dollars of every Conference registration will go to TreeUtah, an amount that will cover the cost to purchase, plant, and care for one seedling for two to three years. TWS estimates that the total donation will enable the planting of 1,500 seedlings, offsetting approximately 750 tons of carbon. Native species such as fremont and narrowleaf cottonwoods, coyote willow, and red-osier dogwood will be planted in two main areas: a 120-acre Jordan River restoration site in South Jordan City, Utah, which provides habitat for songbirds, and a new “Trees for Eagles” grove within Salt Lake County’s Redwood Natural Area. TreeUtah Executive Director Jeff Ward says that these sites were historically little more than dumping grounds for industrial and even nuclear waste, but restoration efforts have turned them into havens for wildlife and local residents alike. “We just started planting in the Trees for Eagles grove this spring”, he says, “and already
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