Greetings to all IWMWG members. We have the results from our recent election! Congratulations to Adrian Roadman who is our new Secretary/Treasurer. Adrian has been an active working group member, helping us with website updates and design and outreach, and she is a welcome new member to our slate of officers.
The membership also voted in favor of a dues in-crease, with 83% of the ballots in favor, so I have asked the TWS managers to increase the rate from the current $5 to $10. This increase will allow us to provide travel grants to members for TWS-sponsored conferences.
Which brings me to more good news. In this newsletter, we are announcing the availability of one travel grant to attend the International Wildlife Con-gress in Sapporo, Japan. This grant will be for $750 US. We also are an-nouncing two travel grants to attend the 22nd annual TWS conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba, each for $500 US. See the award descriptions on page 6 for further details.
Our working group will be participating in a symposium in Sapporo focusing on opportunities and challenges for graduate students interested in interna-tional research in wildlife. The session description with names of speakers – many of whom are members of our working group! – are included on page 8 along with the date and time. Be sure to look for this session if you are there. We also will be holding a face-to-face IWMWG meeting in Sapporo - look for an upcoming email with where and when this will be held.
For the upcoming annual TWS conference in Winnipeg, IWMWG is co-organizing a symposium with the TWS Renewable Energy Working Group and the TWS Climate Change and Wildlife Working Group. This will be a half-day session focused on renewable energy and wildlife from a global and
Message from the Chair
April 2015
Volume III, Issue 2
Passport
Are you ready for Sapporo, Japan?
Inside this issue:
Message From The Chair
1
8 Reasons to Attend the Congress in Japan
2
Agenda for Vth International Wildlife Management Con-gress
4
Interview with Jon Haufler
5
Travel Grants Availa-ble for Sapporo and Winnipeg
6
Upcoming Events and Opportunities
7
WG-supported Sap-poro Symposium Session Description
8
Vision, Mission and Goals
9
The Newsletter of the International Wildlife Management Working Group of The Wildlife Society
Adrian Roadman, newly-elected Secretary/Treasurer of the
International Wildlife Management Working Group
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Robin White, Chair of the International
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industry perspective, and will include a series of speakers followed by a
summary panel. We will confirm the time and place of this symposium a
few weeks before the Winnipeg meeting.
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