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Location
Hot Springs, AR
Start Date
6-4-2003 12:00 AM
Description
The Wildlife Society (TWS) recognizes wildlife-human interactions as both a challenge and an opportunity whereby we can serve the wildlife profession and human society. TWS first officially supported wildlife damage management professionals in 1959 when it created the TWS Committee on Economic Losses Caused by Vertebrates. In 1994, this committee ultimately became the TWS Wildlife Damage Management Working Group (WDMWG), whose goal is to better understand and manage the biological, ecological, social, political, legal, and economic aspects of wildlife-human interactions. The WDMWG has sponsored numerous symposia, workshops, publications, etc., all of which are designed to serve TWS, wildlife damage management professionals, and the public. In addition, several recent TWS publications have been designed to serve wildlife damage management professionals. TWS also has sponsored or co-sponsored technical sessions at meetings and international conferences to help disseminate the most current information on wildlife damage management. Furthermore, TWS' Certified Wildlife Biologist Program can help the wildlife damage management professional achieve public trust and confidence in their scientific and technical training, as well as legal recognition in courts of law. Wildlife professionals are increasingly challenged by wildlife-human conflicts, which often are the focus of attention from the news media. Wildlife professionals should endeavor to minimize the negative and enhance the positive values of wildlife, even for those species that have become locally overabundant and are sometimes regarded as pests. TWS will continue to support wildlife damage management professionals in their efforts to objectively manage wildlife species for the benefit of society and the wildlife resource.
Recommended Citation
Warren, R. J. (2003). The wildlife society and wildlife damage management professionals. In Fagerstone, K.A. & Witmer, G.W. (Eds.), The Tenth Wildlife Damage Management Conference (1-6). Hot Springs, AR: National Wildlife Research Center.
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The Wildlife Society and Wildlife Damage Management Professionals
Hot Springs, AR
The Wildlife Society (TWS) recognizes wildlife-human interactions as both a challenge and an opportunity whereby we can serve the wildlife profession and human society. TWS first officially supported wildlife damage management professionals in 1959 when it created the TWS Committee on Economic Losses Caused by Vertebrates. In 1994, this committee ultimately became the TWS Wildlife Damage Management Working Group (WDMWG), whose goal is to better understand and manage the biological, ecological, social, political, legal, and economic aspects of wildlife-human interactions. The WDMWG has sponsored numerous symposia, workshops, publications, etc., all of which are designed to serve TWS, wildlife damage management professionals, and the public. In addition, several recent TWS publications have been designed to serve wildlife damage management professionals. TWS also has sponsored or co-sponsored technical sessions at meetings and international conferences to help disseminate the most current information on wildlife damage management. Furthermore, TWS' Certified Wildlife Biologist Program can help the wildlife damage management professional achieve public trust and confidence in their scientific and technical training, as well as legal recognition in courts of law. Wildlife professionals are increasingly challenged by wildlife-human conflicts, which often are the focus of attention from the news media. Wildlife professionals should endeavor to minimize the negative and enhance the positive values of wildlife, even for those species that have become locally overabundant and are sometimes regarded as pests. TWS will continue to support wildlife damage management professionals in their efforts to objectively manage wildlife species for the benefit of society and the wildlife resource.