{"id":952,"date":"2016-01-14T11:27:25","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T19:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.puravidaaquatic.com\/wordpress\/?p=952"},"modified":"2016-01-13T15:57:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T23:57:22","slug":"western-section-of-the-wildlife-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puravidaaquatic.com\/wordpress\/western-section-of-the-wildlife-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Section of The Wildlife Society"},"content":{"rendered":"

Western Section of The Wildlife Society is holding its Annual Meeting Feb. 22-26, in Pomona, CA USA; see <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

tws-west.org\/pomona2016\/?page_id=25<\/a>
Oh so cool so cool so cool. I go to the website.
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Annual Meeting 2016 Schedule\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(a few examples)<\/p>\n

\nWelcome, Speakers, meetings, snacks, Mojave Desert Listed Small Mammals Symposium
\nFood, lunch, cookies, cocktail hour, or all the above (abrev. flcc)<\/p>\n

Sierra Nevada Red Fox Working Group\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

(BTW the Sierra Nevada Red Fox is different than the invasive species from Europe.)<\/p>\n

flcc
\nMojave Ground Squirrel Technical Advisory Group
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flcc
\nChallenges and Conflict in Vertebrate Predator Management
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flcc
\nWildlife Health & Disease Ecology
\n
flcc
\nEffects of Drought and Water Management on Wildlife
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flcc
\nCalifornia Bat Working Group<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yea bats! But I don’t see anything about wetland habitats.
\n[Find in page]
W……E……Tbuz
Tbuz
There are no words that even start with wet
Maybe marsh
M.,…..A…….Rbuz
Rbuz
Sigh. frog?
f…r….obuz
Sigh …
“Western Section of The Wildlife Society is holding its Annual Meeting”…. apparently without considering wetland habitats.
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So I go to the Wildlife Society _national_ homepage wildlife.org and search “wetland”. <\/p>\n

\nJOIN
\nRENEW
\nDONATE
\nLOGIN THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY
\nSearch Results for Wetland <\/p>\n

Natural Wetlands are First Choice for Egrets
\nNovember 24, 2015 [Snip] Louisiana and South Carolina, they still prefer …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

first article of a total of 4. Wow 4! but nothing in this first one about California.<\/p>\n

TWS Chapter Supports Wetlands Preservation
\nSeptember 29, 2015
\nA sunset over the Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in Kansas. Image Credit: Ryan Moehring\/USFWS, licensed by cc 2.0 The Kansas Chapter of The Wildlife Society has declared their support for the City of Wichita to build a new wetlands preservation park. While some of the land …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Great we’re going to try to build an old growth wetland. Which as I’ve said before is analogous to sticking a few redwood seedlings in the ground and calling it an old growth forest. But at least Kansas is doing _something_.<\/p>\n

\nExploring the Wetlands at Oak Hammock Marsh
\nJuly 16, 2015 The Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre Join The Wildlife Society\u2019s field trip to Oak Hammock Marsh during the 2015 TWS Annual Conference. Learn more about the educational and professional networking …<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Well at least they’ll take a field trip to an oak hammock. Sort of doubt there will be a lot of marsh attention.<\/p>\n

TWS and Chapters Comment on Wetland Determinations
\nFebruary 27, 2015
\nScenic The Wildlife Society, in partnership with the Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota TWS Chapters, and several other conservation and sportsmen\u2019s groups has signed … <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Iowa, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Great, no California at all. And this is a national organization folks. I have got to give credit to Iowa North Dakota and South Dakota, but California is supposed to be tree huggers. OH!!! that is it. I guess there aren’t many trees in a marsh so it is okay to pave over the marshes in California because we are just here to hug the trees.
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You thought I was critical of Friends of Madrona Marsh. If I was involved with wildlife.org I would be so effing embarrassed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Western Section of The Wildlife Society is holding its Annual Meeting Feb. 22-26, in Pomona, CA USA; see tws-west.org\/pomona2016\/?page_id=25 Oh so cool so cool so cool. I go to the website. Annual Meeting 2016 Schedule (a few examples) Welcome, Speakers, … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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