Congratulations to our 2009 MS TWS Publications Awardees
Outstanding Peer-reviewed Publication
Daniel J. Twedt, R. Randy Wilson, and Amy S. Keister. 2007 Spatial models for northern bobwhite populations for conservation planning. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:1808-1818.
Oustanding Technical Publication
Bronson K. Strickland, Richard M. Kaminski, and Adam Tullos. 2009. Waterfowl habitat management handbook for the Lower Mississippi River Valley. Mississippi State Extension.
Oustanding Book
Jeanne Jones, Daniel S. Coggins, J. L. Cummins, and Jovonn Hill. 2007. Restoring and Managing Native Prairies: A Handbook for Mississippi Landowners. Wildlife Mississippi.
2.) 2010 MS TWS Voting Ballot is now available (click here)
3.) MS TWS Annual Meeting Schedule Posted (see 'Events')
MS Chapter of TWS Items (7-22-2009)
1.) NEW UPDATES FOR MS TWS ANNUAL MEETING
Workshops, job panel discussion, Wildlife Biologist certification table, and more will be part of this year's annual meeting. For more information, check out the Events' page.
2.) CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
We are now accepting board member nominations for 2009-2010.
Positions: President-elect, 2 Board Member Positions, and Southeastern Section Representative.
Voting: Ballots will be available closer to the annual meeting in October.
3.) Call for NOMINATIONS FOR OUTSTANDING PUBLICATION AWARDS
The Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society is seeking nominations for Outstanding Publication awards in the following categories: Peer-reviewed Journal Article, Technical Publication, Popular Article, Book, and Media Product (video, DVD, web-based tool, radio program, etc.).The Mississippi Chapter will recognize high-quality publications that represent a significant advance in wildlife biology with respect to scientific knowledge, application to management, or public awareness and involvement.
To be eligible for an award, at least one author must be a member of the Mississippi Chapter of TWS at the time of nomination and the publication must be published within the last 3 years (2007 – 2009). Publications may be nominated by non-members.Self nominations are acceptable.
To nominate a publication, please send an electronic copy of the publication (if possible) and a description of why the publication represents a significant contribution to wildlife biology and/or management to:Dr. Sam Riffell (
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), Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, Box 9690, Mississippi State, MS39762. Deadline for nominations is September 1, 2009.Winners will be announced at the October meeting of the Mississippi Chapter of TWS.
1) We are now accepting submissions for the upcoming MSTWS newsletter to be put out in April. Please send any items you would like included. Examples - Agency updates, upcoming meetings, articles relating to MS wildlife conservation, any other pertinent items. All submissions should be forwarded to me no later than March 25th.
2) We are now accepting nominations for board members for the 09/10 year. Currently President-elect, 2 board member positions, and the Representative to the Southeastern Section are available. More information on these positions can be found under Bylaws. If you, or someone you know, is interested in the positions please let me know. Feel free to contact me with any additional questions about duties. All board members must be current members of the Mississippi Chapter of The Wildlife Society.
3) Ray Iglay has been working hard on updating our website. If you have any pictures of Mississippi events, habitat, wildlife etc. that you would like to share on the webpage please forward them to me or Ray at
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