TWS Policy Library

The Government Affairs and Partnerships team regularly engages in a wide range of North American wildlife policy issues. Part of this engagement involves sending and signing-onto letters, comments, and testimony that are sent to public officials that have direct contact with these issues. The Policy Library is a tool for members to explore these correspondence and learn about how their Society is advocating on behalf of the wildlife profession. Members should continue checking back for updated content.

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TRCP DOT Wildlife Crossing Pilot Program Comments

Issue: Strategic Conservation Planning Scope Area: U.S.

Origin: Coalition Type: Comments Status: Complete

Recipient: U.S. Administration - U.S. Department of Transportation

Keywords: Strategic Plan;Wildlife Conservation;Wildlife corridor

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Issue 1, Volume 10, January 2024

Scope Area: U.S.

Origin: TWS Type: CAN Newsletter Status: Complete

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Issue 1, Volume 8, January 2022

Origin: TWS Type: CAN Newsletter Status: Complete

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RAWA Briefing Invite

Issue: Wildlife Conservation and Management Funding Scope Area: U.S.

Origin: Coalition

Recipient: Congressional Offices

Keywords: Recovering America's Wildlife Act;RAWA

Sign-on Letter in support of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists

Issue: Advancement of Professional Societies Scope Area: International

Origin: Sign-On Type: Letter Status: Complete

Recipient: U.S. Administration

Keywords: Rangelands

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TWS and AFS Joint Statement on Senate Introduction of the Recovering America's Wildlife Act

Issue: Wildlife Conservation and Management Funding Scope Area: U.S.

Origin: Coalition Type: Press Release

Recipient: Media Organization

Keywords: Recovering America's Wildlife Act;RAWA

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Request by Illinois Chapter to FWS to list black carp as injurious

Issue: Invasive Species Prevention and Management Scope Area: U.S. Date: March-2002

Origin: Organization Unit Type: Recommendations

Recipient: U.S. Administration - U.S. Department of the Interior - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Keywords: Invasive Species;US Fish & Wildlife Service;Illinois Chapter;Chapter;black carp

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Endorsement by Illinois Chapter of resolution in opposition to predator removal for waterfowl recruitment

Issue: Strategic Conservation Planning Scope Area: Southeast Date: March-2003

Origin: Organization Unit Type: Issue Paper

Keywords: Illinois Chapter;Chapter;waterfowl;predator removal

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Illinois Chapter Position Statement on Placement and Operation of Windfarms

Issue: Strategic Conservation Planning Scope Area: North Central Date: March-2004

Origin: Organization Unit Type: Position Statement

Keywords: Bats;Migration corridors;Illinois Chapter;Chapter;Birds;Wind Energy;Wind Turbines

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Confinement of white-tailed deer, elk, and other Cervidae for farming or commercial hunting

Issue: Strategic Conservation Planning Scope Area: North Central Date: March-2004

Origin: Organization Unit Type: Position Statement

Keywords: Cervids;Illinois Chapter;Chapter

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21st Century Postal Service Act
Advisory Board
Agricultural Act of 2014
Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
Agriculture and Food Research Initiative
Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act
Alabama Chapter of TWS
Alaska
Alaska Chapter
Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act
Allegheny National Forest
American Fisheries Society
American Veterinary Medical Association
Ammunition
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Antiquities Act
Appropriations
Aquatic Species
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Arizona Chapter
Arkansas Chapter
Bald Eagles
Barred Owl
Bats
Bd fungus
Best Management Practices
Biodiversity
Bioenergy
Biological Diversity Working Group
Biomass Crop Assistance Program
Biometrics Working Group
Birds
black carp
Border Security
Bristol Bay
British Columbia Chapter
Bsal
Bureau of Land Management
Burrying beetle
California Central Coast Chapter
California North Coast Chapter
Canadian Section
Captive rearing
Caribou
Categorical Exclusions
Certified Wildlife Biologist
Cervids
Chapter
Chesapeake Bay
Chevron
Chronic Wasting Disease
Chytrid fungus
Clean Water Act
Climate Adaptation
Climate Change
Climate Change and Wildlife Working Group
College and University Wildlife Education Working Group
Colorado Chapter
Colorado Parks & Wildlife Department
Committee on Natural Resources
Compensatory Mitigation
Comprehensive Black Bear Management Policy
Comprehensive Conservation Plan
Conference Attendance
Conference Report
Congressional Invasive Species Caucus
Conservation Compliance
Conservation easements
Conservation Education and Outreach Working Group
Conservation Measures
Conservation Program
Conservation Reserve Program
Conservation Roundtable
Conservation Stewardship Program
Conservation Technical Assistance
Conservation Title
Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act
Constrictor Snakes
Cooperative Alliance for Refuge Enhancement
Corker-Hoeven Amendment
Cormorant Management and Natural Resources Protection Act
Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act
Corps of Engineers
Critical Habitats
Crop Insurance Accountability Amendment
Currituck National Wildlife Refuge
Dakota Grassland Conservation Area project
Damage Management
Dan Ashe
Deepwater Horizon
Deepwater Horizon Spill
Deer
Deficit Reduction
Definition
Definitions
Delaware
Delisting
Department of Energy
Department of the Interior
Department of the Interior Reorganization
Digital Accountability and Transparency Act
DOI
Double-Crested Cormorants
Duck Stamp
Eastern Wolf
Ecosystems Missions Area
Education
EIS
Endangered Species
Endangered Species Act
Energy
Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Energy Development
Enrolment
Environmental Impact Assessment
Environmental Impact Statement
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Quality Incentive Program
ESA
Ethnic and Gender Diversity Working Group
Euthanasia
Exclusion
Extension
Exxon Valdez
Farm Bill
Farm Service Agency
Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act
Federal Duck Stamp Act
Federal Land Management Operations
Federal Lands Invasive Species Control and Management Act
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act
Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act Reauthorization
Federal Water Quality Protection Act
Feral and Free-Ranging Domestic Cats
Feral Cat Management
Feral Swine
Financial Compensation
Firearms
Fire Borrowing
Fiscal Year 2011
Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
Fish & Wildlife Service Resource Protection Act
Fisheries
fishing
FLAME Act
Flood Control Act
Florida
Florida Chapter
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Focused Reduction of Effluence and Stormwater runoff through Hydrofracking Environmental Regulation Act
Forest management
Forestry and Wildlife Working Group
Forest thinning
Fort Worth
Fracking
Free-Roaming Horses and Burros
FRESHER Act
furbearers
FY 17
FY 2013
FY 2014
FY 2015
FY 2016
FY 2016 budget
FY 2016 Consolidated Appropriations Act
FY 2017
FY 2017 budget
FY 2018
FY 2019
Game
Game management
Game species
Gassing
Golden Eagles
Grant Programs
Gray Wolf
Great Lakes
Guide to the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
Gulf of Mexico
H.789
H.R. 1831
H.R. 2822
H.R. 4497
H.R. 4647
Habitat connectivity
Habitat Degradation
Horse and burro management
Horse sterilization
House Agriculture Appropriations Bill
House Bill 1904
House Natural Resources Committee
HR 1175
HR 126
HR 1460
HR 1947
HR 2647
HR 2834
HR 3074
HR 3365
HR 511
HR 638
HR 996
Human Dimensions Working Group
hunting
Hunting, Trapping, and Conservation Working Group
Hunting and Shooting Sports Conservation Council
Hunting Over Bait
Idaho Chapter
Illinois Chapter
Incidental Take
Infrastructure Package
Injurious
Integrated Activity Plan
Integrated Predator Management Plan
Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Interior Budget
International Affairs within USFWS
International Wildlife Management Working Group
Interpretation
Invasive Fish & Wildlife Prevention Act
Invasive Species
Invasive Species Listing
Invasive Species Management
Invasive Species Working Group
Iowa Chapter
Izembek National Wildlife Refuge
Joint Ventures
Kansas Chapter
Lacey Act
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Land For Land
Land Management Planning Act
Landscape Conservation Cooperatives
Laurel
Lawsuit
LCCs
Lead
Leadership
Lee Amendment
Lesser prairie-chicken
Listing
Livestock grazing
Maine Chapter
Making Public Lands Public
Management Planning Rule"
Mandatory Funding
Mandatory Spending
Manitoba Chapter
Marcellus Shale
Mare Sterilization
Maryland
Maryland-Delaware Chapter
Mexican Wolf
Migration corridors
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Minnesota Chapter
Mississippi Delta
Mississippi River Delta
Missouri Chapter
Missouri River
Montana
Montana Chapter
Moose and deer
Mule Deer
National Climate Assessment
National Conservation Legacy and Education Center
National Defense Authorization Act
National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species
National Fish, Wildlife and Plants Climate Adaptation Strategy
National Forest Management Act
National Forest Planning
National Forest System Invasive Species Management Policy
National Horse & Burro Rangeland Management Coalition
National Institute of Food and Agriculture
National Invasive Species Council
National Monuments
National Museum of Forest Service History
National Park Service
National Park Service Regulations Program
National Petroleum Reserve
National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska Area Wide Integrated Activity Plan
National Resources Conservation Service
National Science Foundation
National Wetlands Inventory
National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board
National Wildlife Refuge Review Act
National Wildlife Refuge System
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act
Native Peoples' Wildlife Management Working Group
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Nebraska Chapter
NECIS
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act
NEPA
Nevada Chapter
New England Chapter
New Jersey Chapter
New Mexico Chapter
New York
NIH
Nomination
North American Model of Wildlife Conservation
North American Wetlands Conservation Act
North Carolina
North Carolina Chapter
North Central Section
North Dakota Chapter
Northeast Section
Northern Border Project
Northwest Section
NTT
NWHC
NWRS
Obama Administration
Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
Office of Technology Assessment
Offshore drilling
Ohio Chapter
Oil Spill
Old Growth Logging
Omnibus
Omnibus Bill
Open Unless Closed
Oregon Chapter
Outdoor Economy
Owyhee Complex
Parks & Wildlife
Partner Caucus on Fire Suppression Funding Solutions
Pebble Mine
Permanent Funding
PHS
Pittman Robertson
Planning 2.0
Plan to Support the Rights and Traditions of Sportsmen
PLREDA
Policy
PPR
Prairie Pothole Region
predator removal
Presidential Campaign
Prince William Sound
Private Lands Deer Management Program
Professional Opportunities
Program Standards
public lands
Public Lands Funding
Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act
Public Outreach
Rangelands
Rapanos
Rattlesnakes
RAWA
Reauthorization
Recovering America's Wildlife Act
Recovery
Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage Opportunities Act
Red Wolf
Reform
Refuge Administration Act
Refuge from Cruel Trapping Act
Refuge Improvement Act
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy Working Group
Reptiles
Resource Management
Resource Protection Act
RESTORE Act
Reversing America's Wildlife Crisis
Ridgecrest Solar Power Project
Risk Management Agency
S. 1645
S. 1816
S. 2012
S. 812
S 1400
S 2066
S 357
Sacramento-Shasta Chapter
Sagebrush focal area
Sage Grouse
Sage Grouse National Technical Team
Salamanders
Salmon
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter
San Joaquin Valley Chapter
Science
Science Strategy: Advancing Wildlife and Ecosystem Health for the Next Decade
Scientific integrity policy
Secretary Ken Salazar
Section
Senate Bill 0641
Senate Committee on Agriculture
Senator Harry Reid
Sequestration
Sheldon
Small Business
Society for Range Management
Society of American Foresters
Sodsaver
Solar Energy
South Carolina
South Dakota Chapter
Southern California Chapter
Southwest Section
Spatial Ecology and Telemetry Working Group
Species At Risk
SPEIS
Sport Fishing
Sportsmen
Sportsmen Alliance for Marcellus Conservation
Sportsmen for Responsible Energy Development
Spotted Owl
Staffing
Standard Operating Procedures
State Wildlife Action Plans
State Wildlife Grants
Stinkingwater HMA
Strategic Plan
Summit
Supplemental feeding
SWANCC
tax
Technical Review
Technical Service Provider
Texas
Texas Chapter
The Chesapeake Clean Water and Ecosystem Restoration Act
Thompson-Fortenberry
Threatened Species
Thune
TIGER II Grant
Timber harvest
TNR
Tongass
Tongass National Forest
TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline Project
Transfer of federal lands
Trap-Neuter-Release
Trapping
Travel Expenses
Trump Transition
TWS Annual Conference
U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Geological Survey's Cooperative Research Units
Ungulate Management
Urban Wildlife
Urban Wildlife Working Group
USDA
USDA-APHIS
USDA-APHIS-Veterinary Services
US Fish & Wildlife Service
US Forest Service Research and Development
USFS
USFWS International Conservation Strategic Planning Initiative
USGS Coalition
USGS Library
USGS National Wildlife Health Center
US-Mexico Border
Vermont
Virginia
Virginia Chapter
Water Flow Reduction
waterfowl
Waters of the United States
Western Section
Wetland Conservation
Wetlands Conservation
Wetlands Working Group
White-nose syndrome
white-tailed deer
Wild Animal Trade
Wilderness Act
Wildfire
Wildfire Disaster Funding Act
Wildfire Suppression
Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros Act
Wild Horse and Burro program
Wildlife and Habitat Restoration Working Group
Wildlife and Zoological Veterinary Medicine Enhancement Act of 2010
Wildlife Baiting
Wildlife Bills
Wildlife Conservation
Wildlife corridor
Wildlife Damage Management
Wildlife Damage Management Working Group
Wildlife Disease Emergency Act
Wildlife Diseases Working Group
Wildlife habitat
Wildlife Health
Wildlife Toxicology Working Group
Wildlife VET Act
Wildlife Veterinarians Employment and Training Act
Wind Energy
Wind Turbines
Working Group
WOTUS
Wyoming Chapter
Wyoming Habitat Connectivity Initiative