The Wildlife Society: Invitation to the Western Section membership--for all of you Western USA residents who want to join one of the best Wildlife organizations....invitation to the Wildlife Society below for your reference

The Wildlife Society- Western Section

PO Box 6756

Albany, CA   94706

http://joomla.wildlife.org/western

Dear Wildlife Society member,  

                                                                          

As a member of The Wildlife Society Council, I want to thank you for your support of The Wildlife Society.  I would also like to invite you join the Western Section.  The Western Section represents the states of Nevada, Hawaii, California and the territory of Guam.  We have approximately 700 members governed by an Executive Board and we encompass eight Chapters and three Student Chapters.  The Western Section organizes an Annual Conference, this year held February 8-11 in Riverside, CA.  At our Annual Conference this year we are also holding Symposia on Raptors and on Chytrid Disease and White-Nose Syndrome.  During our Awards Banquet, we will recognize several deserving biologists and conservation organizations with awards for their contributions to the wildlife profession and wildlife resources.  If you are interested in attending, it is not too late to sign up.  In addition to our Annual Conference, the Section organizes several Professional Development events each year.  You can find information on recent and upcoming events and more information about the Section in our Winter newsletter at: http://joomla.wildlife.org/Western/images/newsletters/TWSNewsWinter10.pdf.

The Wildlife Society and the Western Section realizes that the last few years have been financially difficult for many of you.  It's also been a time for financial caution for us as your professional society.  The Section Executive Board strives to ensure we balance the financial risk of our operations with the realization that it is ever more critical for us to provide reasonable cost professional development opportunities to the professional biologists working in our boundary.  It is also important that we be a voice for our profession and wildlife resources when budgets are tight and pressures are high for pursuing economic recovery opportunities and states and agencies are cutting wildlife programs in order to balance budgets.  Recently, The Wildlife Society broke a membership record by adding over a thousand members.  This is welcome news since it allows us to better leverage our voice by explaining that we represent over 10,000 wildlife professionals.  TWS has used the additional funding to increase its Government Affairs efforts and provide more direct services to our members.  Similarly, the Western Section would like to outreach to those of you who are members of TWS and reside within our Section boundary to help the Section increase our voice and allow us to provide even more services.  To that end, I hope you will consider joining the Western Section.  You can join at: https://www.wildlifeprofessional.org/western/mem_reg.php. 

If you have questions about the Western Section, you can contact Armand Gonzales, Section President or any other Executive Board member or Committee Chair.  Contact information can be found on our website in the About Us link on the left hand side of our webpage (http://joomla.wildlife.org/western) or use the mailing address in the letterhead.

If you are not interested in supporting the Western Section and you don't mind sharing, we would like to know why.  We'll use this information to evaluate opportunities to improve member services.  I can be reached at dyasudaTWS@comcast.net or at the address below.

Thank you again for you support of The Wildlife Society and for considering joining the Western Section.

Don Yasuda

Membership Coordinator and

Western Section Representative to TWS Council

P.O. Box 1016

Diamond Springs, CA  95619