RU Wildlife Society will be joining the Forestry Club for a full-day trip to the Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area. Forester Don Donnelly and wildlife biologist Sharon Petzinger will serve as guides through the area, which is a part of an ongoing stewardship project that removes trees in order to create successional habitat for wildlife. … Read More
This month's meeting features Gene Huntington, an ecological land planner with degrees from Penn State and Columbia Business School. He is currently the New Jersey Environmental advisor for Rutgers Agricultural Experiment Station Board of Managers. Gene and his team have been honored with NJ Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence twice, as well as awards from … Read More
Come to a Rutgers University Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society (RUTWS) annual tradition, our flagship event: The Taste of Game Dinner! Enjoy some amazing food, network with wildlife professionals, and celebrate everything the club has accomplished this year. There will be limited tickets at the door. Costs are below: $10 for students $20 for … Read More
The Nature Conservancy Volunteering Day is an opportunity to volunteer with The Nature Conservancy on their Columbia Dam removal project. We will help remove tree protections (tubes/stakes) from mature trees at a reforestation site in the former impoundment of the Columbia dam on the Paulins Kill. Before the Columbia dam was removed in 2018 by … Read More
Tune for another guest speaker: PhD candidate Tyler Christensen! He will be talking to us about bobcats in NJ and his wildlife photography. You can attend in person or remotely via Zoom. The zoom link is under Event Website. In-person seating is limited per usual. Free pizza will be provided.
Welcome new and returning members! Thank you to everyone who was able to come to our table at the involvement fair. Come to meet officers and other members! We will be discussing our plans for the upcoming semester and what RUTWS is all about. There will be no guest speaker at this meeting but we … Read More
Join us to meet and listen to our first guest speaker this year: Steve Ricker. Mr. Ricker has been the Director Of Conservation and Wildlife Management / General Manager at Westmoreland Sanctuary for over 30 years. He is also a current member of the board of directors of the Bedford Audubon Society. As usual, free … Read More
Join us to learn about owl banding at the Northern Saw-whet Owl banding station run by Wild Bird Research Group (WBRG). We will have a limit of 18 people, so if you're interested in attending, sign up ASAP here. Priority will be given to those who have attended the most meetings/events and those who have a car and … Read More
RU Wildlife Society will be joining the Forestry Club for a full-day trip to the Sparta Mountain Wildlife Management Area. Forester Don Donnelly and wildlife biologist Sharon Petzinger will serve as guides through the area, which is a part of an ongoing stewardship project that removes trees in order to create successional habitat for wildlife. … Read More
Meet our second guest speaker of the year: Dave Ullrich! Mr. Ullrich served as the executive director of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities initiative. In this role, he provided advice to over 130 U.S. and Canadian mayors from across the Basin on how best to advance the protection and restoration of resources. He … Read More