AWMS
@awmsociety.bsky.social
Australasian Wildlife Management Society
A professional society that promotes the study and application of scientific wildlife management in Australia and NZ
A professional society that promotes the study and application of scientific wildlife management in Australia and NZ
📢New publication! New publication! AWMS member Jasmin Hufschmid and her colleagues have recently published a paper reporting PFAS exposure in brushtail and ringtail possums from the city of Melbourne. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
📢New publication! New publication! AWMS member Jasmin Hufschmid and her colleagues have recently published a paper reporting PFAS exposure in brushtail and ringtail possums from the city of Melbourne. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.sc...
New publication! AWMS member Jasmin Hufschmid and her colleagues have recently published a paper describing gastrointestinal helminth parasites of red foxes around the city of Melbourne. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
October 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
New publication! AWMS member Jasmin Hufschmid and her colleagues have recently published a paper describing gastrointestinal helminth parasites of red foxes around the city of Melbourne. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ij...
Take your networking outdoors
There's still time to join a pre and post Conference field trip at #AWMS2025 in Queenstown, New Zealand
The 3 options are:
🦎 Kiwi Park Queenstown
🦎 Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary
🦎 Milford Sound Scenic Tour & Cruise
For more information visit awms.org.au/conference/a...
There's still time to join a pre and post Conference field trip at #AWMS2025 in Queenstown, New Zealand
The 3 options are:
🦎 Kiwi Park Queenstown
🦎 Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary
🦎 Milford Sound Scenic Tour & Cruise
For more information visit awms.org.au/conference/a...
October 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Take your networking outdoors
There's still time to join a pre and post Conference field trip at #AWMS2025 in Queenstown, New Zealand
The 3 options are:
🦎 Kiwi Park Queenstown
🦎 Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary
🦎 Milford Sound Scenic Tour & Cruise
For more information visit awms.org.au/conference/a...
There's still time to join a pre and post Conference field trip at #AWMS2025 in Queenstown, New Zealand
The 3 options are:
🦎 Kiwi Park Queenstown
🦎 Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary
🦎 Milford Sound Scenic Tour & Cruise
For more information visit awms.org.au/conference/a...
📅The abstract deadline for AWMS2025 has been extended by 1 week!
The new abstract submission deadline is September 7th 2025.
If you haven’t already gotten your abstract in, please do it this week!
form.jotform.com/251808681423...
The new abstract submission deadline is September 7th 2025.
If you haven’t already gotten your abstract in, please do it this week!
form.jotform.com/251808681423...
September 1, 2025 at 4:54 AM
📅The abstract deadline for AWMS2025 has been extended by 1 week!
The new abstract submission deadline is September 7th 2025.
If you haven’t already gotten your abstract in, please do it this week!
form.jotform.com/251808681423...
The new abstract submission deadline is September 7th 2025.
If you haven’t already gotten your abstract in, please do it this week!
form.jotform.com/251808681423...
👔AWMS merch is back! We will be selling these beautiful embroidered AWMS fieldwork shirts in Queenstown this December at our annual conference. It's the only way you can buy one! Another reason to submit an abstract this week for AWMS2025! form.jotform.com/251808681423...
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
👔AWMS merch is back! We will be selling these beautiful embroidered AWMS fieldwork shirts in Queenstown this December at our annual conference. It's the only way you can buy one! Another reason to submit an abstract this week for AWMS2025! form.jotform.com/251808681423...
⏱️ There is only ONE WEEK left to submit your conference abstract for AWMS 2025 in Queenstown, New Zealand!
Don't miss out an amazing professional and social experience in a beautiful part of the world!
Find out more and submit here: awms.org.au/conference/a...
Don't miss out an amazing professional and social experience in a beautiful part of the world!
Find out more and submit here: awms.org.au/conference/a...
August 25, 2025 at 1:20 AM
⏱️ There is only ONE WEEK left to submit your conference abstract for AWMS 2025 in Queenstown, New Zealand!
Don't miss out an amazing professional and social experience in a beautiful part of the world!
Find out more and submit here: awms.org.au/conference/a...
Don't miss out an amazing professional and social experience in a beautiful part of the world!
Find out more and submit here: awms.org.au/conference/a...
🤩Meet the Keynotes for AWMS 2025!
Dr Elaine Murphy from DOC will headline our ‘New technology and new innovations' symposium.
Professor Jemma Geohagen from the University of Otago will kick off our ‘One health in conservation’ symposium.
Learn more! awms.org.au/conference/a...
Dr Elaine Murphy from DOC will headline our ‘New technology and new innovations' symposium.
Professor Jemma Geohagen from the University of Otago will kick off our ‘One health in conservation’ symposium.
Learn more! awms.org.au/conference/a...
August 14, 2025 at 1:14 AM
🤩Meet the Keynotes for AWMS 2025!
Dr Elaine Murphy from DOC will headline our ‘New technology and new innovations' symposium.
Professor Jemma Geohagen from the University of Otago will kick off our ‘One health in conservation’ symposium.
Learn more! awms.org.au/conference/a...
Dr Elaine Murphy from DOC will headline our ‘New technology and new innovations' symposium.
Professor Jemma Geohagen from the University of Otago will kick off our ‘One health in conservation’ symposium.
Learn more! awms.org.au/conference/a...
🎖️AWMS are delighted to announce that Caughley Medals will be presented to Grant Norbury and Bruce Warburton at AWMS2025 this December. If you have worked with Grant or Bruce, get to Queenstown to celebrate this achievement with them: awms.org.au/conference/a...
August 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
🎖️AWMS are delighted to announce that Caughley Medals will be presented to Grant Norbury and Bruce Warburton at AWMS2025 this December. If you have worked with Grant or Bruce, get to Queenstown to celebrate this achievement with them: awms.org.au/conference/a...
New publication! AWMS member Trish Fleming recently published a review paper on the ecological consequences of large-scale solar infrastructure. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...
August 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
New publication! AWMS member Trish Fleming recently published a review paper on the ecological consequences of large-scale solar infrastructure. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.rs...
🌟We're excited to announce the fieldtrips for our 2025 conference!
We have options to:
🥝Visit the Kiwi Park in Queenstown
🦎See the Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary
⛴️Take a scenic tour & cruise of Milford Sound
Find out more about the AWMS 2025 conference!
awms.org.au/conference/a...
We have options to:
🥝Visit the Kiwi Park in Queenstown
🦎See the Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary
⛴️Take a scenic tour & cruise of Milford Sound
Find out more about the AWMS 2025 conference!
awms.org.au/conference/a...
July 30, 2025 at 1:59 AM
🌟We're excited to announce the fieldtrips for our 2025 conference!
We have options to:
🥝Visit the Kiwi Park in Queenstown
🦎See the Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary
⛴️Take a scenic tour & cruise of Milford Sound
Find out more about the AWMS 2025 conference!
awms.org.au/conference/a...
We have options to:
🥝Visit the Kiwi Park in Queenstown
🦎See the Mokomoko Dryland Sanctuary
⛴️Take a scenic tour & cruise of Milford Sound
Find out more about the AWMS 2025 conference!
awms.org.au/conference/a...
📢New publication! AWMS members Adrian Wayne, Shannon Dundas, Graham and Scott Thompson, Trish Fleming, Tim Doherty and their colleagues have published a paper examining the relationship between reptile body condition and abundance. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
July 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
📢New publication! AWMS members Adrian Wayne, Shannon Dundas, Graham and Scott Thompson, Trish Fleming, Tim Doherty and their colleagues have published a paper examining the relationship between reptile body condition and abundance. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Yesterday, AWMS ran a fantastic mid-year workshop with the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales focused on science communication and titled 'From Fieldwork to the Front Page'.
A big thank you to @pattfinnerty.bsky.social for pulling together an amazing event!
A big thank you to @pattfinnerty.bsky.social for pulling together an amazing event!
July 11, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Yesterday, AWMS ran a fantastic mid-year workshop with the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales focused on science communication and titled 'From Fieldwork to the Front Page'.
A big thank you to @pattfinnerty.bsky.social for pulling together an amazing event!
A big thank you to @pattfinnerty.bsky.social for pulling together an amazing event!
📅 A reminder that AWMS are holding our 2025 mid-year event TOMORROW!!!
FROM FIELDWORK TO FRONT PAGE
Join us for a dynamic mid-year workshop designed to help early career ecologists (ECEs) share their science with the public.
Register here: shorturl.at/oPS2S
FROM FIELDWORK TO FRONT PAGE
Join us for a dynamic mid-year workshop designed to help early career ecologists (ECEs) share their science with the public.
Register here: shorturl.at/oPS2S
July 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
📅 A reminder that AWMS are holding our 2025 mid-year event TOMORROW!!!
FROM FIELDWORK TO FRONT PAGE
Join us for a dynamic mid-year workshop designed to help early career ecologists (ECEs) share their science with the public.
Register here: shorturl.at/oPS2S
FROM FIELDWORK TO FRONT PAGE
Join us for a dynamic mid-year workshop designed to help early career ecologists (ECEs) share their science with the public.
Register here: shorturl.at/oPS2S
📢We're excited to announce that Abstracts and registration are now open for the 38th AWMS conference, held in Queenstown, NZ, on 02-04 December 2025. Abstracts close on August 31.
Submit an abstract: form.jotform.com/251808681423...
Find out more here: awms.org.au/conference/a...
Submit an abstract: form.jotform.com/251808681423...
Find out more here: awms.org.au/conference/a...
July 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📢We're excited to announce that Abstracts and registration are now open for the 38th AWMS conference, held in Queenstown, NZ, on 02-04 December 2025. Abstracts close on August 31.
Submit an abstract: form.jotform.com/251808681423...
Find out more here: awms.org.au/conference/a...
Submit an abstract: form.jotform.com/251808681423...
Find out more here: awms.org.au/conference/a...
🌏It was great to see so many AWMS members present at the International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) last week in Brisbane. The list included @pattfinnerty.bsky.social , @jordanohampton.bsky.social, Suren Cabral-de Mel, Ben Allen and Duncan Sutherland. An amazing event!
June 26, 2025 at 5:57 AM
🌏It was great to see so many AWMS members present at the International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB) last week in Brisbane. The list included @pattfinnerty.bsky.social , @jordanohampton.bsky.social, Suren Cabral-de Mel, Ben Allen and Duncan Sutherland. An amazing event!
📢New publication! AWMS member Kerry Weston and her colleagues have recently published a paper exploring the effectiveness of non-toxic repellent baits for improving survival of the threatened kea during 1080 baiting operations. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.20417/nzj...
June 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📢New publication! AWMS member Kerry Weston and her colleagues have recently published a paper exploring the effectiveness of non-toxic repellent baits for improving survival of the threatened kea during 1080 baiting operations. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.20417/nzj...
📢Nominations are now open for the AWMS Caughley Medal! This is our highest honour for lifelong achievement.
⭐️If your mentor has significantly contributed to wildlife management in Australia or New Zealand, nominate them this month (by 30 June) !
awms.org.au/awards/
⭐️If your mentor has significantly contributed to wildlife management in Australia or New Zealand, nominate them this month (by 30 June) !
awms.org.au/awards/
June 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
📢Nominations are now open for the AWMS Caughley Medal! This is our highest honour for lifelong achievement.
⭐️If your mentor has significantly contributed to wildlife management in Australia or New Zealand, nominate them this month (by 30 June) !
awms.org.au/awards/
⭐️If your mentor has significantly contributed to wildlife management in Australia or New Zealand, nominate them this month (by 30 June) !
awms.org.au/awards/
The AWMS Braysher Community Management Fund for 2025 is NOW OPEN!
🏆 Applications close 31 August 2025
⚡️Don't miss this chance to access funding for your passion project!
🔗 Learn more about eligibility and how to apply:
awms.org.au/awards/#6
🏆 Applications close 31 August 2025
⚡️Don't miss this chance to access funding for your passion project!
🔗 Learn more about eligibility and how to apply:
awms.org.au/awards/#6
June 5, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The AWMS Braysher Community Management Fund for 2025 is NOW OPEN!
🏆 Applications close 31 August 2025
⚡️Don't miss this chance to access funding for your passion project!
🔗 Learn more about eligibility and how to apply:
awms.org.au/awards/#6
🏆 Applications close 31 August 2025
⚡️Don't miss this chance to access funding for your passion project!
🔗 Learn more about eligibility and how to apply:
awms.org.au/awards/#6
📢 AWMS is excited to announce our 2025 mid-year event!
FROM FIELDWORK TO FRONT PAGE
Register here: shorturl.at/oPS2S
FROM FIELDWORK TO FRONT PAGE
Register here: shorturl.at/oPS2S
June 4, 2025 at 1:43 AM
📢 AWMS is excited to announce our 2025 mid-year event!
FROM FIELDWORK TO FRONT PAGE
Register here: shorturl.at/oPS2S
FROM FIELDWORK TO FRONT PAGE
Register here: shorturl.at/oPS2S
📢New publication! AWMS member Dave Forsyth and his colleagues have published a paper investigating the effects of vehicle collisions and visitor disturbance on kangaroos in a national park in south-eastern Australia. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
May 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
📢New publication! AWMS member Dave Forsyth and his colleagues have published a paper investigating the effects of vehicle collisions and visitor disturbance on kangaroos in a national park in south-eastern Australia. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
📢New publication! AWMS members Ben Allen and Jordan Hampton and their colleagues have recently published a paper exploring value trade-offs in wildlife ethics. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
May 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
📢New publication! AWMS members Ben Allen and Jordan Hampton and their colleagues have recently published a paper exploring value trade-offs in wildlife ethics. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...
AWMS Awards for 2025 are CLOSING SOON!
🏆 Applications close 30 April 2025
⚡️Don't miss this chance to be recognised for your achievements!
🔗 Learn more about eligibility and how to apply: awms.org.au/awards
🏆 Applications close 30 April 2025
⚡️Don't miss this chance to be recognised for your achievements!
🔗 Learn more about eligibility and how to apply: awms.org.au/awards
April 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
AWMS Awards for 2025 are CLOSING SOON!
🏆 Applications close 30 April 2025
⚡️Don't miss this chance to be recognised for your achievements!
🔗 Learn more about eligibility and how to apply: awms.org.au/awards
🏆 Applications close 30 April 2025
⚡️Don't miss this chance to be recognised for your achievements!
🔗 Learn more about eligibility and how to apply: awms.org.au/awards
New publication! AWMS members Sze Wing Yiu and Al Glen and their colleagues have recently published a paper investigating cat behaviour using camera traps in six urban reserves across the three largest New Zealand cities. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
April 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
New publication! AWMS members Sze Wing Yiu and Al Glen and their colleagues have recently published a paper investigating cat behaviour using camera traps in six urban reserves across the three largest New Zealand cities. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
⏰A reminder that you have just one week left to apply for one of the 2025 AWMS awards! Check out the Des Cooper, Joan Southgate and Hands-on Management Awards. Don’t miss out, applications close on 30 Apr 2025! Find out more: awms.org.au/awards/
April 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
⏰A reminder that you have just one week left to apply for one of the 2025 AWMS awards! Check out the Des Cooper, Joan Southgate and Hands-on Management Awards. Don’t miss out, applications close on 30 Apr 2025! Find out more: awms.org.au/awards/
Reminder that AWMS offers a variety of awards and funding opportunities for collaboration, students, early career researchers, and practitioners in wildlife management. Don’t miss out applications close on 30 Apr! Learn more awms.org.au/awards/
April 14, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Reminder that AWMS offers a variety of awards and funding opportunities for collaboration, students, early career researchers, and practitioners in wildlife management. Don’t miss out applications close on 30 Apr! Learn more awms.org.au/awards/