Chapter News
FLTWS is seeking applicants for:
The 2026 Courtney Tye Graduate Student Memorial Scholarship ($2,000)
The 2026 Greater Everglades Undergraduate Student Memorial Scholarship ($1,500)
The 2026 FLTWS Diversity Undergraduate Wildlife Student Scholarship ($1,500).
The Florida Chapter of The Wildlife Society is pleased to announce the winners of our 2025 Awards of Excellence!
We are pleased to announce that Amelia Hornyak is the recipient of the 4th biennial Field Course Tuition scholarship offered by the Florida Chapter of The Wildlife Society (TWS). Click this news item to read more!
The Florida Chapter of The Wildlife Society is pleased to announce that Alessandra Pandolfi (UCF PhD candidate) and Jessica Wimmer (FAU PhD candidate) are the 2025 co-recipients of the Courtney A. Tye Memorial Graduate Student Scholarship. Sol Lima of the University of Florida is the recipient of the 27th annual Greater Everglades Student Memorial Scholarship, and Jaylene Velasquez-Salguero of the University of Florida is the recipient of the 7th annual Undergraduate Diversity Student Scholarship.
Registration is now open for the 2025 Spring Conference, April 16-18 in Tallahassee. This year’s conference theme is:
"From Wetlands to Pine Forests: Conserving Florida’s Diverse Habitats for Future Generations"
Click HERE to visit the conference page where you can find the call for abstracts, registration and hotel information, conference agenda, and field trips!
The dates and location for the 2025 Spring Conference have been announced!
SAVE THE DATE for April 16-18th in TALLAHASSEE.
The 2025 conference theme is:
"From Wetlands to Pine Forests: Conserving Florida’s Diverse Habitats for Future Generations"
Click on this news item for more information.
The latest issue of our FL Chapter newsletter is out. It includes a message from the President, Wildlife Connections spotlight, news from our Fall workshop, 2024 scholarship and awards winners, Spring Conference announcement, and other important chapter news and announcements.
Click HERE for the newsletter
FLTWS is seeking applicants for:
The 2025 'Courtney Tye Graduate Student Memorial Scholarship' ($2,000)
The 2025 ‘Greater Everglades Undergraduate Student Memorial Scholarship’ ($1,500)
The 2025 ‘FLTWS Diversity Undergraduate Wildlife Student Scholarship’ ($1,500).
The deadline for applications is 1 December 2024; recipients will be contacted in early 2025; checks will be presented at the annual Spring meeting of the Chapter in April 2025 in Tallahassee.
Please visit our Scholarships page for more details.

The latest issue of our FL Chapter newsletter is out! It includes a message from the President, a recap of the Fall Meeting and Workshop, 2025 scholarship and awards winners, Spring Conference announcement, and other important chapter news and announcements.