The Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology serves students and varied constituencies through learning, research and outreach. We teach students to think critically about environmental issues, and become ecologically literate citizens with the training to be successful in graduate school and in careers with natural resources agencies, firms, and NGOs.

We expand the frontiers of knowledge through our broad-based expertise in applied ecology, quantitative methods, and human dimensions in the conservation and management of fish and wildlife. Our outreach efforts contribute significantly to life-long learning by assisting individuals and agencies to solve complex environmental problems and to be good stewards of our nation's natural resources.

Dr. Kurt Fausch Inducted into the Academy of Science and Engineering

Dr. Kurt Fausch (3rd from the right) was recently inducted into the Academy of Science and Engineering at his undergraduate Alma Mater, the University of Minnesota-Duluth (B.S. Zoology, 1976). Dr. Fausch was one of six alumni from six departments honored for 2009. Kurt was recognized for his outstanding contributions to both fisheries biology and ecology, and for his long and sustained record of research and scholarship. Read more...

FWCB Ranked in the Top 10 Nationwide

Our department was ranked #5 in 2007 for citation-to-faculty member index in the fisheries science and management discipline. Read more...

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