Fish, Wildlife & Conservation Biology
Our department was ranked #5 in 2007 for citation-to-faculty member index in the fisheries science and management discipline.
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FWCB Overview
The Department of Fish, Wildlife, & Conservation Biology is the only program in Colorado to offer comprehensive undergraduate (bachelor of science degree) and graduate (masters and doctorate degrees) education in fisheries, wildlife, and conservation biology.
Students are taught 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 non-government organizations.
One major with 3 concentrations (wildlife biology, conservation biology, and fisheries and aquatic science) and one minor (fishery) is offered for careers in fish or wildlife biology, management, conservation, administration or research. Careers can include conservation biologist, field or lab technician, fish and wildlife law enforcement, fish hatchery manager, fishery biologist, toxicologist, wildlife biologist or wildlife rehabilitation specialist.
The Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology program is one of the premier wildlife programs in the country. Colorado State ranked first among all university programs in wildlife biology as determined by nationwide rankings of scholarly productivity and citations of publications in leading wildlife journals. The Fishery Biology program was tied for second in the nation in an informal poll of the American Fisheries Society's Editorial Board.
The department was the first in natural resources to emphasize the importance of incorporating public input and to implement two-way communications into planning and decision-making regarding wildlife policy. Students' professional contributions range from conservation and management of game and non-game species, to computer modeling and analysis of habitat suitability and global patterns of migratory wildlife.
Kenneth R. Wilson serves as head of the department.
Our Unique Mission
For half a century, Colorado State University's undergraduate and graduate programs in Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology have educated students and the public to be stewards of our nation's natural resources