Many people said plainly that I was wasting my time. After my experience this past summer and the possible opportunities that I have in my future, I feel like I am doing what everyone said couldn't be done. Carol Savonen is a science writer in OSU's Department of Extension and Experiment Station Communications. No longer do most jobs center around the production and harvest of fish and game. Many fisheries and wildlife scientists are often called upon to work with complex natural resource problems having both human and biological aspects.
Careers can vary widely, from field investigations in remote locations to laboratory analyses.
Or a fish or wildlife scientist may end up behind a desk, preparing budgets, writing grant proposals or working on policy issues. About six years ago, the OSU fisheries and wildlife faculty sensed that the undergraduate curriculum needed to reflect changes in the profession. For many months faculty worked together to revise the undergraduate curriculum and traditional requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree. They needed field experience. And they needed to get engaged in their own education.