Instruction in current wildlife techniques including habitat evaluation and manipulation, estimation of wildlife abundance, capturing and marking, identification and aging.
Course is structured around a research project that requires use of popular wildlife techniques.
Research and management techniques for wildlife and habitats. This course fulfills an option in the Fisheries and Wildlife degree program as well as a requirement for professional certification by The Wildlife Society. Majors other than Fisheries and Wildlife taking this course will gain experience in the current practices and research techniques used by wildlife biologists. Students will gain experience collecting and analyzing research data and communicating the results in both written and oral formats. Students will be expected to record a brief report of several of the laboratory sessions or demonstrations.