Cooperative projects with ranchers and federal and state agencies are also conducted. Supporting courses at the graduate level are available in subjects appropriate to range science including botany, wildlife biology and management, soils, animal science, earth science, plant science, statistics and biochemistry. Interdisciplinary M.S. Degree in Land Rehabilitation Animal and Range Sciences participates with the interdisciplinary M.S. Program in Land Rehabilitation. The program offers advanced study in rehabilitation of disturbed lands. Site revegetation, soil remediation, riparian zone restoration, stream channel restoration, investigation of impacted geologic resources and remediation of contaminated sites are included in areas of study.
Emphasis is placed on developing a broad understanding of soil, plant, and hydrologic processes.
Students may focus in a subject area of direct importance to land rehabilitation, such as plant ecology, soil sciences, hydrology, geology, geography, biology, or range science. Please refer to College of Agriculture , where a more detailed program description can be found. Financial Assistance Limited numbers of graduate research and teaching assistantships are usually available in all fields of study within the department and are awarded on a competitive basis to formally admitted graduate students. Refer to Graduate Assistantships in the Graduate Catalog for detailed information on appointment criteria. Assistantships are requested from the student's home department.