Vision
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Mission
Our mission is to advance scientifically based conservation, management and use of fish, wildlife and associated resources.
Vision
Our vision is to be a leader in the academic, professional, and public arenas of fish, wildlife and aquaculture sciences and conservation administration and policy. We collaborate across disciplines within the university, with state and federal agencies and with private organizations. We address basic and applied questions about fish and wildlife ecology, habitat use, conservation, production, harvest, and interactions with people, on scales ranging from individual organisms to ecosystems. We develop and employ original approaches in quantitative analysis, experimental design, field studies, modeling and genetic techniques.
Goals
- Conduct innovative research to identify and resolve important questions ranging from fundamental scientific inquiry to applied, management-oriented problems.
- Educate undergraduate students to be well-prepared for careers or advanced studies in fisheries and wildlife sciences, and foster an appreciation of fisheries and wildlife sciences for students in any curriculum.
- Mentor graduate students to become scholarly professionals who will make important contributions to fish, wildlife, and aquaculture sciences in management agencies, academia, or private enterprise.
- Be the liaison at the university for communications concerning fisheries, wildlife and aquaculture with state and federal agencies, as well as citizen organizations.
- To be recognized by our peers and constituents as a high quality university program.
