{"id":13274,"date":"2017-07-26T11:37:15","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T15:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/?page_id=13274"},"modified":"2025-10-24T11:10:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T15:10:33","slug":"wildlife-management-and-conservation-biology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cnr.ncsu.edu\/fer\/research\/wildlife-management-and-conservation-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife Management and Conservation Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n
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Addressing Grand Challenges in Conservation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Forest landowners in the United States rank wildlife as their number one land management interest, while hunters and wildlife watchers contribute millions of dollars to the regional and national economy. In this rapidly changing world, wildlife are key indicators of ecosystem health<\/strong> in the face of global change, and the needs of wildlife and humans must be reconciled in the face of sprawling suburban landscapes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Wildlife Management and Conservation Biology program is among the strongest in the nation, ranked highly nationally for research productivity<\/strong>. Building on our strong disciplinary foundations, faculty and students often employ complex interdisciplinary strategies<\/strong> to address conservation challenges through our research strengths in public science, global change, and wildlife, human dimensions of wildlife, mammalogy, movement ecology, quantitative wildlife ecology, urban wildlife ecology, and wildlife\/zoonotic disease ecology.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Forestry and Environmental Resources Research Features<\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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\n February 20, 2026<\/span>\n <\/p>\n \n

Cate Hawting: A Summer of (Crystal) Growth<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Looking around the lobby of Engineering Hall that rainy Thursday morning, something took me back to elementary school. Maybe it was the plunge into an unfamiliar place, or maybe just the first day nerves. Either way, as we stood in that shiny new building nervously waiting to be picked up by our graduate student mentors,…<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t \t \n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n\n \n \n

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\n February 05, 2026<\/span>\n <\/p>\n \n

FER Explores the Future of Cities at NC State Symposium<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Written by: Nicole Mihnovets On Wednesday, January 28th, several members of the Forestry and Environmental Resources Department gathered at the Hunt Library on NC State\u2019s Centennial Campus for the thought-provoking symposium, \u201cEnvisioning Urban Futures: More-Than-Human Cities.\u201d Jointly organized by the Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs and NC State University Libraries, the event challenged attendees to…<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t \t \n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n\n \n \n

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Emy Tran: Navigating Eco-Emotions in a Rapidly Changing World<\/h3>\n \n\n \n\t \t

Coming into college four years ago, I never would have expected that studying natural resources would mean learning just as much about emotions as it does about ecosystems. However, all this time later, it’s become clearer and clearer: environmental issues aren\u2019t just changing landscapes, they\u2019re changing us. For my external learning experience, I am continuing…<\/span>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n\t \t \n <\/div>\n\n <\/a>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Meet Our Experts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

At the College of Natural Resources, our faculty are at the forefront of education and research in the field of wildlife management and conservation biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n