Department of Fisheries and Wildlife - Oregon State University

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The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife aspires to preeminence among academic programs in ecology, management, and conservation biology in terrestrial, aquatic, and marine ecosystems. We are dedicated to the discovery and dissemination of knowledge in conservation of biodiversity, natural resource management, and the sustainable use of natural resources.

The faculty, staff, and students of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife value scholarship in all its forms - discovery, integration, application, and teaching. We value understanding for its own sake, for the betterment of people, and for the conservation of the natural world.

	Congratulations to our award winning faculty! Judith Li received the Distinguished Service award from the North American Benthological Society, while Hiram Li was honored with the Award of Excellence from the Western Division of the American Fisheries Society. Several of our department faculty also won awards from the College of Agricultural Sciences.
	Bruce Mate, a professor at the Marine Mammal Institute, is a part of a team studying blue whales and the importance of a warm-water area of the Pacific Ocean called the "Dome". The blue whale research is highlighted this month in National Geographic and will be aired on the National Geographic Channel as "Kingdom of the Blue Whale" on March 8th.
	Our own Scott Baker is featured in an award-winning documentary. 'The Cove', a documentary about the slaughter of dolphins in Taiji, Japan, just won the audience award for best US documentary at the Sundance film festival. This bodes well for a larger distribution in the future, hopefully leading to a greater appreciation of the problems of mercury contamination and the Taiji drive kill. Read the review here.

	Thursday Workshops for Undergraduate Students in January.
	The Seventh Annual Research Advances in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Ecology Symposium (RAFWE) is coming up February 2, 2010. This year's keynote speaker is Jeffrey J. McDonnell, Richardson Chair in Watershed Science and University Distinguished Professor of Hydrology at Oregon State University. For more information on the symposium schedule, workshops, and how to register, visit the RAFWE information page provided by the FW Graduate Student Association.
	Help us celebrate! Fisheries and Wildife is 75 years old and we're having a party! Visit the official 75th Reunion website here.
	The Fisheries and Wildlife B.S. degree is now Online! You can earn your degree from the comfort of your own home anytime, anywhere. Find out details here.
	View our 2009 Survey of Graduates Report to find out what our graduates have to say.
	Check out the schedules for our current Seminar Series .

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