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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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