The mission of the Department of Wildland Resources is to use our educational, research, and extension expertise in ecology and resource management to advance the understanding and stewardship of wildland ecosystems and the services they provide.
Wildlife biologist and animal ecologist Julie Young has been named as director of the Berryman Institute of Wildlife Damage Management, a 30-year-old organization based at USU that works to minimize conflicts between wildlife and people across the U.S.
Sagebrush and sage grouse are under threat from a few different factors: Cheatgrass-encouraged wildfires through the habitat, pinyon-juniper encroachment into the ecosystem, and general land development. To help understand what’s happening with sage grous...
Climate change is expected to impact forests worldwide, according to the EPA — in some ways to the benefit of a forest, in others to its detriment. Regardless, it will likely cause disturbances to, and within, their ecosystems.
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