Conservation

Conservation programs are a defining characteristic of the College of Forestry and Conservation. There are BS, MS, MEM, and PhD degree possibilities in many fields of conservation study. Undergraduate curricula in Resource Conservation allow the student to develop a curriculum to meet personal goals. There is an option in Conservation that is developed by a students and an advisor, and there are somewhat more programmed options in Land and People and Terrestrial Sciences. Our degrees in Recreation Management, Wildlife Biology and Forestry also are considered conservation degrees.

Graduate opportunities cover the same fields and more specializations such as environmental policy and economics, environmental sociology, protected area management, watershed conservation, remote sensing and spatial analysis, fire ecology and management, and much more.

Conservation research covers much of the work of students and faculty. Issues of the fragmentation of forests and grasslands, restoration ecology for grasslands, forests, wildlife, riparian areas, and many other sites, wilderness and park management, conservation biology, and sustainability of forests, grasslands, wildlife, and communities characterizes work of the Boone and Crockett Wildlife Conservation Research Program, the Rocky Mountain Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit, and the Montana Forest and Conservation Experiment Station.