Future FWCB Students

WCNR Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Bioloy program offers students the opportunity to study and work with renowned researchers in diverse topics such as:

  • Animal populations
  • Conservation biology and biodiversity
  • Ecosystem management
  • Ecotoxicology
  • Endangered species
  • Fisheries management
  • Conservation genetics
  • Habitats
  • Human and wildlife conflicts
  • Integrated resource management
  • Larval fish ecology and taxonomy
  • Policy, communications and leadership

Prof. Chris Myrick with fishery students seining College LakeStudents gain hand-on skills through field work tied to their academic program, course work, internships, volunteer work, and work experience. Students apply what they learn and gain important skills essential to the work they will pursue after graduation.

Curriculum
  • Conservation Biology Concentration Requirements
  • Wildlife Biology Concentration Requirements
  • Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences Concentration Requirements  
  • Fishery Minor Requirements
  • Profiles of FWCB graduates

     

    Katy Mitchell

    Profession: I am a Research Associate working with Dr. Will Clements in the Ecotoxicology Laboratory at Colorado State University.

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    Tad Stout

    Profession: I am the owner of Good Times Guide Service (http://www.goodtimesguides.com), and Stout Aquaculture. I guide hunting and fishing trips along Colorado's Front Range, and manage private aquatic & terrestrial habitats. 

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    Where Your Degree Can Take You ...

    A fish, wildlife, and conservation biology degree prepared students for careers in conservation ecology, management, research, or graduate studies. 

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    Why You Should Major in Fishery or Wildlife Biology

    Study at one of the nation's very best schools for Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology.
    For more than 50 years Colorado State University's unique program in Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology has prepared students to be stewards of natural resources. With 442 undergraduate majors, 39 graduate students, and over 2,500 alumni, our wildlife biology program is repeatedly recognized in national surveys as being in the top two programs (out of 90), and our fishery biology program recently was ranked tied for second in the nation. 

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