STRIPs is important research: buffer strips and riparian zones impact Iowa’s water quality.

Swoop into a meaningful degree program with Natural Resource Ecology and Management!

A 3-week Forestry Camp is one highlight of our forestry program. We’re accredited by the Society of American Foresters.

Life is a Verb. Class field trips explore how we can better manage our environment . Our students love experiencing natural resources first hand. Bring it on!

Balancing the need for natural resources with the necessity of ecological stewardship is the great challenge of our generation.

Our Ag and Forestry programs ranked 10th by Quacquarelli Symonds! "I'm so excited"

Sure, bats are creepy. They hang upside down, and turn up in movies as blood-sucking fiends. But did you know -- tequila is produced from agave plants whose seed production drops to 1/3,000th of normal without bat pollinators.

Outstanding NREM Students ~inFocus~

Adam

Animal Ecology

Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

As a full-time fish culturist with New Mexico Game and Fish I am raising rainbow trout, but soon I will be working with Gila trout which were recently placed on the endangered species list. I am also working on a research project to find the cause of high mortality rates in recently hatched trout at other hatcheries. I love it here because it is in the Gila Wilderness area and it is very remote.

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Our People Make a Difference

Featured: Clay L. Pierce

Research

Dr. Pierce’s research interests encompass aquatic ecology, fisheries science and fisheries management. Most of his research is applied and addresses information needs of state and federal natural resource agencies. Dr. Pierce collaborates with graduate students, university staff, and agency biologists. His recent publications are listed below. These and other publications and reports are available for download on his web page

Teaching
A Ecl 418/518, Stream Ecology.
A Ecl 520, Fisheries Science.