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Inside This Issue Dr. Owens’ Departmental Update A Biannual Newsletter from The Natural Resource Ecology & Winter Management Department at Oklahoma State University. 2012 The last six months have been busy and we’ve had a few changes in the de-partment. Undergraduate student enrollment increased from 170 in fall 2010 to 214 in fall, a 26% increase in our undergraduate student body. The advertis-ing we’ve done over the last several years and being a department for 5 years has increased our visibility. Our classes are larger and field trips a bit more involved, but the increased enrollment is good for the department. One of our new undergraduate options, Wildlife Biology/Pre-veterinary Science, has its first graduate this spring. Kelsey Anderson has been accepted to the Oregon State University Veterinary School. She is one of only 16 out-of-state students accepted into this program, congratulations Kelsey! We have also started an in-depth review of our wildlife ecology and management cur-riculum to make sure it is meeting the needs of the profession. Over the next several months we will be reorganizing our courses to meet the learning objec-tives and goals for a professional wildlifer. We will be contacting some alumni and current professionals to get their input, so we may be contacting you. Our remodeling project to construct new offices and bring the Oklahoma Fish and Wildlife Cooperative research Unit to Ag Hall has been completed. The Unit moved into their new offices right before Christmas break. This remodeling also allowed us to consolidate other offices including faculty, post-docs and graduate students, and add a new laboratory for the Unit. Faculty members in NREM have been very active with research grants over the last year. The department has been building strength in learning how plants and animals adapt to climate uncertainty and change. The South Central Region Climate Science Center was recently funded by the US Geo-logical Survey as a consortium of OSU, University of Oklahoma, Texas Tech University, Louisiana State University, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The Chickasaw Nation and the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at Princeton. Many of our research projects will support the goal of this Center by determining how fish and wildlife populations, and their habitats, are likely to change over the next 10 to 20 years. Then we can develop management plans to mitigate these changes. Like always, if you are in Stillwater, please stop by the office. Departmental Update -Page 1 2012 Early Drought Status -Page 2 Ranching and Drought -Page 3 Drought Impacts to Wildlife -Page 4 Common Questions About Prescribed Fire and Drought -Page 5 Water Use by Trees -Page 6 Ponds After Drought -Pages 7 & 8 Events -Page 8
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Okla State Agency |
Oklahoma State University |
Okla Agency Code | '010' |
Title | Natural resource ecology & management, winter 2012, v.6 no.1 |
Authors | Oklahoma State University. Natural Resource Ecology and Management Department |
Publication Date | 2012 |
Publication type |
Newsletter |
Purpose | Dr. Owens' Departmental Update; 2012 Early Drought Status; Ranching and Drought; Drought Impacts to Wildlife |
For all issues click | Z2100.6 N285r |
Digital Format | PDF, Adobe Reader required |
ODL electronic copy | Downloaded from Agency website: http://nrem.okstate.edu/Documents/Newsletters/V6-I1.pdf |
Rights and Permissions | This Oklahoma State Government Publication is provided for educational purposes under US copyright law. Other usage requires permission of copyright holders. |
Language | English |
Date created | 2012-02-27 |
Date modified | 2012-05-18 |
OCLC number | 890217515 |
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Title | 2012 Winter Natural Resources News 1 |
Full text | Inside This Issue Dr. Owens’ Departmental Update A Biannual Newsletter from The Natural Resource Ecology & Winter Management Department at Oklahoma State University. 2012 The last six months have been busy and we’ve had a few changes in the de-partment. Undergraduate student enrollment increased from 170 in fall 2010 to 214 in fall, a 26% increase in our undergraduate student body. The advertis-ing we’ve done over the last several years and being a department for 5 years has increased our visibility. Our classes are larger and field trips a bit more involved, but the increased enrollment is good for the department. One of our new undergraduate options, Wildlife Biology/Pre-veterinary Science, has its first graduate this spring. Kelsey Anderson has been accepted to the Oregon State University Veterinary School. She is one of only 16 out-of-state students accepted into this program, congratulations Kelsey! We have also started an in-depth review of our wildlife ecology and management cur-riculum to make sure it is meeting the needs of the profession. Over the next several months we will be reorganizing our courses to meet the learning objec-tives and goals for a professional wildlifer. We will be contacting some alumni and current professionals to get their input, so we may be contacting you. Our remodeling project to construct new offices and bring the Oklahoma Fish and Wildlife Cooperative research Unit to Ag Hall has been completed. The Unit moved into their new offices right before Christmas break. This remodeling also allowed us to consolidate other offices including faculty, post-docs and graduate students, and add a new laboratory for the Unit. Faculty members in NREM have been very active with research grants over the last year. The department has been building strength in learning how plants and animals adapt to climate uncertainty and change. The South Central Region Climate Science Center was recently funded by the US Geo-logical Survey as a consortium of OSU, University of Oklahoma, Texas Tech University, Louisiana State University, The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, The Chickasaw Nation and the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory at Princeton. Many of our research projects will support the goal of this Center by determining how fish and wildlife populations, and their habitats, are likely to change over the next 10 to 20 years. Then we can develop management plans to mitigate these changes. Like always, if you are in Stillwater, please stop by the office. Departmental Update -Page 1 2012 Early Drought Status -Page 2 Ranching and Drought -Page 3 Drought Impacts to Wildlife -Page 4 Common Questions About Prescribed Fire and Drought -Page 5 Water Use by Trees -Page 6 Ponds After Drought -Pages 7 & 8 Events -Page 8 |
Date created | 2012-02-27 |
Date modified | 2012-02-27 |