Fish
and Wildlife Biology
and Management
Wildlife Damage Management Program - P. Curtis, and other faculty
Conflicts between humans and wildlife are increasing in New York and many parts of the Northeast. For example, deer damage agricultural crops and landscape plants, limit forest regeneration, and are involved in thousands of motor vehicle accidents each year. Coyotes are frequenting urban areas leading to increased publlic concerns, and black bear populations are expanding across souther New York. The Wildlife Damage Management Program is a major effort to reduce potential conflicts between people and wildlife. The primary focus is on community-based management and reducing negative impacts caused by wildlife. Applied research and extension programs are integrated to develop new policies and management approaches for resolving wildlife conflicts.
Fisheries and Aquatic Resource Management - C. Kraft and others
Fishing is important to New York residents of all socio-economic backgrounds, and anglers can be as readily found along the East River as in isolated Adirondack lakes. Many non-anglers now live in rural landscapes, and many avid anglers now find themselves locked into urban lifestyles - both of which create new educational needs related to fisheries management. Ongoing fisheries extension programs provide training in innovative management practices to sustain and improve fishery and aquatic resources in waters ranging in size from ponds to the Great Lakes, as well as from headwater streams to rivers as large as the Hudson. Participants in these extension programs include state and federal resource managers, landowners, researchers, and the general public.
Links to three web sites available to address educational needs associated with New York fisheries are listed above.