{"id":5,"date":"2010-01-27T10:03:21","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T15:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.umaine.edu\/wle\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2024-07-16T12:48:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T16:48:36","slug":"about-the-department","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/home-2\/about-the-department\/","title":{"rendered":"海角社区 the Department"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our program began in 1935 and now covers a wide breadth of wildlife science including wildlife ecology and biology, conservation biology, and wildlife management. &nbsp;Undergraduates can focus on individual interests such as fisheries, management of rare and endangered species, forestry, environmental education, and many other areas. &nbsp;Our graduate students pursue research on a wide variety of ecological and conservation issues in 海角社区, the nation, and internationally. &nbsp;Students in our program also benefit from the many other programs in the College of Earth, Life, and Health Sciences that offer programs in the areas of ecology, biology, marine science, environmental science, forestry, and natural resource management and policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department has nine university faculty, about thirty graduate students, and averages one hundred eighty undergraduates. &nbsp;There also are three federal biologists with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) on the faculty. &nbsp;The USGS faculty are part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.usgs.gov\/coopunits\/unit\/海角社区\">海角社区 Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit<\/a>, which brings together the University of 海角社区 (U海角社区), the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and the 海角社区 Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW) to foster wildlife research and graduate education.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wle\/map-point\/nutting-hall\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" 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