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University Programs

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The Boone and Crockett Club University Program is designed to provide science-based knowledge from seasoned wildlife professionals and educators to college graduates in the wildlife field to better prepare the graduates for the responsible and wise management of wildlife in the future.
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Accomplishments of the Boone and Crockett Club’s University Programs for 2020.
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The University Program at Michigan State has successfully integrated multiple disciplines into its curriculum, particularly through two key courses: Integrating Fisheries and Wildlife Science and Policy, and Hunting and Conservation. Students engage directly with the Michigan Natural Resources...
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The University Program at Texas A&M celebrated significant student success in 2024, with three wildlife students graduating from the 3+2 program with the Bush School: Jacob Aston, Justin Bosse, and T. Ray Edwards. These graduates completed valuable internships with various organizations,...
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Clemson developed a special online M.S. in Wildlife and Fisheries Biology degree program to educate and train natural resources professionals who are currently in the field, as well as non-traditional students who are in natural resources-related positions or working in the policy arena. Currently...
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Based in the College of Forestry with input from the College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State’s University Program focuses on forest-wildlife interactions, habitat management policies, and fire impacts on forests and communities. The program places a strong emphasis on policy education, with...
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Montana’s Boone and Crockett Professorship and Conservation Program
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The wildlife curriculum at the University of Wisconsin—Stevens Point integrates multiple fields of study into its core offerings. The program requires students to complete substantial coursework in communications (12 credits minimum), forestry, and soils, while also incorporating elements of human...
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Land ownership patterns in Texas help TAMUK wildlife students understand the critical role of landowners in wildlife conservation. In 2024, the program made significant strides in wildlife research and conservation education, particularly through its fellowship program and research initiatives. The...
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University of Montana – Ph.D. Student in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2022 - Rethinking Rare: Novel Approaches to Monitoring and Understanding Rare Species
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University of Montana – M.S. Student in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2024 - Analyzing Moose Abundance and Calf Recruitment on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation
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Michigan State University - Projected to Graduate 2025 Project Title: Population Dynamics of Gray Wolves in the Western Great Lakes Region in Response to Anthropogenic Mortality
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Michigan State University Project Title: Quantifying individual and population-level responses of black bears to baiting in Michigan
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Michigan State University - Ph.D. Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate 2026 Project Title: Remote Cameras as a Tool for Estimating Wolf Abundance and White-Tailed Deer Winter Habitat Use in the Upper Peninsula, MI
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Michigan State University - Fisheries and Wildlife, MSc Project Title: Effects of Environment and Governance on Financial Sustainability of Communal Conservancies in Namibia
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Michigan State University - Wildlife Conservation - PhD student - Projected to Graduate 2025 Project Title: Brown Bear Denning and Harvest on the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska, USA
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Michigan State University - Fisheries and Wildlife Management, PhD - Projected to Graduate 2024 Project Title: Human Activity Mediates Mammal Local Space Use, Dial Activity, and Interspecies Spatial Interactions.
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Michigan State University - Research Scientist
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Michigan State University - Research Associate
The Boone and Crockett Wildlife Conservation Program supports graduate students in wildlife conservation and related fields through our Fellows Program. A Boone and Crockett Fellow is an undergraduate or graduate student, or postdoctoral associate, who is supported by Boone and Crockett funding and/or advised by a Boone and Crockett Professor or Professional Member.
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Michigan State University - Ecology, PhD (Earned 2022)
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The Boone and Crockett Club University Programs is designed to provide science-based knowledge from seasoned wildlife professionals and educators to college graduates in the wildlife field to better prepare the graduates for the responsible and wise management of wildlife in the future.
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Texas A&M University - Kingsville – Ph.D. Student in Range and Wildlife Management - Projected to Graduate in 2024 - Mule Deer Spatial Ecology in the Texas Panhandle: Implications for Chronic Wasting Disease
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University of Montana - Masters - Projected to Graduate 2022 | Master of Public Administration, Public Policy Certificate
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Michigan State University - Masters - Graduated 2021 | Monitoring brown bear abundance at Katmai National Park in Southwest Alaska
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University of Montana - Ph.D. - 2021 | Conservation Benefits of Sustainable Land Use on Mammal Communities
A collection of articles from Fair Chase magazine covering the happenings within the Club's University Programs.
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University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point – B.S. in Wildlife Ecology – 2012 - Impact of Edge Effects on the Success of Artificial Northern Bobwhite Nests
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Texas A&M University – Ph.D. in Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences – 2014 - Empowering All Who Dwell Here: Natural Resource Management and Public Participation
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University of Montana - Masters - Graduated 2010 | Evaluating population estimates of mountain goats based on citizen science
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Michigan State University – Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Completed 2020 - An Agent-Based Approach for Surveillance and Management of Chronic Wasting Disease
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University of Montana – Ph.D. in Forestry – 1999 – Field Testing the Accuracy and Generality of Selected Wildlife-Habitat Models
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University of Montana – Ph.D. in Organismal Biology and Ecology – 2002 - Effects of Pinus Flexilis on the Dynamics and Structure of Plant Communities on The Northern Rocky Mountain Front and Training Biologists for Emerging Niches in Non-Traditional Jobs
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UC – Berkeley (University of Montana Fellow) – Ph.D. in Wildland Resource Science – 1997 - Wildlife Conservation on Western Private Lands: Improving Conservation Policies and Incentives
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University of Montana - Masters - Graduated 2011 | Winter habitat use by mule deer in Idaho and Montana
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University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point – B.S. Student in Wildlife Ecology and Management - Projected to Graduate in 2023 - Use of Snapshot Wisconsin Images to Predict Fall Harvest Demographics of Eastern Wild Turkeys
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Michigan State University – Ph.D. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate in 2022 - Factors Influencing the Movement and Space Use of White-Tailed Deer in Michigan and Implications for the Management of Emergent Chronic Wasting Disease
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Michigan State University – Ph.D. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate in 2022 - Evaluating Management Strategies for Chronic Wasting Disease in Michigan White-tailed Deer
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University of Montana – Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Estimating Abundance of Big Game Species in Northern Nevada
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University of Montana – Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Evaluation of Survey Approaches to Assess Status of Non-Game Indicator Species
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University of Montana – M.S. Student in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2023 - Impacts of Inter-Individual Variation in White-Tailed Deer Spatial Ecology and Survival
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University of Montana – Ph.D. Student in Fish and Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2022 - Identifying the Effects of Oil and Gas Development and Activity on Movement, Resource Selection, and Demographic Processes of Elk in the Badlands of Western North Dakota
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University of Montana – Ph.D. Student in Fish and Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2023 - Exploring Landscape and Environmental Drivers of Pronghorn Movement and Demography Across Spatiotemporal Scalesn
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Michigan State University – Ph.D. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife – Projected to Graduate in 2022 – Potential Wolf Expansion into the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan - Impacts on Cervid Ecology and Local Economies
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University of Montana - M.S. Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2023 | In the Pursuit of Greener Pastures: How Changes in Vegetation Influence Diet and Resource Selection of Pronghorn in Montana
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Michigan State University- BS in Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate 2022 | Group Size, Bioaccumulation, and Baiting: Quantifying Factors Affecting Disease Transmission Among Deer
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Michigan State University - M.S. Student in Fisheries and Wildlife - Projected to Graduate in 2023 | Group Size, Bioaccumulation, and Baiting: Quantifying Factors Affecting Disease Transmission Among Deer
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Texas A&M University - Ph.D. Student in Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management - Projected to Graduate in 2025 | Nitrogen Metabolism and Adaptive Capacity of Carnivorous Bears
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University of Montana - M.S. Student in Wildlife Biology - Projected to Graduate 2022 | Management Authority on Federal Lands and Effective Collaboration on Habitat Connectivity
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University of Montana - Masters - Projected to Graduate 2022 | M.S. in Wildlife Biology & Master of Public Administration

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