Fisheries & Wildlife - Current Students

General Info

• Program guides for students who enrolled prior to fall 2006 for fisheries and wildlife.
• FWS program guide for students who enrolled AFTER fall 2006: FWS Program Planning Guide
• Email other F&W students and view F&W announcements on Blackboard.
• Links to job announcements.
• Here is a map of where some of our FWS students will be this summer.

Upcoming Meetings

• The annual meeting of the New York Chapter of The Wildlife Society will be Feb 2009 at Paul Smith's College.
• The Wildlife Society's annual meeting in Miami FL, 8-12 Nov 2008.

Other Learning Opportunities

• Remember:  Sterling Tompkins has generously provided a scholarship to support PSC students to study abroad.   It can be applied to one of the following opportunities or others.
• Check out this opportunity to study management of African wildlife in Botswana.You do NOT have to be an NCSU student to enroll.
• Here is an opportunity to study African wildlife in South Africa.  You do NOT have to be a MSU student to enroll.
• DANTA offers opportunities to study tropical ecology.

Scholarship links

• Wildlife Live
• Women's Wildlife Management/Conservation Scholarship
• Safari Club International
• Izaak Walton League
• Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation
• National Fish and Wildlife Federation might be a possibility for students older than 21 that have a well thought capstone proposal.
• New Jersey residents who attend PSC are eligible for the NJ Chapter of The Wildlife Society Scholarship.
• The American Birding Association provides scholarships "to help young people who are interested in birds to attend summer camps, workshops, training programs,IFO Workshops, conventions and other bird-related activities."

Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society

The students at Paul Smith's College formed a student chapter of the Wildlife Society in June 2007. Since then, they have been active, attending the national meeting in fall 2007 in Tucson Arizona and the state meetings in Albany and Owego NY. They also participated in the Northeast Conclave in 2007 and 2008.