The Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society, in cooperation with Paul Smith's College, will be hosting our 13th annual 2-week Wildlife Field Course at Paul Smith's College, New York, May 18-31, 2025. We previously ran this course in Vermont and though the location has changed the content and emphasis on hands-on skills development and networking remain the same.
Please visit the course website for details and application materials: http://wildlife.org/ne-section/about/student-field-course/ The course fee is $1200 and includes 3 undergraduate or graduate credits through Paul Smith's College (PSC) and room and board for the 2 weeks. The course is housed at the PSC Campus on 14,000 acres of forests, lakes, and streams amidst the 6 million acres of the Adirondack Park. The course emphasizes hands-on experience with basic field techniques (small mammal trapping, bird point counts, habitat sampling, radiotelemetry, etc.) and small group work organized around the theme of conducting a biological inventory. We also provide hunter education training and certification in Project Wild. The course is led by practicing wildlife biologists and ecologists who volunteer their time to serve as instructors providing great networking opportunities and career perspectives during evening discussion sessions. We usually have 20+ guest instructors from various state and federal agencies, consulting firms, and universities. The November/December 2017 issue of The Wildlife Professional (www.wildlife.org<http://www.wildlife.org/>) has a short article on the course which is accessible from the course website. Several chapters of The Wildlife Society offer full or partial scholarships to eligible students, too. Enrollment is capped at 20 students; we accept undergrad or grad students from any college or university, you do not need to be enrolled in a wildlife major to be eligible and we also accept unenrolled students who have already completed a degree and are looking to gain field skills. Please do not reply to this email with questions but contact me at: nefieldcou...@gmail.com<mailto:nefieldcou...@gmail.com>. Prof. John McDonald Chair, Environmental Science Department Past-President and Fellow, The Wildlife Society Wilson 204D Westfield State University 413-572-8393 (office) 413-446-8389 (cell) jemcdon...@westfield.ma.edu To unsubscribe from this list please go to https://community.esa.org/confirm/?u=RhPWqPxFwODKvbkiT32nkIqRrsiSgulp
