Natural Resource Management

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Nels Troelstrup, Interim Department Head
Department of Natural Resource Management
Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory 138C
605-688-5503
e-mail: nels.troelstrup@sdstate.edu
www.sdstate.edu/nrm/

Faculty
Professor Troelstrup, Interim Department Head; Distinguished Professor Emeritus Flake; Distinguished Professors Brown, Jenks, W. Johnson; Professors Emeritus Berry, Higgins, Scalet; Professors Chipps, Dieter, Gates, Gilmanov, Hubbard, P. Johnson, Johnston, Larson, Smart; Associate Professors Graeb, Jensen, Stafford, Xu; Assistant Professors Bertrand, Gigliotti, Grovenburg, Perkins, Wuellner; Adjunct Professors, Butler, Chipps, Fredrickson, Longmire, Wylie; Adjunct Associate Professors Blackwell, Klaver, Klumb, Rosentrater, Stafford, Tedesche, Uresk; Adjunct Assistant Professors Adams, Anteau, Austin, Bakker, Fincel, Gigliotti, Holland, James, Lehman, Pegg, Rumble, Swanson, Switzer, Thompson.

Department Overview
The Department of Natural Resources Management houses undergraduate and graduate programs focused on improving the understanding and management of natural resources. The quality of life for many humans is intimately tied to the use and preservation of natural resources. Thus, educational opportunities in natural resource management at SDSU can lead to a diverse array of career opportunities. The department faculty and staff also conduct research and provide outreach services that contribute to the understanding and management of natural resources on a local and global scale.

Programs

Facilities and Services
The department is housed within the Northern Plains Biostress Laboratory at SDSU. The Department houses the Oak Lake Biological Field Station and also hosts the South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, the National Wetlands Inventory, several members of the Geographic Information Science Center of Excellence, and the South Dakota GAP Analysis Project

Student Engagement Opportunities
Student organizations conduct professional and social functions, serve as an excellent vehicle for students to get to know one another and the faculty, and to learn more about their future profession.

The Department of Natural Resource Management student clubs:

• SDSU American Fisheries Society Student Subunit and the Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation Club are excellent organizations open to students in that major.
• The SDSU Ecology Club is a student chapter of the Ecological Society of America
• Range Club  - The South Dakota Student Chapter of the Society for Range Management includes Range Science majors and other students that have a growing interest in the field of range management. 
• Judging Teams  - Many Range Science majors choose to compete on the Plant Identification and the undergraduate Range Management Exam teams. These teams compete at international contests against teams from colleges in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Students also help to run range plant identification contests at SDSU.

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