The Camp Fire Program in Wildlife Conservation is an interdisciplinary team of graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York.
The Camp Fire Program in Wildlife Conservation is an interdisciplinary team of graduate students, post-doctoral scholars, and faculty at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, New York.
Black bears occurred historically throughout the southcentral and southeastern United States, but due to unregulated harvest and land use change, bear abundance and distribution was markedly reduced. In Missouri, black bear abundance similarly declined and few bears were present in the state by the early 1900s. Arkansas, Missouri’s southern neighbor, conducted a black bear restoration […]
2020 has been widely described as “unprecedented” due to the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic and associated impacts to every kind of human system. Here at the Camp Fire Program in Wildlife Conservation, we are thankful for the commitment and expertise of the hardworking, dedicated group of staff and students highlighted in this report. Because of […]
In April we had the honor of participating in the formal dedication of the Camp Fire Conservation Fund Conference Center coinciding with the Centennial Celebration of the Roosevelt Wild Life Station.
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“Try to leave this world a little better than you found it and, when your turn comes to die, you can die happy in feeling that at any rate you have not wasted your time but have done your best”
“A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from his children”
“We and the beasts are kin”
“...conservation of land and conservation of people frequently go hand in hand”
“Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land”
“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans”
“Leave this world a little better than you found it”
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you”
“The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time”
“Like the resource it seeks to protect, wildlife conservation must be dynamic, changing as conditions change, seeking always to become more effective”
“There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country”