FISH & WILDLIFE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM

Program OVERVIEW

The Fish & Wildlife Technology Program is offered as an optional addition to the Forest Technology Program. Students with an interest in fish and wildlife who feel they would like to pursue a career in the field of monitoring and assessment of wildlife are strongly encouraged to consider the program. Students who wish to pursue this program may register for the program before the beginning of their second year of studies and complete it concurrently with the Forest Technology Diploma program. A Fish & Wildlife Technician is skilled in the use of technologies and knowledgeable of the various techniques, associated with monitoring and assessing wildlife species and their habitats. Students who take the Fish & Wildlife program graduate with a Diploma in Forest and Fish & Wildlife Technology.

• Skills and knowledge required by fish and wildlife professionals are taught through applied learning activities with a significant amount of time doing hands-on work in the lab and field.

• Prior to the start of the third semester in year 2, students spend the last two weeks of August immersed in field activities in the Fish and Wildlife Techniques 1 course which focuses on fisheries techniques, waterfowl management, and aquatic habitat assessment.

• In the third semester, students enroll in Fish and Wildlife Management which is a classroom-based course that provides an introduction to key concepts relevant to the monitoring and assessment of wildlife populations and the principles and practices of fish and wildlife management.

• Fish and Wildlife Techniques 2 and 3 taken during the third and fourth semesters will expose students to various techniques used in research, monitoring, and assessments of wildlife and their habitats through both lecture and applied lab activities. These courses provide theoretical and practical training in species identification, determining the sex and age of mammals, waterfowl, and upland game birds, identification of common parasites and diseases, wildlife immobilization, collection of biological data, habitat assessments, and population survey techniques.