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Stay up to date with event notifications! Join the FW Club List-serve<\/a><\/h6>\n

Welcome to <\/span>The Fisheries and Wildlife Club!
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We are a peer-elected, nonprofit OSU student group dedicated to the professional development of undergraduate and graduate students interested in fisheries, wildlife, or conservation fields. Our mission is to enhance the ability of undergraduate students to conserve the diversity and sustainability of fisheries and wildlife resources and their habitats, for long \u00a0term public benefit.<\/span><\/p>\n

We are the Undergraduate Club of the Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Sciences, and the home to the OSU student chapters of the American Fisheries Society and The Wildlife Society.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We host events and field trips that allow students to build skills, network with professionals, learn and apply field techniques, do public outreach, and grow professionally and personally in our field. Throughout the academic year, we hold bimonthly meetings on campus and regularly organize off-campus field trips, including attending the annual Oregon AFS and TWS Chapter conferences. Take a look around our website and visit our About<\/a><\/span> and Upcoming Events<\/a><\/span> page to get involved, learn more about the FW Club, and attend our next meeting. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

Who Joins the Fisheries and Wildlife Club?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Both undergraduate and graduate students at any OSU campus \u2013 including Ecampus \u2013 are welcome to join. Membership is optional. Members of the Student Chapters are motivated by a diverse set of values, but all share a strong interest in fish and wildlife and their habitats, a love for the outdoors, and a deeply rooted sense of value of natural resources and their conservation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can Ecampus students get involved? <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

We value involvement from Ecampus students and we strive to host meetings and events that can be participated in virtually. We\u2019ve hosted BioBlitzes, virtual workshops on Fish Printing, journal clubs, and a virtual herbarium mounting class, for example. All guest speaker events are hosted in a hybrid format. One of our Club leadership positions is the \u201cEcampus Liaison\u201d \u2013 this leader helps plan Club events and communications specifically for our Ecampus members.\u00a0To contact Amanda, our current Ecampus Liaison, email baileyam@oregonstate.edu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits of Participating<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

We create opportunities by involving professional fish and wildlife biologist to share essential and practical information on research policy, skills, tools, and networks related to fish and wildlife. We also teach, learn, support, build resumes, network for jobs, share class tips, and explore careers among our members. Below are just some of the great opportunities we\u2019ve had recently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n