Department of Natural Resources and the Environment

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Explore the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment 

The Department of Natural Resources and the Environment integrates the applied social sciences and natural resources sciences, enabling a more holistic, integrated approach to education, research and outreach about use and conservation of resources.  

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  • EcoQuest
    Sustainability
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    Spotlight on EcoQuest
    Hands-on environmental studies for U.S. students
    Ecology, sustainability, and environmental science were the focus of a special visit by EcoQuest’s international students to the Ramsar wetland at Pūkorokoro Miranda on 28 October 2022.
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    Sustainability
    Wildcat
    Spotlight on EcoQuest
    Hands-on environmental studies for U.S. students
    Ecology, sustainability, and environmental science were the focus of a special visit by EcoQuest’s international students to the Ramsar wetland at Pūkorokoro Miranda on 28 October 2022.
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  • UNH student Madelyn Bradley '23
    Sustainability
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    Madelyn Bradley '23
    Promoting energy efficiency within the food service industry
    Madelyn Bradley is an environmental and resource economics major from Wakefield, R.I. who was awarded a sustainability fellowship by the UNH Sustainability Institute.
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    Sustainability
    Wildcat
    Madelyn Bradley '23
    Promoting energy efficiency within the food service industry
    Madelyn Bradley is an environmental and resource economics major from Wakefield, R.I. who was awarded a sustainability fellowship by the UNH Sustainability Institute.
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  • UNH student Megan Wimsatt
    Research
    Megan Wimsatt '23
    A strong foundation to address the impacts of climate change
    Megan Wimsatt is an environmental sciences: ecosytems major who has received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to conduct research under the guidance of Ruth Varner, professor of biogeochemistry in both the UNH College of Engineering and Physical Sciences and at the...
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    Research
    Megan Wimsatt '23
    A strong foundation to address the impacts of climate change
    Megan Wimsatt is an environmental sciences: ecosytems major who has received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to conduct research under the guidance of Ruth Varner, professor of biogeochemistry in both the UNH College of Engineering and Physical Sciences and at the...
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  • UNH student Isabelle Lopez
    New Hampshire
    NHAES Researchers
    Research
    Isabelle Lopez '23
    Learning How to Protect Our Natural Resources
    Isabelle Lopez is a wildlife and conservation biology major with a geospatial analysis minor who received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to study the use of drones to monitor and protect natural resources. 
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    New Hampshire
    NHAES Researchers
    Research
    Isabelle Lopez '23
    Learning How to Protect Our Natural Resources
    Isabelle Lopez is a wildlife and conservation biology major with a geospatial analysis minor who received a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) to study the use of drones to monitor and protect natural resources. 
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  • UNH graduate student Grace McCulloch with saltmarsh sparrow
    New Hampshire
    Sustainability
    Research
    Graduate Student
    Grace McCulloch '21, '24G
    Preparing for a career protecting vulnerable ecological communities
    A passion for wildlife and its habitats has been propelling Grace McCulloch out of bed very early this summer. On weekday mornings, Grace wakes at 3:30 a.m. and heads to one of the many sites in New Hampshire where she’s studying the birds that depend on the climate-change-threatened saltmarsh...
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    New Hampshire
    Sustainability
    Research
    Graduate Student
    Grace McCulloch '21, '24G
    Preparing for a career protecting vulnerable ecological communities
    A passion for wildlife and its habitats has been propelling Grace McCulloch out of bed very early this summer. On weekday mornings, Grace wakes at 3:30 a.m. and heads to one of the many sites in New Hampshire where she’s studying the birds that depend on the climate-change-threatened saltmarsh...
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Recognizing Research Excellence

Recognizing Research Excellence

Recognizing Research Excellence

COLSA's Ollinger honored for work in forest ecosystem ecology...

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Seeking to Stem the Tide

Seeking to Stem the Tide

Seeking to Stem the Tide

UNH researchers working to protect tidal marsh sparrows...

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