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PWS Mission:

Supporting the BYU mission to assist individuals in their quest for perfection and eternal life, the Department of Plant and Wildlife Sciences strives to enlighten individuals regarding the natural world and to improve his/her own relationship with natural resources, genetic resources, and the environment. To succeed in this mission, the department will:

  • Provide an active learning environment where individuals develop skills and knowledge and work in interdisciplinary teams to solve complex problems;
  • Mentor undergraduate and graduate students in cutting-edge research, leading to impactful publications and to graduates of character that serve others throughout their lives;
  • Provide experiences, examples, and perspectives that promote a global perspective, develop faith and character, and inspire sustainable action.

For it is expedient that I, the Lord, should make every man accountable, as a steward over earthly blessings, which I have made and prepared for my creatures. D&C 104:13

Plant & Wildlife Sciences News

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BYU study: Wildfires increase winter snowpack — but that isn’t necessarily a good thing

February 04, 2020 08:22 AM
Deep in the Tushar mountains, some three hours south of BYU’s campus, Ph.D. student Jordan Maxwell and two other students found themselves in deep snow, both literally and figuratively.
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Analysis of butterfly genomes reveals answers to complex evolutionary history questions

October 31, 2019 12:07 PM
Researchers from BYU and Harvard published a pivotal study in Science magazine.
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Greg Jolley receives 2019 Leadership Award from Lawn & Landscapes Organization

"Brigham Young University Landscape Management professor Greg Jolley has the energy and passion of a man doing exactly what he was meant to be doing - in exactly the place he was meant to do it. "
- Robin Roenker, Lawn & Landscapes Magazine October 2019
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Graduate Resources

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