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PWS Students Restore Scorched Landscapes with Native, Fire-Resistant Plants

To combat worldwide wildfires, our researchers and student teams are fighting back with revolutionary seed coating technology.

The Wildlife and Wildlands Conservation program at BYU is designed to help students become qualified for natural resource management jobs. Students are required to complete a core block of major courses that cover the basic principles of wildlife, plants, soils and ecology. They also choose at least fifteen credits of elective major courses to increase training in their specific areas of interest.

KSL Outdoors captured PWS Professor Brock McMillan and his students researching the health of Utah's Mule Deer population.

The Health of Utah's Deer Herd in 2022

Plant & Wildlife Sciences News

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Cougar Quinoa: BYU, Washington State University release new quinoa varieties to address global food security, nutrition

June 01, 2023 06:00 AM
Scientists at Brigham Young University and Washington State University have developed a version of the protein-rich quinoa plant that can survive and thrive in the often-harsh growing conditions of Rwanda and other African countries.
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BYU Tops SRM International Meeting

May 17, 2023 01:11 PM
BYU PWS students placed among top performers at the Society for Range Management's International Annual Meeting held in early 2023. The team as a whole placed first in the URME test, competing against 22 other schools.
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Unlocking the Secrets of Silk Gene Evolution

May 16, 2023 08:51 AM
For thousands of years, the silkworm has cornered the market on silk production for textiles. However, convergent evolution may be spinning a new thread of opportunity for caddisflies and other arthropods. New research published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) utilizes high-quality long-read sequencing to uncover the hidden variation within silk gene evolution.
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