The School of Natural Resource Sciences is a teaching, research, and service division in the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources. The School offers academic programs leading to degrees in Entomology, Natural Resources Management, Range Science, and Soil Science.

ENTOMOLOGY offers strong academic programs with emphases in entomology and integrated pest management. The program has coursework at the undergraduate level and degrees at the master’s and doctoral levels.

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT is an interdisciplinary program comprised of coursework across four Colleges and fourteen academic Departments. Students may select emphasis areas in biotic resources, environmental communication, natural resources economics, physical/earth resource sciences, pollution science, and social sciences.

RANGE SCIENCE offers students study in basic sciences, as well as natural resources, animal agriculture, wildlife, and specialized courses in rangeland management.

SOIL SCIENCE studies the roles of soil relative to food production and natural resource issues such as land use, pollution, water resources, and atmospheric sciences.

Faculty in the School of Natural Resource Sciences conduct collaborative research and outreach programs with researchers and extension personnel throughout the College of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Natural Resources, the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, the North Dakota Extension Service, as well as scientists located on campus, other universities, and the UDSA.

Don Kirby
Director
School of Natural Resource Sciences