A department of diverse faculty & students dedicated to solving critical environmental challenges with cutting-edge research.

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In the News

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Passion drives a renewed vision for teaching and research in the forest

From students to citizen-scientists – new environmental and forest management activities take hold in the University’s forested, living laboratory, the Whittell Forest & Wildlife Area.

Read more about the Whittell Forest
Big Wood River Basin

Complex modeling by Erin Hanan predicts wildfires may decline, eventually

Researchers attempting to help predict how the wildfire hazard will change due to various factors over the next several decades have some good news, and some bad news.

Read more on factors driving wildfire regimes in the West.
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Study sheds light on what influences water supplied by snowmelt

Relying on 30-plus years of previous research, the research found three factors can be used to better predict how climate change will impact critical snowmelt driven water supplies.

Read more about the snow melt study

NRES Seminars

Aug 25

09:00 AM

Desert Farming Initiative Monthly Tours at Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station
Sep 10

09:00 AM

Community Connection at the Desert Farming Initiative at Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station
Sep 24

10:00 AM

Food Security and Food Sovereignty: Community-based Knowledges and Visions for Racial, Health, and Climate Justice with the Department of Gender, Race, and Identity at Nevada Agricultural Experiment Station
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The Department of Natural Resources & Environmental Science offers a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs to educate, inspire and prepare the next generation of scientists. Department faculty are engaged in cutting-edge research in the following areas:

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Air

Topics of study include the characterization of pollutant emissions from combustion sources, the understanding of atmospheric photochemical processes and the quantification of human exposure to air pollution.

Interested in air?
stream survey

Water

Topics of study include the use of remote sensing, field observations and modeling to address the most pressing questions in the fields of water quality, lake clarity, stream and creek ecosystems and mountain ecohydrology.

Interested in water?
soil samples

Soils

Topics of study include soil hydrologic conditions, the evaluation of current and past environmental conditions and the characterization of physiochemical processes in the region’s soils.

Interested in soils?
plant survey

Plants

Regions of study include mountain meadows and sierra forest, riparian communities along creeks and streams and the vast open space of the Great Basin rangelands.

Interested in plants?
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Wildlife

Topics of study include interactions between wildlife and land uses, avian ecology, forestry-wildlife relationships, endangered species management, reproductive ecology, nutrition and foraging ecology, predator-prey interactions and population dynamics.

Interested in wildlife?