Ecologist Brooke Maslo Is Named the Inaugural Joanna Burger Endowed Legacy Professor
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Discover and Protect a Biodiverse World
Follow Your Love of Nature and Wildlife
Majoring in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources (EENR), you will learn to conserve a wide range of environmental, social, economic, and health benefits to cities and their residents.
Think Interdisciplinary
Make a Difference with skills you learn in the EENR Natural Resources and Ecosystem Management Option. Among many other options, you may want to:
- Acquire skills to reduce impact of companies on wildlife, vegetation, and water sources while meeting their operational goals
- Learn to help farms use sustainable practices that protect soil, water, and surrounding ecosystems
- Learn to assess environmental impacts of development projects
- Create plans to reduce harm to ecosystems
Learn by Doing - Experiential Learning
Enjoy fieldwork and studies in our many destinations, field stations, and research facilities.
A nearby Old Growth Forest
Winter Field Trip to the Adirondacks
Rutgers University Ecological Preserve
Get Ready to Lead the Way in
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Ecosystem Restoration
- Sustainable Land Use & Agriculture
- Urban Forestry
- Urban Ecology
- Ecological Data Science & Technology
News
The “Microclimates” Animals Actually Experience Are Not the Climate Scientists Typically Measure
Cover article of the April 2026 issue of Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Allyson Salisbury teaches several tree-related courses that incorporate hands-on activities and getting outside.