The Natural Resources Science and Management (NRSM) Graduate Program is among the top ranked programs of its kind in the nation. The National Research Council's latest rankings, released in September 2010, place the NRSM program as high as number two nationally. We offer eight areas of study (tracks) encompassing graduate course offerings from the Departments of Forest Resources, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, and other units. For a description of these eight tracks, go to Areas of Study. Our program is offered through the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS), in conjunction with the Graduate School. Students in the natural resources science and management program emphasize one of the following tracks: 1) forests: biology, ecology, conservation, and management, 2) economics, policy, management, and society, 3) assessment, monitoring, and geospatial analysis, 4) recreation resources, tourism, and environmental education, 5) forest hydrology and watershed management, 6) forest products, or 7) paper science and engineering.