We congratulate our 2021 Natural Resources Conservation graduates!

We congratulate our 2021 Natural Resources Conservation graduates!

Congratulations Natural Resources Conservation graduates! We are so very proud of you and all of your accomplishments these past years. Good luck out there, in the workforce, graduate school, or on other life adventures. Keep in touch, and keep us as part of your professional network. We wish the best for you and will continue to be here for you. Find our Senior Celebration page here with a recording of our spring 2021 Awards ceremony, where students were recognized for exceptional work and accomplishments....
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Congratulations to our graduating Environmental Science seniors – Class of 2021!

Congratulations to our graduating Environmental Science seniors – Class of 2021!

We are tremendously proud of you, and we wish you all the best for the future. Some of you are heading directly to graduate school and many of you are heading out into the environmental workforce. As the environmental challenges facing the world continue to grow, we know that you are ready to make a positive impact. Best wishes on behalf of our entire interdepartmental EnviSci faculty group, from Environmental Conservation, Geosciences, and the Stockbridge School of Agriculture. Everyone in the EnviSci class of 2021 is of course now part of the ever-growing group of UMass Amherst EnviSci Alumni, so be sure to stay in touch by Connecting with our alumni group on LinkedIn. If you missed our Virtual Senior Celebration you can watch a video of it on our blog, where you will also find our EnviSci 2021 Virtual Yearbook, along with congratulatory messages from faculty, and a list of EnviSci seniors recognized for their outstanding accomplishments with end-of-year awards....
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Introducing Bob Hastings, BCT’s new Alumni Community Manager

Introducing Bob Hastings, BCT’s new Alumni Community Manager

We in BCT are always amazed at the wide range of jobs that our students land after graduation. And with 50-60 graduating students each year, this community of BCT alumni is certain to make an impact on the built environment through all of their great work. There is only one downside to graduation: Everyone goes their own way and after a year, even the UMass email won't work anymore. How can alumni stay in touch then? We have been pushing forward some initiatives to grow and maintain an active alumni community: We started a LinkedIn group, for example. In addition, this year we had a first combined alumni event with Architecture and Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning (about our new building). What we needed, however, was a dedicated BCT alumnus who preferably works in the Boston area (so that BCT alumni in greater Boston can participate a little easier). I am very happy to announce today that we have found one! Meet Bob Hastings, our new Alumni Community Manager! Bob...
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UMass Wildlife Biology alumnus James E. Cardoza, B.S. ’66, M.S.’76, has authored an illustrated book titled “A History of MassWildlife 1866-2012.”

This 334 page, exceedingly well referenced, volume documents the history of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife from its inception in 1866 as a two-member Board of Commissioners of Fisheries to its present configuration of over 100 staff members responsible for the management and protection of over 400 species of plants and animals and over 200,000 acres in wildlife management areas and lands under conservation easements. The book was published in a limited bound edition by the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, 1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, Mass. as it approaches its 150th anniversary. It will soon be available to the public in digital form....
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UMass alumnus Wayne MacCallum (’68, Wildlife Biology) Retired as Director of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife

UMass alumnus Wayne MacCallum (’68, Wildlife Biology) retired as Director of the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife at the end of end of February 2015. He has been Director for 27 years. MacCallum received his Bachelor’s degree in Wildlife Biology from the University of Massachusetts in 1968 and his Master’s Degree from Penn State University where he studied the nesting ecology of Black Ducks. MacCallum joined the then Massachusetts Division of Fish & Game as a waterfowl technician. Shortly thereafter, he entered the private sector and over a ten year period progressed from Staff Scientist, to Manager of environmental management services for Woodward Clyde Consultants.    MacCallum returned to the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (DFW) in 1983 as the Assistant Director of Wildlife and became Director in 1988. MacCallum has served as president of the Northeast Fish and Wildlife Directors Association and the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.  Wayne MacCallum served as chairman of the Atlantic Flyway Council, the...
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