Programs

Wildlife Ecology and Management
Wildlife Ecology and Management

Learn how to landscape to attract certain wildlife species so you can enjoy nature while possibly increasing the value of your property, too.

Resources

Internet Center for Wildlife Damage Management

Provides science-based information on how to manage wildlife damage and responsibly resolve human-wildlife conflicts. Ideas for preventing as well as inspecting and identifying wildlife damage are also available on this website.

Disking for Early Successional Habitat (PDF)

Find information on strip disking to improve wildlife feeding and movement in this fact sheet, part of a series created by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Missouri Department of Conservation and MU Extension–School of Natural Resources.

Downed Tree Structure fact sheet (PDF)

Find information on using downed trees to provide immediate woody cover for wildlife in this fact sheet, part of a series created by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Missouri Department of Conservation and MU Extension–School of Natural Resources.

Edge Feathering — Fencelines and Woody Draws (PDF)

Find information on edge feathering along fencelines and woody draws to provide shrubby cover for wildlife in this fact sheet, part of a series created by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Missouri Department of Conservation and MU Extension–School of Natural Resources.

Meet the experts

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William McCaslin

Forestry Management Educator