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After a semester of learning in the classroom, students gain hands-on experience in the field with a 10-day intensive study in the woods of southwestern Virginia

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Students take readings from equipment in the forest of southwestern Virginia as part of the Wildlife Field Techniques course.

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Where the wild things are

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