Research Facilities and Centers

The WSU Bear Research, Education, and Conservation Center is a one-of-a-kind facility that aims to provide information and understanding for bear conservation around the world. Our research covers a range of disciplines, including nutrition, physiology, ecology, behavior, reproduction, and learning and memory.

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The E.H. Steffen Center is a field and laboratory research and teaching facility. It contains wildlife facilities and pens, a greenhouse-laboratory-shop facility, several small forest plantations, wetlands, uplands, and numerous specialized planting areas. Most of the research conducted at the E. H. Steffen Center has revolved around understanding the nutrition and foraging behavior of herbivores.

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To reduce exposure of deer to the sight, sounds, or scent of dogs, while still providing access to students assisted by a legally designated service animal, a Dog Exclusion Zone exists within the Steffen Center and the WSU Arboretum that is warranted and legally justifiable under the provisions of the ADA. 

Map of dog exclusion zone