QDMA Offers Student Scholarships

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) will award deserving students with scholarships to attend a Deer Steward course in 2015.

Applications will be accepted from high school juniors and seniors or college students who are interested in a career in wildlife management. For each of the in-person Deer Steward Certification Courses offered this year, QDMA will present at least one student with a scholarship to attend free-of-charge.

QDMA’s individual Certification Program includes three levels of potential achievement: Deer Steward I, II, and III. Level I provides students with a comprehensive understanding of the four cornerstones of QDM: herd management, habitat management, hunter management, and herd monitoring. Level II focuses on the application of these principles through hands-on field experience. Level III must be earned through an individual’s long-term service to QDMA and/or the white-tailed deer. Courses must be taken in succession.

2015 Dates and Locations
Level I Course:
May 29 – June 1 – Bogart, Georgia – Field Trip: University of Georgia Deer Lab research facility

Level II Courses:
June 26-29 – Cadiz, Kentucky, at the Kentucky Proving Grounds as seen on GrowingDeer.TV
August 21-24 ­- Eden, North Carolina at Willow Oaks Plantation

Course details along with scholarship applications are can be found by clicking here.

Applications must be received by March 1, 2015.

Interested students can contact Matt Ross, QDMA Certification Programs Manager, by  e-mail or by calling (518) 280-3714 with questions.