The BI was chartered in 1994 by Utah State University's (USU) Board of Trustees and given the mission of improving human-wildlife interactions by reducing humanwildlife conflicts through research, teaching, outreach, and education. The changes in land use that accompany human population growth, the increased global transportation of wildlife and livestock and their products, and increases in both domestic and international travel increase the risk of new dis- ease outbreaks of pandemic scale. Wildlife professionals working at the interface where conflicts arise between people and wild animals have a responsibility in the long-term interest of sustaining society's support for wildlife and its conservation by resolving human-wildlife conflicts so that humans continue to view wildlife as a valued resource.
Letter from the Editor