Patuxent Programs

Patuxent research on wildlife populations in North America in integral to the Department of Interior’s stewardship of these important natural resources.  In order to understand and manage wildlife, you need the tools to answer questions such as “which populations are increasing?” and “what species are at greatest risk?” Patuxent scientists develop widely used tools with which to identify, count, and analyze the state of wild populations, as well as tools used to measure the effectiveness of different approaches to managing these populations. The long-running Patuxent programs featured here provide information and tools that are used by the broader research community in producing over a hundred scientific publications each year.