Science
Stories from the Field
Art and Science
Projects at a Glance
A unique value of our Program is the capability to address specific, short-term needs of our cooperators while conducting long-term fish and wildlife research. Our researchers rely on graduate students to address the applied management questions of cooperators, while allowing USGS researchers to investigate complex, longer-term questions. We can address applied or basic research topics.
Education
Ticks Harbor and Excrete Chronic Wasting Disease Prions by Heather Inzalaco
Heather Inzalaco, Best Student Poster, The Wildlife Society (2023). Chronic wasting disease (CWD) was discovered in Wisconsin white-tailed deer harvested in fall 2001 and CWD prevalence has increased in all sex and age classes and increased in spatial extent ever since.
Grizzly Bears: Predicted Space Use & Connectivity Pathways Poster by Sarah Sells, University of Montana
Grizzly bear were nearly extirpated in the U.S. in recent centuries. Today, 4 populations are recovering in the U.S. Northern Rockies. Population connectivity is a conservation goal, as is reestablishing a population in the Bitterroot Ecosystem (Central Idaho and Western Montana).
Sloan Indigenous Graduate Partnership: Supporting Native American Graduate Students in Wildlife Biology
The Wildlife Biology Program (WBIO) at University of Montana is among the top-ranked wildlife programs in North America. In 2016, Academic Analytics ranked UM’s WBIO as the top program in the nation based on faculty research productivity. WBIO comprises 24 faculty and approximately 350 undergraduate and 65 graduate students. Based on current data, students in WBIO come from 44 states.