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Our website is currently undergoing a major update. Be sure to visit regularly for the latest enhancements. Last updated September 30, 2025. 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 applied management questions.

Climate/Extreme Weather

Climate/Extreme Weather

Notes From the Field

Notes From the Field

Modeling and Population Monitoring

Modeling and Population Monitoring

Grasslands

Grasslands

Drought

Drought

Art and Science

Art and Science

Advanced Technologies

Advanced Technologies

Decision Science (Social Science)

Decision Science (Social Science)

Disease

Disease

Fire

Fire

Fishing and Hunting

Fishing and Hunting

Graduate Students

Graduate Students

Humans/One Health

Humans/One Health

Invasive Species

Invasive Species

Migration

Migration

Pollinators

Pollinators

Species of Greatest Conservation Need

Species of Greatest Conservation Need

Species Status Assessments

Species Status Assessments

Threatened and Endangered Species

Threatened and Endangered Species

Education

Southwestern and northwestern pond turtles (pottery by Kaili Gregory) Southwestern and northwestern pond turtles (pottery by Kaili Gregory)

Western pond turtles were recently split into two species the southwestern pond turtle and the northwestern pond turtles. Both species have exhibited substantial population declines and range contractions in recent decades. The causes of the declines are varied but include habitat loss, the introduction of exotic plant and wildlife species, and disease.
Southwestern and northwestern pond turtles (pottery by Kaili Gregory)

Southwestern and northwestern pond turtles (pottery by Kaili Gregory)

Western pond turtles were recently split into two species the southwestern pond turtle and the northwestern pond turtles. Both species have exhibited substantial population declines and range contractions in recent decades. The causes of the declines are varied but include habitat loss, the introduction of exotic plant and wildlife species, and disease.
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Ticks Harbor and Excrete Chronic Wasting Disease Prions by Heather Inzalaco 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.
Ticks Harbor and Excrete Chronic Wasting Disease Prions by Heather Inzalaco

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.
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Grizzly Bears: Predicted Space Use & Connectivity Pathways Poster by Sarah Sells, University of Montana 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).
Grizzly Bears: Predicted Space Use & Connectivity Pathways Poster by Sarah Sells, University of Montana

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).
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