Skip to main content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

News

World's Longest Mule Deer Migration

Red Desert to Hoback, Wyoming

Learn more

Beluga Whale in Cook Inlet, Alaska

Learn more

Outdoors News Bulletin

Research Archives Wildlife Management Institute

Learn more

New Unit at Michigan State University

Focuses on climate change, invasive species, and emerging fish and wildlife diseases

Learn more

New Unit at University of Nevada, Reno

Focuses on human dimensions and the importance of wildlife conservation to the public’s overall quality of life.

Learn more

Conservation Atlas

Map-based decision support tool

Learn more

Stories from the Field

Learn more

Here's the latest news from the Cooperative Research Units Program.  Click below for FY 2023 Interior appropriations summary.

FY23 Appropriations Bill Summary

Montana Fishery Podcast

Man standing next to river with a fishing pole and mountains in the background
From alpine meadows to great white sharks

Restoring grasslands with fire in Nebraska

Fire management at Agate Fossil Beds National Monument, Nebraska.
Using fire to restore grasslands in Nebraska

University News

News, graduate awards, and cutting edge research across the Units on University campuses.

Recent News
Filter Total Items: 35
link

Home for the Holidays: Follow One Mule Deer’s 242-Mile Journey Across the Changing American West

As the shortest day of the year arrives, many of us are traveling home for the holidays. Many migratory deer around the West are just arriving at...

Read Article
link

New big game migration maps support conservation planning across the West

LARAMIE, Wyo.—The USGS, in partnership with state and Tribal wildlife agencies, today published the third volume in a series of new maps of big game...

Read Article
link

Population declines in Alaska beluga whale population may be linked to low birth and survival rates

Researchers studied over a decade of photographic records of individual whales and determined that belugas in Alaska's Cook Inlet have relatively low...

Read Article
link

Michigan State University and USGS team up in state-federal partnership for fishery and wildlife science

Michigan to host the 42nd USGS Cooperative Research Unit

Read Article
link

Energy development in migration corridors affects mule deer access to best forage

Findings highlight the need for migration maps in future development decisions

Read Article
link

Secretary Haaland Announces Progress Toward Conservation and Restoration of Wildlife Corridors and Habitat Connectivity

Grants to states and Tribes, new partnerships, and innovative science part of suite of announcements helping to advance wildlife corridor work at the...

Read Article
link

How Can Managers Respond to Changing Ecosystems?

A new Special Section in the journal BioScience provides an in-depth exposition of the Resist-Accept-Direct framework, a new approach to guide natural...

Read Article
link

Restoring Prehistoric Juvenile Gulf Sturgeon from Louisiana to Florida

Little is understood about the behavior, location, and habitat preferences of juvenile Gulf sturgeon. To learn more about this prehistoric fish, the...

Read Article
link

Northern Spotted Owl Still Fights for Survival

Three studies highlight how the interactions between northern spotted owl and the invasive barred owl are intertwined. 

Read Article
link

Friday's Findings - October 1 2021

Glucocorticoid hormones associated with reduced White-tailed deer fawn survival

Date: October 1, 2021 from 2-2:30 p.m. eastern time

Speakers: Tess...

Read Article
link

Nevada Becomes 39th State to Create Multi-Agency Cooperative Research Unit

The newly formed Nevada Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit brings state and federal wildlife-management resources together, providing for a...

Read Article
link

Friday's Findings - August 6 2021

Structured decision making and adaptive management with the Central Valley Project Improvement Act fisheries program…progress? 

Date: August 6, 2021...

Read Article