Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
The Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (est. 1937) is a partnership among the Missouri Department of Conservation, University of Missouri, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Wildlife Management Institute.
The Missouri Unit began in 1936 when the citizens of Missouri voted to amend the State’s constitution to create a politically independent Conservation Commission. The first official act of the Conservation Commission was to establish a Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Missouri. Objectives were settled upon quickly and were “to conduct scientific research on the wildlife of Missouri” and “to educate students, both in technical phases of wildlife management and general aspects of wildlife conservation.”
Research conducted by Missouri Unit scientists are strongly linked to the information need of the cooperators. Much of the research involves graduate students or post docs that develop a thesis, dissertation, and/or manuscripts from the research. Current projects by Missouri Unit scientists include determining the role of private elands for migrating waterfowl, evaluation of harvest regulations for geese, how climate change will affect fish habitat, refining ecological flow metrics for streams, conservation planning for large landscapes, endangered species recovery efforts in the Midwest and Southwest, and evaluation of habitat augmentation efforts for sportfish.
Because Missouri Unit scientists meet the information needs of the cooperators, funding and partners from the research are often from state and federal agencies such as the Missouri Department of Conservation, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, USDA, USGS, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service. Much of the work is also linked to larger-scale initiatives by agencies such as Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative, and the National Fish Habitat Initiative.
Part of the mission of the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is to teach graduate-level courses that supplement existing graduate coursework taught by university faculty. The Missouri Unit scientists will teach courses with topics such as fisheries science and management, and wetland and waterfowl ecology
The Missouri Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (est. 1937) is a partnership among the Missouri Department of Conservation, University of Missouri, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Wildlife Management Institute.
The Missouri Unit began in 1936 when the citizens of Missouri voted to amend the State’s constitution to create a politically independent Conservation Commission. The first official act of the Conservation Commission was to establish a Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Missouri. Objectives were settled upon quickly and were “to conduct scientific research on the wildlife of Missouri” and “to educate students, both in technical phases of wildlife management and general aspects of wildlife conservation.”
Research conducted by Missouri Unit scientists are strongly linked to the information need of the cooperators. Much of the research involves graduate students or post docs that develop a thesis, dissertation, and/or manuscripts from the research. Current projects by Missouri Unit scientists include determining the role of private elands for migrating waterfowl, evaluation of harvest regulations for geese, how climate change will affect fish habitat, refining ecological flow metrics for streams, conservation planning for large landscapes, endangered species recovery efforts in the Midwest and Southwest, and evaluation of habitat augmentation efforts for sportfish.
Because Missouri Unit scientists meet the information needs of the cooperators, funding and partners from the research are often from state and federal agencies such as the Missouri Department of Conservation, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, USDA, USGS, US Fish and Wildlife Service, and the National Park Service. Much of the work is also linked to larger-scale initiatives by agencies such as Landscape Conservation Cooperatives, Migratory Bird Habitat Initiative, and the National Fish Habitat Initiative.
Part of the mission of the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is to teach graduate-level courses that supplement existing graduate coursework taught by university faculty. The Missouri Unit scientists will teach courses with topics such as fisheries science and management, and wetland and waterfowl ecology