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By Cooperative Research Units February 19, 2026

The Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (est. 1936) is a partnership among the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, University of Vermont, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Wildlife Management Institute.

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The Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit conducts applied research supporting conservation of fish, wildlife, and freshwater ecosystems. 

 Its work includes population ecology, habitat assessment, and conservation of imperiled species such as freshwater mussels, with long‑term studies informing recovery and management strategies.

Red Spruce Forest Condition in Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel Distribution Red Spruce Forest Condition in Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel Distribution

These data are forest stand structure observations for high elevation red spruce and northern hardwood forest communities in the central Appalachians of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia associated with known Virginia northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus) presence points and user generated random points. Data were extracted from U.S. Forest Service TreeMap spatial model...
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Climate Adaptation Science Centers

North River Gameland, North Carolina Myotis septentrionalis Day-roosts North River Gameland, North Carolina Myotis septentrionalis Day-roosts

These data contain located day-roosts for the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) at the North River Game Land, North Carolina in May and June of 2019. Data contained include individual bat tracked, date day-roost was found, day-roost unique ID, geographic coordinates of day-roost, tree species of day-roost, diameter breast height (cm) of day-roost, day-roost decay-stage...
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Cooperative Research Units

Carolina northern flying squirrel presence and pseudo-absence points in the Southern Appalachian red spruce-Fraser fir sky islands Carolina northern flying squirrel presence and pseudo-absence points in the Southern Appalachian red spruce-Fraser fir sky islands

Carolina northern flying squirrel presence and pseudo-absence points for eight high elevation North Carolina, Tennesse, and Virginia red spruce-Fraser fir forests. Data includes corresponding habitat variables (distance to spruce-fir forest, northern red oak forest, northern hardwood forest, open areas) and topographic variables (elevation, topographic exposure index, aspect), latitude...
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Cooperative Research Units

Avian occupancy and habitat data in Georgia pine savannas in 2022 Avian occupancy and habitat data in Georgia pine savannas in 2022

This dataset includes information on detections of Bachman's Sparrow, Northern Bobwhite, and Red-cockaded Woodpecker at 161 locations in Georgia, USA. In addition to detections of birds and corresponding detection covariates (date, time, temperature, and observer), habitat metrics derived from satellite imagery and on-the-ground vegetation measurements are included.
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Cooperative Research Units

Boxed in or branching out? Movement and resource selection of eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) in an urban green space Boxed in or branching out? Movement and resource selection of eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) in an urban green space

The eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) is a long-lived terrestrial turtle species distributed throughout the eastern United States that has experienced widespread population decline. Many eastern box turtle populations are persisting as remanent populations in small, fragmented urban green spaces. We investigated the movement and resource selection of eastern box turtles...
Authors
Max D. Jones, Kenneth B. Ferebee, W. Mark Ford, Elizabeth Ann Hunter
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Cooperative Research Units

Spatial occupancy patterns of the endangered northern long‐eared bat in New England Spatial occupancy patterns of the endangered northern long‐eared bat in New England

Aim White-nose syndrome has caused severe declines in eastern North American cave bats, leading to the federal listing of the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) as endangered in the United States and Canada. This has heightened the importance of long-term monitoring to inform species status assessments. We employed a combination of long-term repeated and single-season...
Authors
Jesse L De La Cruz, Sabrina M. Deeley, Elizabeth Ann Hunter, W. Mark Ford
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Cooperative Research Units

Satellite imagery can predict bird species occupancy and inform multispecies management in pine savannas Satellite imagery can predict bird species occupancy and inform multispecies management in pine savannas

Multispecies management can contribute to meeting growing challenges of preserving biodiversity, yet current game and threatened species management often focuses on individual species. Satellite imagery available at high spatial and temporal resolution provides a potential tool to overcome the challenge posed by multispecies management of linking patterns of habitat use among species. We...
Authors
Cory R. Allred, Todd M. Schneider, Elizabeth Ann Hunter
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Cooperative Research Units

The Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit (est. 1936) is a partnership among the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, University of Vermont, the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Wildlife Management Institute.

Media
Image: Carolina Northern Flying Squirrel
Sources/Usage: Public Domain. View Media Details

The Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit conducts applied research supporting conservation of fish, wildlife, and freshwater ecosystems. 

 Its work includes population ecology, habitat assessment, and conservation of imperiled species such as freshwater mussels, with long‑term studies informing recovery and management strategies.

Red Spruce Forest Condition in Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel Distribution Red Spruce Forest Condition in Virginia Northern Flying Squirrel Distribution

These data are forest stand structure observations for high elevation red spruce and northern hardwood forest communities in the central Appalachians of Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia associated with known Virginia northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus) presence points and user generated random points. Data were extracted from U.S. Forest Service TreeMap spatial model...
By
Climate Adaptation Science Centers

North River Gameland, North Carolina Myotis septentrionalis Day-roosts North River Gameland, North Carolina Myotis septentrionalis Day-roosts

These data contain located day-roosts for the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) at the North River Game Land, North Carolina in May and June of 2019. Data contained include individual bat tracked, date day-roost was found, day-roost unique ID, geographic coordinates of day-roost, tree species of day-roost, diameter breast height (cm) of day-roost, day-roost decay-stage...
By
Cooperative Research Units

Carolina northern flying squirrel presence and pseudo-absence points in the Southern Appalachian red spruce-Fraser fir sky islands Carolina northern flying squirrel presence and pseudo-absence points in the Southern Appalachian red spruce-Fraser fir sky islands

Carolina northern flying squirrel presence and pseudo-absence points for eight high elevation North Carolina, Tennesse, and Virginia red spruce-Fraser fir forests. Data includes corresponding habitat variables (distance to spruce-fir forest, northern red oak forest, northern hardwood forest, open areas) and topographic variables (elevation, topographic exposure index, aspect), latitude...
By
Cooperative Research Units

Avian occupancy and habitat data in Georgia pine savannas in 2022 Avian occupancy and habitat data in Georgia pine savannas in 2022

This dataset includes information on detections of Bachman's Sparrow, Northern Bobwhite, and Red-cockaded Woodpecker at 161 locations in Georgia, USA. In addition to detections of birds and corresponding detection covariates (date, time, temperature, and observer), habitat metrics derived from satellite imagery and on-the-ground vegetation measurements are included.
By
Cooperative Research Units

Boxed in or branching out? Movement and resource selection of eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) in an urban green space Boxed in or branching out? Movement and resource selection of eastern box turtles (Terrapene carolina carolina) in an urban green space

The eastern box turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina) is a long-lived terrestrial turtle species distributed throughout the eastern United States that has experienced widespread population decline. Many eastern box turtle populations are persisting as remanent populations in small, fragmented urban green spaces. We investigated the movement and resource selection of eastern box turtles...
Authors
Max D. Jones, Kenneth B. Ferebee, W. Mark Ford, Elizabeth Ann Hunter
By
Cooperative Research Units

Spatial occupancy patterns of the endangered northern long‐eared bat in New England Spatial occupancy patterns of the endangered northern long‐eared bat in New England

Aim White-nose syndrome has caused severe declines in eastern North American cave bats, leading to the federal listing of the northern long-eared bat (Myotis septentrionalis) as endangered in the United States and Canada. This has heightened the importance of long-term monitoring to inform species status assessments. We employed a combination of long-term repeated and single-season...
Authors
Jesse L De La Cruz, Sabrina M. Deeley, Elizabeth Ann Hunter, W. Mark Ford
By
Cooperative Research Units

Satellite imagery can predict bird species occupancy and inform multispecies management in pine savannas Satellite imagery can predict bird species occupancy and inform multispecies management in pine savannas

Multispecies management can contribute to meeting growing challenges of preserving biodiversity, yet current game and threatened species management often focuses on individual species. Satellite imagery available at high spatial and temporal resolution provides a potential tool to overcome the challenge posed by multispecies management of linking patterns of habitat use among species. We...
Authors
Cory R. Allred, Todd M. Schneider, Elizabeth Ann Hunter
By
Cooperative Research Units
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