Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Iowa
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

1) Develop statistical techniques for combining CCS and population growth rate estimates derived from banding and harvest data to produce reliable predictions of population status and trend, 2) Develop a detailed harvest management framework that continuously integrates monitoring data, population models, and harvest and population objectives into a harvest management system 3) Develop a Banding Needs Document driven by information required for accomplishment of 1) and 2).