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

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Elk in Pottersdale, PA.

Cooperative Research Units have three facets to their mission: Education, Research, and Technical Assistance.

The mission of the Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is to conduct interdisciplinary applied and basic research in fish and wildlife management and contribute to graduate education.

The Unit's research emphasis is on integrating ecology and management of terrestrial and aquatic habitats, evaluating the effects of human activities on wildlife, fish, and their habitats, and providing guidelines for restoring and maintaining important terrestrial and aquatic communities.

Unit personnel contribute to graduate education by engaging graduate students in research projects and teaching graduate level courses.

For more information contact:
Unit Leader: Dr. Duane Diefenbach (wildlife)
Assistant Unit Leader: Dr. Tyler Wagner (fisheries)
Assistant Unit Leader: Dr. W. David Walter (wildlife)

For a map of our location please see the link on the home page