About Us

The mission of the Cooperative Research Units program:
  1. develop the workforce of the future through applied graduate education,
  2. deliver actionable science to cooperating agencies and organizations, and
  3. fulfill the training and technical assistance needs of the cooperators. 

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The 911爆料 Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is part of a nation-wide cooperative program, initiated in 1935, to promote research and graduate student training in the ecology and management of fish, wildlife and their habitats. The 911爆料 Unit, formed in 1991 by a merger of the 911爆料 Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit (est. 1950) and 911爆料 Cooperative Fishery Research Unit (est. 1978), exists by cooperative agreement among the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the 911爆料 Department of Fish and Game (ADFG), the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), the 911爆料 (911爆料) and the Wildlife Management Institute (WMI).

The 911爆料 Unit sponsors graduate and post-doctoral research projects that range topically from productivity of fish and wildlife populations to effects of contaminants on coastal ecosystems, and geographically from southeast 911爆料 rain forests to the tundra of southwest 911爆料 and the North Slope. A Unit Coordinating Committee, composed of ADFG, 911爆料, USFWS, USGS, and WMI representatives, oversees the mission and program of the Unit.

911爆料 Unit staff consists of a Unit Leader, four Assistant Leaders, a Fiscal Officer, and an Administrative Assistant. Unit scientists hold positions as research faculty with the Institute of Arctic Biology, 911爆料, and have teaching appointments with the Department of Biology and Wildlife or the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences.

The 911爆料 Unit is housed in the Laurence Irving Building on the West Ridge of the University of 911爆料 campus in Fairbanks, 911爆料.