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Our Research Goals

The Wildlife Program has five overarching goals that provide context for the science activities it supports:

1. Provide the scientific foundation for the conservation of terrestrial plants, wildlife, and habitats by developing the basic biological information that partners need to formulate adaptive management strategies,
   
   
2. Provide tools and techniques for effective science-based management, such as predictive models, decision support systems, and expert systems,
   
   
3. Identify the factors that contribute to and/or limit conservation and recovery efforts for terrestrial plant and wildlife species at risk,
   
   
4. Institute an adaptive science approach to support the adaptive management of terrestrial plants and wildlife and to provide technical assistance to natural resource managers, and
   
   
5. Enhance USGS wildlife research to meet emerging and future issues by building additional capabilities, expertise, and capacity in the Wildlife Program to meet the emerging needs of USGS partners.