New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Cooperators:

Cooperative Research Units at U. S. Geological Survey

Department of Natural Resources at Cornell University

New York State Department Environmental Conservation

Wildlife Management Institute

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Northeast Region

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William L. Fisher - Unit Leader wlf9@cornell.edu

Melinda von Gordon - Administrative Assistant mnm23@cornell.edu

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Program Statement

The New York Cooperative Research Unit is one of 40 units in 38 states established for the purpose of enhancing the management of this nation's renewable resources. We accomplish this by:

1. developing a problem solving research program;

2. enhancing the educational and employment opportunities of resource professionals and degree candidates; and

3. effectively interacting with management personnel, and information and education transfer specialists.

The New York Cooperative Research Unit pays particular attention to the resource problems and issues of the Northeastern States with New York as its focal point. Based at Cornell University in the Department of Natural Resources, we work cooperatively within a department structure, but with the option to transcend organizational lines when the need arises. Our efforts are directed not only at maintaining productive programs in our own areas of interest, but also in seeking funds for and coordinating the planning of other research and management faculty/staff at the University and within the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Northeast Regional Office. In accomplishing this we are aided by a select, high quality group of graduate students and research affiliates who understand science, people, and the need to grow and produce in their specialty.

2006 Annual Report

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Contact us:

New York Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

Fernow Hall, Room 206F

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone 607-255-2839, Fax 607-255-1895