About NPWRC
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
- Introduction, Mission, Guiding Principles, and History
- Facility Descriptions -- The Northern Prairie Wildlife Research
Center is composed of the Headquarters at Jamestown, North Dakota; Field Stations in North Dakota,
South Dakota, and Minnesota; on- and off-site Library, Laboratory, Remote
Sensing, GIS, Photo and Digital
Imaging, Herbarium, and Experimental Pond facilities; and a study area located
at Cottonwood Lake in North Dakota.
- A New Center for Waterfowl Research -- A 1966 journal article about the opening of Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (Published in the Naturalist, 1966).
Our Staff
- Staff Directory -- Names, titles, phone numbers, and profiles of Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center staff.
- The staff of Northern Prairie includes specialists in many areas including:
- Ecology, habitat requirements, behavior, population dynamics, and management of waterfowl and other waterbirds
- Wetland ecology, classification, and management
- Mammalian predator ecology, behavior, and management
- Ecology of large mammals, especially wolf, deer, and elk
- Invertebrate ecology
- Amphibian ecology
- Ecology and habitat requirements of grassland-nesting birds
- Grassland ecology and management, including vegetation dynamics, fire ecology, and biological invasions
- Plant population biology, community analysis, and modeling
- Vegetation community ecology and classification
- Land management
- Wildlife population dynamics and assessment
- Simulation modeling of wildlife populations and distributions, including biotic effects of global climate change and responses of waterfowl to management practices
- Development of biotic monitoring protocols
- Statistical, remote sensing, and geographical information systems applications to wildlife ecology
Our Science
Our Partners
USGS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
8711 37th Street Southeast
Jamestown, North Dakota 58401
Phone: (701) 253-5500
Fax: (701) 253-5553
Email: npwrc@usgs.gov
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