USGS: Biological Resource Discipline

Click in the picture below for more information on Biological Resources Discipline Regional Offices (Western, Central, Eastern), Science Centers, or libraries located in selected centers.

Alaska Science Center (ASC): Alaska Science Center (ASC)
4230 University Dr., Suite 201
Anchorage, AK 99508-4650
Phone: (907) 786-7000
Fax: (907) 786-7150
http://alaska.usgs.gov/science/biology/index.php
Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC): Pacific Island Ecosystems Research Center (PIERC)
677 Ala Moana Blvd. Suite 615,
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-587-7452
Fax: 808-587-7451
http://biology.usgs.gov/pierc
Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC): Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center (FRESC)
777 NW 9th St., Suite 400
Corvallis, OR 97330
Phone: (541) 750-1030
FAX: (541) 750-1069
http://fresc.usgs.gov
Western Ecological Research Center (WERC): Western Ecological Research Center (WERC)
3020 State University Drive East
Modoc Hall, Room 3006
Sacramento, CA 95819
tel: (916) 278-9485
fax: (916) 278-9475
Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC): Southwest Biological Science Center (SBSC)
2255 N. Gemini Drive
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Phone: 928.556.7094
Fax: 928.556.7092
http://sbsc.wr.usgs.gov
Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NRMCS): Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center (NRMCS)
BOX 173492,
Montana State University,
Bozeman, Montana, 59717-3492
http://www.nrmsc.usgs.gov
Fort Collins Science Center (FCSC): Fort Collins Science Center (FCSC)
2150 Centre Ave., Building C
Fort Collins, CO 80526-8118
Tel. 970.226.9100
Fax 970.226.9230
http://www.fort.usgs.gov
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC): Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center (NPWRC)
8711 37th Street Southeast,
Jamestown, North Dakota 58401
Phone: 701-253-5500
Fax: 701-253-5553
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov
Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC): Columbia Environmental Research Center (CERC)
4200 New Haven Road
Columbia, Missouri 65201-8709
Phone: 573.875.5399
Fax: 573.876.1896
http://www.cerc.usgs.gov
National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC): National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC)
700 Cajundome Blvd.
Lafayette, LA 70506-3154
Phone: 337-266-8500
Fax: 337-266-8513
http://www.nwrc.usgs.gov
Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center (UMESC): Upper Midwest Environmental Science Center (UMESC)
2630 Fanta Reed Road
La Crosse, WI 54603
Phone: 608-783-6451
Fax: 608-783-6066
http://www.umesc.usgs.gov
National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC): National Wildlife Health Center (NWHC)
6006 Schroeder Road
Madison, WI 53711-6223
Phone: (608) 270-2400
Fax: (608) 270-2415
http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov
Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC): Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC)
1451 Green Road
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105
Phone: (734) 994-3331
Fax: (734) 994-8780
http://www.glsc.usgs.gov
Leetown Science Center (LSC): Leetown Science Center (LSC)
11649 Leetown Road
Kearneysville, WV 25430
Phone: 304 724-4400
Fax: 304 724-4410
http://www.lsc.usgs.gov
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC): Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC)
Suite 4039
12100 Beech Forest Rd.
Laurel, MD 20708-4039
Phone: 301-497-5500
http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov
Florida Integrated Science Center (FISC): Florida Integrated Science Center (FISC)
Gainesville
7920 NW 71st Street
Gainesville, FL 32653
Tel: 352-378-8181, Fax: 352-378-4956
http://cars.er.usgs.gov
Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC): Western Fisheries Research Center (WFRC)
6505 NE 65th Street
Seattle, Washington 98115
Tel: 206-526-6282, Fax: 206-526-6654
http://wfrc.usgs.gov
Western Regional Office: Western Regional Office
909 First Ave., Suite #800
Seattle, Washington 98104
http://biology.usgs.gov/wro
Central Regional Office: Central Regional Office
Denver Federal Center
Building 20, Rm 1419
P.O. Box 25046
Denver, CO 80225
http://biology.usgs.gov/cro
Eastern Regional Office: Eastern Regional Office
11700 Leetown Road
Kearneysville, WV 25430
http://brdero.er.usgs.gov/
USGS Biological Resources Discipline (BRD): USGS Biological Resources Discipline (BRD)
National Headquarters
Reston, VA

The USGS has three regions: the eastern, central, and western. Regional Executives for Biology have offices located in Leetown, WV; Denver, CO; and Seattle, WA.

The USGS Biological Resources Discipline has science centers located throughout the United States. Typically, activities are closely aligned with the diversity of biological resources near each center.

Science center researchers represent a broad mix of scientific disciplines. Areas of expertise include aquatic systems (toxic material and other stressors), botany, ecosystem analysis and modeling, fishery chemistry and management, forest management, genetics, invertebrate zoology, museum curation, nutrition, statistical design and analysis, taxonomy and systematics, toxicology, urban ecology, and wildlife habitat evaluation.

Biological Resources science libraries are located at many of the science centers. Holdings and services at each library tend to reflect the center's research specialties as well as the realization that high-quality science and biological resource management depend upon reliable access to a wide variety of information.

Science Center Locations