About Program
Our Research Goals
The Wildlife Program has five overarching goals that provide context for the science activities it supports:
- 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,
- Provide tools and techniques for effective science-based management, such as predictive models, decision support systems, and expert systems,
- Identify the factors that contribute to and/or limit conservation and recovery efforts for terrestrial plant and wildlife species at risk,
- 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
- 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.
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