The Natural Resource Program Center (NRPC) is a national center in Fort Collins, Colorado, that provides state-of-the art, interdisciplinary science to inform the planning and management decisions of the National Wildlife Refuge System. The NRPC includes branches of Inventory and Monitoring, Air Quality, Water Resources, and Human Dimensions, as well as the Wildlife Health Office. By integrating these scientific disciplines, the NRPC can address the biologically and socially complex management challenges within and beyond refuge boundaries.
The NRPC increases the Refuge System’s ability to conserve wildlife and habitat by: