WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Researchers in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife have extensive and diverse projects spanning the globe. Please visit the links below to learn more about how we cooperate with other agencies and programs to produce cutting edge research in a variety of disciplines.

Studies in Avian Ecology at Oregon State

Oregon State University is one of the leading facilities in the world conducting research and offering graduate training related to avian ecology. Find out more about this exciting program.

Cooperative Forest Ecosystem Research
http://www.fsl.orst.edu/cfer/

The Cooperative Forest Ecosystem Research program (CFER) was developed to facilitate sound management of forest ecosystems, with emphasis on meeting priority research information needs of the BLM and ODF in western Oregon.

Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
http://fresc.fsl.orst.edu/

FRESC provides scientific understanding and technology to support sound management and conservation of forest and rangeland ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest and Intermountain West.

Foundation for Nature Research and Cultural Heritage Research
http://www.ninaniku.no/

The Foundation for Nature Research and Cultural Heritage Research (NINA•NIKU) is an independent non-profit research foundation. It consists of two institutes, the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (NINA) and the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU). The Foundation was established in 1994 and has its headquarter in Trondheim.

Game Bird Research Program
http://fw.oregonstate.edu/gamebird

The primary focus of the Game Bird Program is to further the understanding of habitat relationships of upland game birds. Currently, the Game Bird Research Program is investigating the comparative ecology of blue and ruffed grouse in sympatric ranges of western Oregon, continuing an on-going 15 year effort to understand habitat relationships and reproductive biology of sage grouse in southeast Oregon and is completing ground-breaking research on mountain quail ecology in southwest and northeast Oregon.

Long Term Ecological Research Program
http://www.fsl.orst.edu/lter/

Over its 15-year history the Andrews LTER program has become a major center for analysis of forest and stream ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest. Today, several dozen university and Federal scientists use this LTER site as a common meeting ground, working together to gain basic understanding of ecosystems and to apply this new knowledge in management policy.

Oregon State University Marine Mammal Institute
http://oregonstate.edu/groups/marinemammal/

The Oregon State University Marine Mammal Institute has studied the behavior, abundance, and distribution of marine mammals beginning with seals and sea lions in 1973. The program concentrated on population assesment and competition with fisheries until 1983. Cetacean studies began in 1979 with the use of conventional (short range) radio tags to track gray whales from Mexico to Alaska. Concurrent shore-based observations documented the timing of the north and south-bound gray whale passage off the Oregon coast. Since then, the Marine Mammal Program has pioneered the development of satellite-monitored radio tags to track many species of whales and dolphins principally around North America.

Pacific Northwest Ecosystem Research Consortium
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/pnw-erc

Goals of the consortium include understanding the consequences of possible societal decisions in the Pacific Northwest on human populations and ecosystems, and developing tools that will support management of ecosystems in the region.

U.S.E.P.A. Environmental Assessment and Monitoring Program
http://www.epa.gov/emap/

This site contains program information, data and metadata files, and publications. Data files and documents are organized by EMAP Resource Group or project in the drop-down boxes below. They are organized by geographic area in the lists on the right.

U.S.E.P.A. Northwest Biological Assessment Group
http://www.epa.gov/r10earth/offices/oea/aqbioass.html

The purpose of the Northwest Biological Assessment Workgroup (NBAW) is to promote better understanding of the biotic communities in freshwater aquatic ecosystems of the northwest. The NBAW was founded in 1990. The NBAW encourages and facilitates the use of benthic macroinvertebrates and fish assemblages and other biota in the assessment of the condition of freshwater aquatic resources and other environmental and natural resource management decision-making. Membership is open to anyone who is interested in freshwater biotic communities and their role in aquatic ecosystems in the Northwest (generally, but not limited to: Alaska, British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Northern California).

Wildlife Habitat Management Institute
http://www.whmi.nrcs.usda.gov

The mission of the Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, in cooperation with partners, is to develop and disseminate scientifically based technical materials that will assist NRCS field staffs in working with their customers and others to promote conservation stewardship of fish and wildlife and deliver sound habitat management principles and practices to America's land users.

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