Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

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AKCFWRU field images
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What is the Alaska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit?

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FACTS

  • One of 40 Cooperative Research Units in 38 states.
  • Part of a nationwide program created by Federal law in 1935.
  • Unit scientists are USGS employees with UAF faculty appointments.
  • 195 Unit students completed UAF graduate degrees since 1990.

MISSION

  • Graduate student training and instruction.
  • Technical assistance to cooperating agencies.
  • Integrated studies of fish and wildlife at the ecosystem level.
  • Research directed at resource management problems.

COOPERATORS

The Unit exists by cooperative agreement with:

  • University of Alaska Fairbanks
  • U. S. Geological Survey
  • Alaska Department of Fish & Game
  • U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  • Wildlife Management Institute

RESEARCH FUNDING

  • Federal agency research funds go through USGS to UAF by the Research Work Order (RWO) funding mechanism.
  • ADFG provides base funding for Unit fisheries and wildlife projects. State funds go to UAF through the reimbursable Services Agreement (RSA) process.
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