Science Services Wildlife Research
The wildlife research program conducts, sponsors, and coordinates research that support the Bureau of Wildlife and the Division of Forestry. Goals include:
- Identifying and testing new and better ways of managing wildlife populations and forests, and
- Providing a science base for natural resource management.
Program staff identify potential management problems and opportunities for the DNR. They design, collect, analyze, and interpret new research results to solve these problems and test new management strategies; transfer scientific findings and published results to program managers; provide a pool of scientific expertise to provide consultation to management programs; and assist others to utilize the scientific method and address adaptive ecosystem management projects.
The wildlife research program provides a balance of research on landscape-scale ecosystem projects and on socially and economically important species (deer, waterfowl, grouse, turkeys) and species that are rare, threatened, or endangered (eagles, wolves, pine martens). Program staff lead or collaborate on multidisciplinary research teams addressing landscape scale ecosystem issues. Often staff identify and test strategies to maintain ecological diversity and sustainability of ecosystems while managing resources for products used by society.
This program also conducts research on new techniques such as sustainable agriculture and sustainable forestry to understand how these tools can be used to sustain ecosystems while providing a product for consumers.
Science Services is involved in various aspects of wildlife research. These areas include:
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