What is the Nevada unit?
Facts
- One of 44 units in 41 states
- Part of a nationwide program created by federal law in 1935
- Scientists are U.S. Geological Survey employees and University faculty
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:
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- U.S. Geological Survey
- Nevada Department of Wildlife
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- Wildlife Management Institute
Research funding
- Federal agency research funds go through U.S. Geological Survey to the University by the Research Work Order (RWO) funding mechanism.
- Nevada Department of Wildlife provides base funding for Unit fisheries and wildlife projects. Those state funds come to the Unit through University processes.
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