USGS Cooperative Fish & Wildlife Research Units Program: Indiana

The Indiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is a partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Purdue University, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, and the Wildlife Management Institute.

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Shawn Crimmins
Unit Leader
crimmis@purdue.edu

The 43rd USGS Cooperative Research Unit (CRU) is now located at Purdue Forestry and Natural Resources. The Indiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is a partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Purdue University, Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Wildlife Management Institute.

The Indiana CRU will consist of 2-5 federal scientists along with graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and administrative specialists. Federal scientists will serve as faculty at Purdue University, teaching graduate-level courses, supervising graduate students and postdocs, offering workshops for students and cooperators and conducting research on natural resources topics. Once created, each CRU formalizes research priorities, like aquatic conservation or wildlife disease. Indiana CRU partners will decide these in the coming months.

Shawn Crimmins, Unit Leader, Indiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit.
Shawn Crimmins
Unit Leader
FORS Rm 102
195 Marsteller Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907
765-494-3574
crimmis@purdue.edu

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