Fish and Wildlife
Natural resource management involves wildlife (game and other), fish, and an understanding of conservation ecology. New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station scientists and affiliated faculty conduct research on the ecology of a variety of wildlife found in New Mexico and surrounding areas.
| Title | Principal Investigator | Funding Source |
|---|---|---|
| Information on USDA-funded projects may be found by using the assisted search option on the USDA Current Research Information System (CRIS). | ||
| Biogeography and Biodiversity: Populations in Patchy and Fragmented Landscapes | Mark Andersen | Federal (Hatch) and State Appropriations |
| Large Mammal Monitoring for the Southwest Jemez Mountains Collaborative Forest Landscape Restoration Project | James Cain | USDA Forest Service Valles Caldera Trust |
| Desert Bighorn Lamb Mortality and Monitoring in Southwestern New Mexico | James Cain | NM Department of Game and Fish |
| Estimation of Black Bear Abundance and Densities in New Mexico Using Non-Invasive Genetic Analysis | James Cain, Gary Roemer, William Gould | NM Department of Game and Fish |
| Determining Limiting Factors of Pecos Bluntnose Shiner in the Farmlands Reach of the Pecos River | Colleen Caldwell | US Geological Survey |
| Restoration of Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout to the Mescalero Apache Reservation, New Mexico | Colleen Caldwell | Mescalero Apache Tribe |
| Conservation Ecology of Aquatic Systems in Water-Stressed Regions | David Cowley | Federal (Hatch) and State Appropriations |
| Population and community Structure of Grassland and Shrub-Adapted Avifauna of the Chihuahuan Desert and Great Plains Ecoregions | Martha Desmond | Federal (Hatch) and State Appropriations |
| Preserving Connectivity among Protected Lands across the Border Region of the American Southwest | Gary Roemer | Federal (Hatch) and State Appropriations |
| Big Game Ungulate Studies on Tribal and Private Lands in New Mexico | Raul Valdez | Federal (Hatch) and State Appropriations |