Now in its 30th year, the Cooperative Wildlife 

 Eftsearch Unit program, active in 18 States, has 

 the following objectives: (1) Conduct research 

 basic to the progressive management of wildlife 

 resources; (2) facilitate training of wildlife per- 

 sonnel at the graduate level ; (3) provide technical 

 assistance to conservation agencies in wildlife 



COOPERATIVE WILDLIFE RESEARCH UNITS 



management problems ; and (4) promote education 

 through demonstration, lecture, and publication. 

 Each unit is supported by the cooperating 

 State's land-grant university and game and fish 

 department, by the Wildlife Management Insti- 

 tute, and by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and 

 Wildlife. All of the units have additional fund 



Number of Cooperative Wildlife Research Units by calendar years, 193.'>-64. (Chart by Lee E. Yeager) 



68 



