external), habitat and habits, specimens examined, 

 and remarks. It is expected thai the first draft 

 of the manuscript will be completed in early 1964, 

 and that by the end of the year it will lie sub- 

 mitted in final form for publication. 



Walrus stmlirs. — Under an agreement with the 

 U.S. Public Health Service, various sections of a 

 manuscript on the Pacific walrus were completed 

 and reviewed by Bureau personnel. It is expected 

 that the walrus manuscript will he completed in 

 the spring of L964. 



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COOPERATIVE WILDLIFE RESEARCH 

 UNITS 



The nationwide Cooperative Wildlife Research 

 Unit program, active in 18 States, is in its 29th 

 year. Objectives of the program are to (1) con- 

 duct research basic to the management of wildlife 

 resources. (2) facilitate the training of wildlife 

 personnel at the college level, (3) provide, techni- 

 cal assistance to conservation agencies in their 

 wildlife management problems, and (4) promote 

 education through demonstration, lecture, and 

 publication. 



Each Unil is supported by the cooperating 

 State'-. Land Grant University and Game and 

 Fish Department, by the Wildlife Management 

 In-titute. and by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries 

 and Wildlife. All of the Units have additional 

 fund sources, and most Units have projects specifi- 

 cally financed by granting agencies. Each Unil 

 is administered by a Coordinating Committee in- 



cluding representatives of the University, the 



Game and Fish Department, and the Bureau of 

 Sport Fisheries and Wildlife. 



A new Unit was activated in 1963 at South 

 Dakota State University, Brookings, the L8th in 

 the system. 



Result:- of research completed during the year 

 are reported under applicable program activities 

 of the Bureau. The 18 Pints and Unit leaders are 

 listed in appendix I), and the 1-"..") publications for 

 the year are listed in appendix F. 



Wildlifi graduates at Unit schools. — Since the 

 inception of the Unit program in 1935, a total of 

 4,083 students have graduated from universities 

 where Cooperative Wildlife Research Units are 

 located. This number includes 2,906 with bache- 

 lors' degrees, 1,019 with masters' degrees, and 158 

 with doctoral degrees. 



During the school year of 1962-63, the following 

 received wildlife degrees from the Unit schools: 

 Bachelors, 162 ; masters, 50 ; doctors, 21 ; total, 233. 

 About 72 percent of the recipients of advanced de- 

 grees received financial aid or equipment from the 

 Units. 



Employment of 1962-63 graduates— The 233 

 wildlife graduates from Unit schools in 1962-63 

 were absorbed into the wildlife profession, except 

 for 18 entering military service and 25 of non- 

 wildlife or unknown employment. Wildlife em- 

 ployment thus claimed 89 percent of the bachelors' 

 graduates, 98 percent of the masters' graduates, 

 and 100 percent of the doctoral graduates. Wild- 

 life employment was distributed as follows: State 

 and Provincial conservation or game and fish de- 

 partments. 42: Federal conservation agencies, 38; 

 teaching (wildlife, and related). 11: and with 

 private agencies or as individual operators, 6. 



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