Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research 



The Montana Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit was formally 

 established February 8, 1950, with a signed Memorandum of Under- 

 standing describing the Unit objectives as follows: 



1. To provide technical and professional training on various 

 levels in wildlife management, teaching, research, demonstra- 

 tion and administration. 



2. To investigate and correlate the production, utilization, man- 

 agement and restoration of desirable populations of wildlife 

 compatible with good land use. 



3. To demonstrate research findings through extension and prac- 

 tical management of game and fur-bearing animals and of 

 other desirable species of wildlife, and encourage wildlife 

 restoration through programs with schools, youth clubs and 

 adult groups. 



4. To make available to land-owners and operators, sportsmen, 

 conservation officials, extension workers, teachers and others 

 the facts, methods and new findings discovered through re- 

 search, and through literature suited to local and State con- 

 ditions. 



5. To disseminate research findings through the publications of 

 reports, bulletins, circulars, and journal and magazine articles. 

 These to include scientific, semi-popular and popular materials 

 at all levels. 



The operation of the Unit is administered jointly through a 

 Coordinating Committee consisting of J. W. Severy, Montana State 

 University, Missoula; A. A. O'Claire, State Fish and Game Warden, 

 Helena; John J. Craighead, Unit Leader, U. S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, Missoula. Cooperators in this important program are the 

 Montana Fish and Game Commission which budgeted $7,385.00 and 

 $7,200.00 annually during the biennial period, Montana State Uni- 

 versity which makes its facilities available to the Unit, the U. S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service which provides the Unit Leader and other 

 facilities and the Wildlife Management Institute which gives 

 an annual gx'ant to the Unit. The location of this Unit at Montana 

 State University makes available facilities and services of technicians 

 in many specialized fields related to wildlife research problems. 



All projects handled by the Research Unit have been of immediate 

 interest and use to the Montana Fish and Game Commission. Find- 

 ings have represented an important aid to the betterment of wildlife 

 management in the State. 



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