MONTANA COOPERATIVE WILDLIFE RESEAR( M IMT 



The Montana Cooperative Wildlife Re- 

 search Unit was established at Montana State 

 University in Februar>- 8. 1958. It is operated 

 through a coordinating committee with repre- 

 sentatives from the State Fish and Game De- 

 partment, State University and U. S. Fish and 

 Wildlife Service. 



Objectives, as established, are: 



1. To provide technical and professional 

 training on various levels in wildlife 

 management, teaching, research, dem- 

 onstration and administration. 



2. To investigate and correlate the pro- 

 duction, utilization, management and 

 restoration of desirable populations of 

 wildlife compatible with good land use. 



3. To demonstrate research findings 

 through extension and practical man- 



agement of game and fur-bearing ani- 

 mals and of other desirable species of 

 wildlife, and encourage wildlife restor- 

 ation through programs with schools. 

 youth clubs and adult groups. 



To make available to land-owners and 

 operators, sportsmen, conser\'ation offi- 

 cials, extension workers, teachers and 

 others, the facts, methods and new 

 findings discovered through research, 

 and through literature suited to local 

 and state conditions. 



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. 



Rosrarrh I*rojort« 



1. Magpie Predation on Ringneck 

 Pheasants Completed 



2. Feed Requirements of 



Elk Calves 



:i. Population Study of Canada 



Geese in the Flathead Valley Continued 



4. Life History and Ecology of the 

 Marten in Glacier Park 



6, Motion Pictures of Unit 

 Activities . 



6. Aging of Fi.sher and Analysis 

 of Reproductive System 



7. Experiment.^ with the Pla.stii- 

 Jesse-Knot Marker Contmued 



8. Antelope Aging Completed 



9. Pliysiology of Bighorn Sheep Continued 



10. Mule Deer Population and 

 Rr.ngc Studies in Western 

 Montana 



1 1. Studies of Alpine Ecology in the 

 Northern Rocky Mountains Now 



12. Quantitative Aspects of 



Raptdi- Predation Continued 



