Research Activities 



NWRC's new headquarters laboratory and 

 office building, located on the Foothills 

 Research Campus of Colorado State Univer- 

 sity, was completed in November 1998. 

 NWRC personnel moved into this state-of-the- 

 art research facility next door to the NWRC 

 Animal Research Building in January 1999. 

 The 82,000-square foot building houses 

 specialized laboratories for research on 

 chemistry, product development, birds, and 

 mammals. Space is also allocated to the 

 Center's research library, record and tissue 

 archives, a conference center, and office space 

 for 100 staff, visiting scientists, and students. 

 The new Wildlife Science Building was 

 dedicated on April 16, 1999, by USDA Deputy 

 Secretary of Agriculture Richard Rominger. 

 This was a historic day for WS and the NWRC. 



Plans are under way to begin construction in 

 FY 2000 of outdoor animal holding and testing 

 facilities and a support wing for the Animal 

 Research Building. 



NWRC's work is underwritten by appropriated 

 funds ($10,365 million in FY 1999), and that 

 figure is annually supplemented by additional 

 money coming to the program from outside 

 cooperators. In FY 1999, another $1.2 million 

 was made available for NWRC through 31 

 cooperative agreements. 



In 1999, the Center addressed the research 

 needs of the WS program and its customers 

 through 18 multiyear research projects 

 focusing on development research including 

 reproductive inhibitors and 

 immunocontraceptives, innovative live-capture 

 devices, improved traps and snares, and 

 maintenance of minor-use chemical pesti- 

 cides, repel lants, and attractants. The projects 

 involved bird damage to crops and aquacul- 

 ture; mammal damage to timber, rangeland, 

 and livestock; and wildlife threats to aviation 

 safety and T&E species. 



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