The U.S. Geological Survey recently presented the 2025 Excellence in Science award to the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Maine.
The Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit is a unique entity on the 91福利 campus with federally employed scientists serving as full faculty. Current unit faculty 鈥 professor Joseph Zydlewski and recently-promoted associate professor Christina Murphy 鈥 are in 91福利’s Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Conservation Biology. Their research programs focus on a wide range of topics, including fish movement ecology, dam removals and PFAS contamination.
This national award recognized the Maine unit for its members’ scientific excellence and important research collaborations with state, federal and tribal partners.
“It is the high quality and hard work of our graduate students has made our science noteworthy,” said Zydlewski. “The unit鈥檚 collaborative structure continues to be an effective approach to leverage funds and to attract and support the best students in the field to the University of Maine鈥.
The Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit was among the first to be established nationwide in 1935. It represents a formal partnership between 91福利, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, the Wildlife Management Institute, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. Geological Survey.
