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New Mexico Technical Assistance Activities

Fisheries technical assistance to the Mescalero Apache Tribe, NM, to restore native Rio Grande cutthroat trout to their waters

As part of our mission, each of the Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit scientists and affiliated staff routinely provide technical assistance that includes data analysis, in-service training, GIS mapping, technical reviews of agency reports and management plans, captive breeding of imperiled fishes, to consultations of issues of state and regional importance to our cooperators. When Cooperator needs are beyond our area of expertise, we work to engage faculty and staff at NMSU.

New Mexico Unit scientists and affiliated staff serve as advisors to the Committee for Recovery of Rio Grande Silvery Minnow, Work Group for Conservation and Recovery of White Sands Pupfish, Workgroup for Recovery and Restoration of Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout, and the New Mexico Rocky Mountain Foundation Project Advisory Committee just to name a few. The Unit spearheaded the information development and writing of New Mexico’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy. The data used to develop the working document is currently housed at the Unit where it undergoes periodic revision to update the State’s most important strategic plan for conservation and planning of species at risk in New Mexico.

New Mexico Technical Assistance

  • Colleen CaldwellRestoration of Agua Chiquita Creek, Lincoln National Forest, represents a multi-agency effort (June 2011 - Present)
  • Colleen CaldwellProduction of Pacific white shrimp using glandless (gossypol-free) cottonseed meal to assess the efficacy of feeding glandless cottonseed meal in the production of shrimp as a value-added product for the cotton growers in southern New Mexico. (May 2011 - Present)
  • Colleen CaldwellReview of rotenone and its toxicity effects on target and non-target organisms (May 2011 - Present)
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New Mexico Professional Service

  • Colleen CaldwellMember, Research Grade Evaluation Panel, U.S. Geological Survey (October 2005 - October 2005)
  • Colleen CaldwellMember, Pecos Ecosystem Ecoteam (August 2003 - August 2004)
  • Bruce ThompsonMember, Research Grade Evaluation Panel, U.S. Geological Survey (June 2002 - June 2002)
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New Mexico University Service

  • James CainGraduate Program Committee Member, Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Ecology, New Mexico State University (August 2010 - August 2011)
  • Colleen CaldwellChair, Departmental Facilities and Space Committee (August 2010 - August 2011)
  • James CainHonors Committee, Texas A&M University-Commerce (May 2009 - May 2010)
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Current Staff

Federal Staff: 3

Masters Students: 14

Phd Students: 1

Post Docs: 1

University Staff: 4

5 Year Summary

Students graduated: 15

Scientific Publications: 59

Presentations: 111

 

Contact Us

New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Las Cruces, NM 88003-0003 Phone: (575) 646 - 6053 Fax: (575) 646 - 1281 Our University Web Site

Links

  1. New Mexico Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS)
  2. Early Detection of Invasive Species in Big Bend National

New Mexico Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Cooperators

  1. New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
  2. New Mexico State University
  3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
  4. U.S. Geological Survey