Part of the US Geological Survey, Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program – Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit is in the Department of Ecology, Fish and Wildlife Ecology and Management Program at Montana State University. Research at the Montana Cooperative Fishery Research Unit is problem oriented and provides our Cooperators (Montana State University; Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks; U.S. Geological Survey; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) and other agencies with useful and practical information needed to understand and manage fishery resources in the Rocky Mountains and northern Great Plains.