{"id":220,"date":"2018-10-01T16:02:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T20:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/?page_id=220"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:55:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:55:06","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-328 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1572\" height=\"156\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/banner.jpg 1572w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/banner-300x30.jpg 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/banner-768x76.jpg 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/banner-1024x102.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/banner-105x10.jpg 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/banner-317x31.jpg 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/banner-423x42.jpg 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/banner-634x63.jpg 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/banner-846x84.jpg 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/banner-951x94.jpg 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/banner-1268x126.jpg 1268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1572px\" \/><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1340 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2025\/12\/Untitled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2025\/12\/2024-third-draft-20251201-reduced-size.pdf\">Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit 2024 Report<\/a><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">View research projects from 2023-2024 by current faculty and graduate students in the Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology University of Maine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-309 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/footer-3-1024x104.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/footer-3-1024x104.png 1024w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/footer-3-300x31.png 300w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/footer-3-768x78.png 768w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/footer-3-105x11.png 105w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/footer-3-317x32.png 317w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/footer-3-423x43.png 423w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/footer-3-634x65.png 634w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/footer-3-846x86.png 846w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/footer-3-951x97.png 951w, https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mainecoopunit\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/478\/2018\/10\/footer-3.png 1118w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Unit 2024 Report View research projects from 2023-2024 by current faculty and graduate students in the Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit and the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology University of Maine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":997,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/page-withsidebar.php","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-220","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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