[Records], 1930-[ongoing]

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[Records], 1930-[ongoing]

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The nation's first Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit was established at Iowa State College (University) due primarily to the efforts of J. N. "Ding" Darling, acclaimed political cartoonist for The Des Moines Register. In January 1932, Darling proposed to Raymond Hughes, President (1927-1936) of Iowa State, that the institution should join with the Iowa Fish and Game Commission (Iowa Department of Natural Resources) in establishing a cooperative wildlife research program. A similar unit to study the state's fish populations was established in 1941. Efforts were made to establish fish and wildlife research programs coordinated at the federal level. In 1973, the fishery and wildlife units were combined under a single Research Division in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The units are now administered by the Biological Resources Discipline of the U.S. Geological Survey. The Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit supports research and educational programs related to natural resource conservation and management. Members of the Unit supervise graduate student research and education and also provide public support and education through lectures, workshops, conferences, and publications. The Unit is administratively associated with Iowa State University's Department of Natural Resource Ecology and Management, and with the College of Agriculture.

13.34 linear ft. (4 records center cartons, 16 document boxes, 1 card file box, 2 lantern slide boxes, and 1 map case folder)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Darling, Jay N. (Jay Norwood), 1876-1962

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Journalist and tireless advocate for preservation of the environment, Jay N. "Ding" Darling (1876-1962) spent the majority of his career working as an editorial cartoonist for the Des Moines Register. Twice awarded the Pulitzer Prize for syndicated editorial cartoons he drew almost daily between 1900 and 1949, in 1934-1935 he headed what is now the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, created the Federal Duck Stamp Program which has since restored thousands of acres of wet lands, and in 1936 founded ...

Iowa State University. Iowa Cooperative Fishery Research Unit

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Iowa State University. College of Agriculture

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Iowa State University. Dept. of Natural Resource Ecology and Management.

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Iowa. Dept. of Natural Resources.

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Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit

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The collection (1930-[ongoing]) contains administrative records as well as records related to the research activities of the Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. The records include biographical information, grant proposals, meeting minutes, projects, publications, reports, research materials, studies, and workshops that have been sponsored by the Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. The collection also contains a set of lantern slides which are housed in the vault. ...