UMAINE'S COOPERATIVE RESEARCH UNIT EARNS EXCELLENCE IN SCIENCE AWARD FROM U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

ORONO, Maine, Oct. 7 -- University of Maine issued the following news release:

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 UMaine campus with federally employed scientists serving as full faculty. Current unit faculty - professor Joseph Zydlewski and recently-promoted associate professor Christina Murphy - are in UMaine'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 Mai...