The vision of the Eastern Ecological Science Center (EESC) is to be recognized as a world leader in fish, wildlife and associated ecosystem science through scientific excellence and responsiveness to society’s needs. Through the combined, varied expertise of the scientists from the Leetown Science Center and the Patuxent Wildlife Researcher Center, the EESC is well-positioned to address increasingly complex ecosystem-level management challenges natural resource managers are facing to conserve, manage, and restore fish and wildlife, that have historically been addressed through traditional single-species management approaches. Our center’s scientific expertise that can address a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial...