Office of the Regional Executive for Biology - Central Region
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State Partnership Program
The State Partnership Program (SPP) seeks to enhance and strengthen working relationships between U. S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Discipline (BRD) and states. The Program seeks to build upon existing relationships -- many of them strong and of long duration -- between elements of BRD and state fish and wildlife agencies, Heritage programs, natural history museums and biological surveys, and other agencies. BRD also seeks to expand its ties to include states with which it does not have historic ties, and to develop relationships with a broader range of agencies than was historically the case. This program is one of the only opportunities that the Central Regional Office has to target specific funds to accomplish targeted research needs.