Construction projects

Abstract The purpose of the Invasive Species Research Building project was to develop a research facility to be used to combat the nation’s growing invasive species problem. It would be used to study these species and formulate methods for controlling their spread and damage. It included laboratory space, a cage washing facility, a necropsy room, and climate-controlled animal rooms. The project was initiated in the summer of 2002 and was headed up by William Dusenberry, the Program Manager for...

Abstract The Master Plan NWRC Headquarters Site collection documents the transition to and growth of the Nationa Wildlife Research Center's Foothills Campus site in Fort Collins, CO. Originally located in Denver, CO under the name of the Denver Wildlife Research Center (DWRC), the NWRC came into existence with the signing of a land lease in 1990 between APHIS and Colorado State University (CSU). In 1993 construction began on the first building at the site, the Animal Research Building (ARB.)...

Abstract

The NWRC Historical Images Collection (NWRC 0044) contains hundreds of images dated 1895 to 2002. Included are images of staff members at work, wildlife whose damage the Center works to manage, various buildings the Center and its predecessors have occupied, as well as images of events and special projects.

Scope and Contents

This collection includes blueprints and images documenting the construction of the 1938 addition to Pocatello Supply Depot (PSD) warehouse, in addition to images depicting general operations at PSD in the 1990s. Also included are annual, financial and other types of reports dating from the 1930s-1970s.

Some items in this collection do not directly pertain to the PSD.