Nearly all faculty in NREM conduct research in their particular field of interest. In addition, there are two units associated with NREM that coordinate research projects in specific areas:

• The Iowa Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
• The North Central Regional Aquaculture Center

The department also has several specialized research capabilities:

• Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Lab
• Indoor intensive aquaculture labs
• ISU Aquatic Research Facility (ISU-ARF)
• Landscape Ecology and Sustainable Ecosystem Modeling Lab
• Wood products lab

Some NREM-associated research projects maintain their own web sites. Here is a sampling:

• Vegetative Environmental Buffers
• Iowa Gap Analysis
• Status of Henslow's Sparrows
• Development of the Iowa Rivers Information System (pdf file)
• The ISU Biocomposites Research Group
• Riparian Management Systems (Buffers)
• Missouri River Benthic Fishes Study
• Iowa Woodland Invasive Speices Survey
• Shelterbelt Agroforestry Modeling System
• Spatial Ecology and Landscape Research Network
• Restoration Ecology, the Science II Prairie web site