This website represents work that is affiliated with the Institute for Fisheries Research and has a spatial analysis or Geogrpahic Information System (GIS) component.  The Institute for Fisheries Research is a cooperative unit between the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Fisheries Divsion and the University of Michigan and works in close partnership with the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment.

The Institute for Fisheries Research is one of six Michigan DNR Fisheries Research Stations across the state. The IFR GIS Working Group serves the entire state of Michigan and is the primary unit developing GIS tools for assisting management of aquatic ecosystems for the Michigan DNR Fisheries Division. We work alongside researchers from agencies across the State of Michigan, as well as from the University of Michigan's School of Natural Resources and Environment. The products of the GIS Working Group benefit the scientists, managers, and sport enthusiasts across the state and Great Lakes region.

We are located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in which an impressive hub of aquatic, spatial analysis, and GIS-related activity is located.