 Pennsylvania is conducting a three-year study partially funded by a Game Commission State Wildlife Grant and being led by Indiana University of Pennsylvania in an attempt to shed light on the daily and seasonal movements of woodrats, identify high-quality woodrat habitat, and learn whether providing food caches can boost a population.Their work will include radiotelemetry, DNA profiling and mark-recapture trapping.Maryland's Department of Natural Resources has conducted trappings and surveys to study the woodrat's habitat.