[4] The Center's scientific and technical assistance publications, wildlife databases, and electronic media are used nationally and worldwide in managing biological resources.

The center also receives funds directly from agencies benefiting from its research and from other partner organizations, such as those co-located at its Laurel headquarters.

The land that currently encompasses the 12,841 acres (51.97 km2) of Patuxent Research Refuge was primarily used for farming from the colonial period until at least World War I.

Long before the area became a densely wooded haven for wildlife amidst a heavily populated urban corridor, the old Duvall and Lemons Bridges linked Prince Georges and Anne Arundel Counties.

[8] In 2017, the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center ended its 51-year effort to breed and train whooping cranes for release due to budget cuts.

In response, the Army said that it was taking steps to limit the environmental damage but that the golf courses were needed for "maintaining the quality of life for soldiers and their families.