Analysis of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Herring Gull Eggs in the Great Lakes

Post Date

February 4th 2013

Application Due Date

November 30th -0001

There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source grant to the University of Maryland under justification 505DM 2.14B 4.

Funding Opportunity Number

F13AS00072

CFDA Number(s)

15.662

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Environment
Science and Technology and other Research and Development

Number of Awards

1

Eligibility Categories

Other

There is not an application process for this funding opportunity. This is a notice of intent to award a single source grant to the University of Maryland under justification 505DM 2.14B 4.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $80250

• Award Range:

  $0 - $0

Grant Description

The Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CEC) herring gull project will be a landscape scale project conducted within the Great Lakes basin to evaluate the status and trends of CECs through the analysis of herring gull eggs already collected from U.S. colonies. Dr. William Bowerman of the University of Maryland and formerly of Clemson University has led the U.S. egg collection program and coordinates the analyses of legacy contaminants (e.g. PCBs and DDT) in these eggs in conjunction with the Great Lakes Herring Gull Monitoring Program (GLHGMP). Through this ongoing partnership, the USFWS East Lansing Field Office (ELFO) Environmental Contaminants (EC) Program will analyze a representative sub-sample or aliquot of individually archived herring gull eggs and composites from selected colonies sampled in the U.S. since the inception of herring gull egg collection in the U.S. The list of analytes will be coordinated with Carleton University and Environment Canada based on their latest CEC findings in the eggs they have most recently analyzed for the GLHGMP. The analysis of CECs will initially include colonies of Isle Royale National Park and Grand Traverse Bay, as well as within U.S. Areas of Concern (AOCs) including: Saginaw Bay, River Raisin, and the St. Mary's River.

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of the Interior

• Office:

  Fish and Wildlife Service

• Agency Contact:

  Jeremy N. Moore, 517-490-4657
  jeremy_n_moore@fws,gov
  

• Agency Mailing Address:

  jeremy_n_moore@fws,gov

• Agency Email Address:

  jeremy_n_moore@fws,gov

• More Information:

  http://www.grants.gov/