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Current Research Projects - 2026 field Season
AOC Monitoring
PFAS and Lake Michigan LAMP
PFAS and Lake Michigan LAMP
This current research is in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with funding through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, WOWRI affiliated researchers are sampling the blood of bald eagles in Michigan Areas of Concern of the Kalamazoo, Detroit, and St. Clair rivers, Saginaw Bay and River, and the River Raisin, monitorin
This current research is in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with funding through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, WOWRI affiliated researchers are sampling the blood of bald eagles in Michigan Areas of Concern of the Kalamazoo, Detroit, and St. Clair rivers, Saginaw Bay and River, and the River Raisin, monitoring eagles for data to delist the Beneficial Use Impairment of Wildlife Populations and Deformities.
PFAS and Lake Michigan LAMP
PFAS and Lake Michigan LAMP
PFAS and Lake Michigan LAMP
This current research in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and with funding through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, WOWRI affiliated researchers are sampling the blood of bald eagles for the Lake Michigan Lakewide Action and Management Plan and specifically looking at PFAS contamination. PFAS are immuno-suppressa
This current research in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and with funding through the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, WOWRI affiliated researchers are sampling the blood of bald eagles for the Lake Michigan Lakewide Action and Management Plan and specifically looking at PFAS contamination. PFAS are immuno-suppressants, which can affect wildlife and make them more susceptible to disease
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PFAS on Ceded lands
Training and Surveys
Training and Surveys
In partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, WOWRI affiliated researchers are working on ceded tribal lands and taking some of the blood drawn from eagles for use in analyzing for PFAS, often called the forever chemicals. PFAS can have immuno-suppressive effects and looking at PFAS levels in bald eagles might provide insight into the a
In partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, WOWRI affiliated researchers are working on ceded tribal lands and taking some of the blood drawn from eagles for use in analyzing for PFAS, often called the forever chemicals. PFAS can have immuno-suppressive effects and looking at PFAS levels in bald eagles might provide insight into the alarming die off from HPAI (bird flu) that happened in Michigan in 2022.
Training and Surveys
Training and Surveys
Training and Surveys
The Little Traverse Bay Bands of the Odawa Indians is an important partner for the researchers at WOWRI. We work with them on the nests on the ceded lands and areas that hold spiritual significance for the tribe. We are adding special colored bands and conducting nestling surveys. We are also training their natural resources staff so tha
The Little Traverse Bay Bands of the Odawa Indians is an important partner for the researchers at WOWRI. We work with them on the nests on the ceded lands and areas that hold spiritual significance for the tribe. We are adding special colored bands and conducting nestling surveys. We are also training their natural resources staff so that they can also do this research with us. WOWRI appreciates this Tribe and their work and conservation.