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Fire Effects in Gulf of Mexico Marshes: Historical Perspectives, Management, and Monitoring of Mottled Ducks and Black and Yellow Rails

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Implementing Organization

Mississippi State University

Overview

DWH Project Funding

$3,922,699

Known Leveraged Funding

$0

Funding Organization

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Funding Program

The RESTORE Act Funds Bucket 4: NOAA RESTORE Act Science Program

Details

Project Category

Science

Project Actions

Environmental Research

Targeted Resources

Birds/Bird Habitat

Project Description

Land managersΓÇÖ decisions about prescribed fire in high marsh systems are complicated by uncertainty around the response of birds to the application of prescribed fire. This project will characterize populations of black rails, yellow rails and mottled

Contact

Auriel M.V. Fournier
662-325-7404
auriel@illinois.edu
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Project Partners

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Louisiana State University; Texas Tech University; University of Georgia; University of Central Oklahoma; National Audubon Society; Tall Timbers Research Station

Affiliated Institutions

None

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