Below, find a list of our new and ongoing projects, as well as completed projects.
Contaminants Monitoring Projects
New and ongoing projects
Completed projects
- Mercury monitoring of Rusty Blackbirds in the Northeast U.S. and Canada. 2009, 2020
- Quantifying mercury exposure in North American arctic-breeding shorebirds. 2009, 2012, and 2013.
- Determining mercury exposure in Northeast breeding Eastern Willets throughout their annual cycle. 2010-2014
- Injury screening study of contaminant exposure in fish, bats and birds, Pompton Lakes, NRDA study, 2014.
- State-wide long-term mercury studies of New York birds, 2013-2018.
- Long term fish mercury monitoring at Fifteen Mile Falls on Connecticut River, NH, VT, 2003-2014.
- A Multidisciplinary Assessment of Mercury Contamination in Wetlands of Nicaragua, 2012, 2014
- Limpia Guerrero 2013, A Pilot Study of Environmental Contaminants in Mexico, 2013
Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA)
Due to the potential or pending litigation between the trustees and the responsible parties we are unable to present our findings here, however, representative NRDA projects are listed below. For more specific information please contact BRI directly.
- Pilot assessment of mercury exposure to songbirds in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, 2014
- Assessment of mercury exposure to songbirds in the marshes of Piles Creek and South Branch Creek, New Jersey, 2010-2011
- Penobscot River Estuary mercury exposure study, 2006-2010
- Evaluation of mercury and PCBs in birds on Onondaga Lake, 2008-2009
- Assessment of methlymercury availability to bats and birds on the South River, Virginia, 2007-2009
- Assessment of mercury contamination in songbirds on the North Fork of the Holston River, Virginia, 2005-2008
- NYANZA Superfund site, mercury exposure of biota, Sudbury River, Massachusetts, 2003-2004
Food Web Studies
Completed Projects
- Evaluation of mercury and PCBs in birds on Onondaga Lake, 2008-2009
- Penobscot River Estuary mercury exposure study, 2006-2010
- Injury screening study of contaminant exposure in fish, bats, and birds, Pompton Lakes, NRDA study, 2014
- Dome Island Invertivore Food Web Study, 2009
Inventory and Population Monitoring Projects
New and ongoing projects:
- Night time frog chorus surveys
- Identification of frog and salamander egg masses
Completed projects:
- Shorebird and tern surveys at NCTAMSLANT DET Cutler, Maine, 2017,2020
- Remote Acoustic Unit data analysis of rare wetland bird songs in New Jersey, 2012-2013
- Assessment of water level management on breeding marsh birds, ME, NH, 2018
- Eastern Hognose Snake surveys, CT, 2015
- Night time frog chorus surveys
- Identification of frog and salamander egg masses
Movement Studies
New and ongoing projects:
Completed projects:
- Mapping shorebird movements to determine habitat use, length of stay, and pre-migration condition of shorebirds using beach and saltmarsh staging habitats in the mid coast and southern regions of Maine, 2014-2016
- Assessment of water level management on breeding marsh birds, ME, NH, 2018
