Firebird 2 – “Fire Effects in Coastal High Marshes: Microtopography,
Management, and Monitoring of Mottled Ducks and Black Rails”
2026-2031
Principal Investigator
Auriel Fournier
Illinois Natural History Survey
University of Illinois
Co-Investigators
Lizz Beilke
Illinois Natural History Survey
University of Illinos
Peter Deichmann
Houston Audubon
James Lyons
U.S. Geological Survey
Abby Blake-Bradshaw
Illinois Natural History Survey
University of Illinois
Nicholas Enwright
U.S. Geological Survey
Daniel McCraine
Mississippi State University
Chris Butler
Texas A & M University
Kristine Evans
Mississippi State University
Kate Richardson
Tall Timbers Research Station
Abby Darrah
Audubon Delta
Erik Johnson
Louisiana State University
Collaborators
William Vermillion
Gulf Coast Joint Ventures USFWS
Michael Brasher
Ducks Unlimited
Caitlin Young
NOAA Restore
Joe Lancaster
Gulf Coast Joint Venture
Ducks Unlimited
Jena Moon
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Frank Parker
NOAA Restore
Eric Soehren
Alabama Dept of Conservation and Natural Resources
Jennifer Wilson
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Matthew Butler
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Ron Bielefield
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Amy Schwarzer
Freelancer
Robert Cooper
University of Georgia
Research Associates and Post-docs
Jonathon Lueck
Delta Audubon
Technical Monitors
John Tirpack
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Kevin Kalasz
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Firebird 1 – Fire Effects in Gulf of Mexico Marshes – Historical Perspectives, Management, and Monitoring of Mottled Ducks and Black and Yellow Rails
2019-2026
Principle Investigators
Auriel Fournier
University of Illinois
Mark Woodrey
Mississippi State University
Co-Investigators
Kristine Evans
Mississippi State University
Warren Conway
Texas Tech University
John Andrew Nyman
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center
Nicolas Enwright
U.S. Geological Survey
Jim Cox
Tall Timbers Research Station
Kate Richardson Tall Timbers Research Station
Robert Rohli
Louisiana State University
James Lyons
U.S. Geological Survey
Chris Butler
Texas A & M University
Erik Johnson
Louisiana State University
Collaborators
William Vermillion
Gulf Coast Joint Ventures USFWS
Michael Brasher
Ducks Unlimited
Caitlin Young
NOAA Restore
Joe Lancaster
Gulf Coast Joint Venture
Ducks Unlimited
Jena Moon
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Frank Parker
NOAA Restore
Eric Soehren
Alabama Dept of Conservation and Natural Resources
Jennifer Wilson
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Matthew Butler
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Ron Bielefield
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Amy Schwarzer
Freelancer
Robert Cooper
University of Georgia
Research Associates and Post-docs
Jonathon Lueck
Delta Audubon
Blake Lamb
Mississippi State University
Chelsea Kross
University of Illinois
Karen Hondrick
Texas Tech University
Michelle Stantial
National Park Service
Heather Levy
Tall Timbers
Graduate Students and Technicians
Lauren Monopoli
University of Illinois
PhD Student
Pierce Adams
Texas Tech University
MS Student
Technical Monitors
John Tirpack
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Kevin Kalasz
US Fish and Wildlife Service
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