Working Groups

The Gulf Avian Monitoring Network currently has working groups structured around each of the functional taxa groups of birds (seabirds, shorebirds, wading birds, marshbirds, waterfowl, landbirds, and raptors, as well as a working group focused on the utility and application of decision theory to the establishment of bird monitoring objectives and priorities).

For more information, please contact the appropriate working chairs.

Avian Health
Jacquie Grace, Texas A&M University, jkgrace@exchange.tamu.edu

Landbirds
TJ Zenzal, USGS,  tzenzal@usgs.gov

Marshbirds
Mark Woodrey, Mississippi State University, msw103@msstate.edu
Kevin Kalasz, USFWS, kevin_kalasz@fws.gov

Raptors
Mary Ann Ottinger, University of Houston, maotting@central.uh.edu

Renewable Energy:
Kara Fox, National Audubon Society, kara.fox@audubon.org
Peter Kappes, gomamn.rewg@gmail.com

Seabirds: 
Evan Adams, Biodiversity Research Institute, evan.adams@briwildlife.org
Terri Maness, Louisiana Tech University, tmaness@latech.edu

Shorebirds:
Abby Darrah, National Audubon Society, abby.darrah@audubon.org

Structured Decision Making:
Vacant

Wading Birds:
Vacant

Waterfowl: 
Joe Lancaster, Gulf Coast Joint Venture, jlancaster@ducks.org