Detroit Zoological Society

ZOO ATLANTA RECEIVED THIS AWARD, WHICH WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE DETROIT ZOO, TO INVESTIGATE THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN GORILLAS, ORANGUTANS, CHIMPANZEES, AND BONOBOS USING THE INVESTIGATIVE TOOLS OF PATHOLOGY. THE WORK WILL ADVANCE THE RESEARCH COMPILED THROUGH THE IMLS-FUNDED GREAT APE HEART PROJECT BY UTILIZING THE PROJECT DATABASE AND NEW DIGITAL TOOLS TO COMPARE CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGIC DATA TO DETERMINE WHICH DIAGNOSTIC TESTS ARE MOST PREDICTIVE OF HEART DISEASE. THE RESEARCH TEAM, INCLUDING A PATHOLOGY-DEDICATED POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW AND VETERINARY STUDENTS, WILL ALSO ASSESS APES FOR HYPERTENSION AND ATHEROSCLEROSIS, AND INVESTIGATE POTENTIAL CAUSES FOR FATAL ANEURYSMS. THE PROJECT WILL ANSWER FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IN APES, WHILE TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF ZOO PROFESSIONALS. THE RESULTS WILL ENABLE THE NATION'S ZOOS TO BETTER PREVENT AND TREAT DISEASE AND ENHANCE STEWARDSHIP OF THESE ENDANGERED LIVING COLLECTIONS.

THE PURPOSE OF THE GREAT LAKES PIPING PLOVER SALVAGE CAPTIVE REARING PROGRAM IS TO SUPPORT THE RECOVERY OF THE GREAT LAKES PIPING PLOVER POPULATION BY INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PLOVER CHICKS THAT FLEDGE EACH YEAR. THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO OPERATE THE CAPTIVE REARING FACILITY AT THE DETROIT ZOO AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN'S BIOLOGICAL STATION (UMBS) TO RAISE AND RELEASE CHICKS FROM ABANDONED EGGS. SALVAGE CAPTIVE REARING IS ONE OF THE ACTION ITEMS IN THE 2003 GREAT LAKES RECOVERY ACTION PLAN. ACTION ITEM 7 IS DEVELOP EMERGENCY METHODS TO PREVENT EXTIRPATION. THE CURRENT EFFORTS SUPPORT ITEM 7.21 TO CAPTIVE-REAR ABANDONED EGGS TO SUPPLEMENT NATURAL PRODUCTION. IN 2021, THE CAPTIVE REARING PROGRAM RELEASED 13 CAPTIVE REARED CHICKS, SUPPLEMENTING THE WILD FLEDGED POPULATION IN THE FIELD. ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED INCLUDE: - PREPARATION OF THE CAPTIVE REARING FACILITY, INCLUDING ASSEMBLING BOTH CONDITIONING PENS. - UPDATING AND PROVIDING REARING PROTOCOLS TO PARTICIPANTS PRIOR TO THE SEASON. - WORKING WITH THE PLOVER MONITORS, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, SBDNL, AND THE USFWS TO ARRANGE FOR TRANSPORTATION OF ABANDONED EGGS OR CHICKS FROM FIELD SITES TO UMBS. - RECRUITING EXPERIENCED SEASONAL INTERNS TO REPLACE DZS STAFF TRAVELING TO UMBS TO INCUBATE EGGS AND REAR CHICKS. ARRANGE AND SCHEDULE SO THAT STAFF IS AVAILABLE FROM END OF APRIL THROUGH MID-AUGUST. - PURCHASING ALL NEEDED FEED ITEMS FOR CHICK REARING, PERMANENT AND PORTABLE INCUBATORS AND SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE REARING OPERATION. - SUPPORTING SHORT-TERM NEEDS IF, FOR EXAMPLE, A CLUTCH OF EGGS IS PULLED IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY. - ASSISTING IN THE RELEASE OF ALL FLEDGED CAPTIVE CHICKS AS NEEDED. - FACILITATING THE REMOVAL, WINTERIZING AND STORAGE OF ALL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE BREEDING SEASONS. - SUPPORTING SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE REMOTE INCUBATION SITE PROGRAM O WORK WITH SBDNL SUPERVISORS ON INCUBATOR/CANDLING TRAINING AS NEEDED. O WORK WITH SBDNL AND USFWS ON SHORT-TERM EGG MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING WHEN VULNERABLE EGGS SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE NEST OR CONSIDERED ABANDONED AND SENT TO UMBS FOR CAPTIVE REARING. - SUPPORTING RELOCATION ACTIVITIES FROM OTHER FIELD SITES O PROVIDE PORTABLE INCUBATORS AND TRAINING ON THEIR USE TO PLOVER MONITORS. O ADVISING MONITORS DURING ABANDONMENT EVENTS SO EGGS CAN BE SAFELY TRANSPORTED TO UMBS FOR INCUBATION.

THE DETROIT ZOO WILL PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS SERVING YOUTH IN METROPOLITAN DETROIT TO IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM TO DEVELOP AND PRESENT REMOTE STEM PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS IN THIS AREA, TARGETING LOW- TO MODERATE-INCOME STUDENTS OF COLOR. STAFF FROM THE ZOO AND THREE AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS (AMERICAN INSTITUTIONAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, ARAB COMMUNITY CENTER FOR ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL SERVICES, AND BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN) WILL PARTICIPATE IN PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS ON VIRTUAL, INQUIRY-BASED, HUMANE STEM EDUCATION. THEY WILL THEN UTILIZE SKILLS DEVELOPED IN THE WORKSHOPS TO DEVELOP AND LEAD VIRTUAL EDUCATION PROGRAMMING FOR A TOTAL OF 24 GROUPS OF 20 MIDDLE SCHOOL YOUTH.

THE DETROIT ZOO WILL EXPAND ITS THRIVING TOGETHER PROGRAM, WHICH ENGAGES YOUTH AGES 13-19 AND THE BROADER COMMUNITY IN CONVERSATIONS AROUND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT, THE ZOO WILL DEEPEN ITS COLLABORATION WITH INSIDEOUT LITERARY ARTS TO PROVIDE INQUIRY-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION FOR HIGH SCHOOL POETS FROM ITS AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM AND TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE STUDENTS TO STRENGTHEN THEIR CAPACITY TO CREATE AND PERFORM SPOKEN-WORD POETRY AS A MEANS OF EXPRESSION AND AS A TOOL FOR SELF-DEVELOPMENT AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. THRIVING TOGETHER STUDENTS WILL PARTICIPATE IN TWO LEARNING EXPERIENCES CONSISTING OF EIGHT WORKSHOPS EACH. TOWARD THE END OF THE PROJECT YEAR, STUDENTS WILL CREATE AND PERFORM SPOKEN-WORD POETRY FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES THROUGH EIGHT PERFORMANCE EVENTS HOSTED BY LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.

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GREAT LAKES PIPING PLOVER SALVAGE CAPTIVE REARING PROGRAM

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DETROIT ZOO PIPL 2018 SUGGESTED VENDOR: DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, DUNS: 803205228 HEADER TEXT: NEW GRANT WITH THE DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOR THE CAPTIVE REARING OF ENDANGERED PIPING PLOVERS. GLRI FUNDED. FUNDS UNDER THIS AWARD ARE TO BE USED FOR CONDUCTING PIPING PLOVER SALVAGE CAPTIVE REARING EFFORTS. THIS WILL INVOLVE BRINGING ABANDONED EGGS INTO CAPTIVITY, INCUBATING THE EGGS AND RAISING THE CHICKS UNTIL THEY FLEDGE AND CAN BE RELEASED BACK INTO THE WILD.

THE DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY SEEKS TO CONTINUE THE GREAT LAKES PIPING PLOVER SALVAGE CAPTIVE REARING PROGRAM WITH THE GOAL OF SUPPORTING THE RECOVERY OF THE FEDERALLY ENDANGERED GREAT LAKES PIPING PLOVER (CHARADRIUS MELODUS), AN ACTION ITEM IDENTIFIED IN THE UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE RECOVERY PLAN FOR THE GREAT LAKES PIPING PLOVER (2003). THIS WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED BY TRANSPORTING ABANDONED EGGS FROM WILD NESTS TO THE INCUBATION AND REARING FACILITY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BIOLOGICAL STATION, WHERE THE EGGS WILL BE INCUBATED AND THE NEWLY HATCHED CHICKS WILL BE REARED BY EXPERIENCED AVICULTURISTS FROM VARIOUS ASSOCIATION OF ZOOS AND AQUARIUMS ACCREDITED INSTITUTIONS. ONCE THE CHICKS ARE DEVELOPED ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN FLIGHT, THEY ARE RELEASED AT SITES DETERMINED BY UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE BIOLOGISTS.

GREAT LAKES PIPING PLOVER SALVAGE CAPTIVE REARING

DETROIT ZOO COMMON TERN SUGGESTED VENDOR: DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY, DUNS: 803205228 HEADER TEXT: NEW COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE DETROIT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY FOR HABITAT RESTORATION OF A COMMON TERN COLONY IN NORTHERN LAKE ST CL AIR. GLRI FUNDED. THE FOCUS OF THE PROJECT IS TO ENHANCE HABITAT FOR NESTING COMMON TERNS (A MIGRATORY BIRD SPECIES) AT A HISTORIC RANGE LIGHT IN NORTHERN LAKE ST CLAIR. THIS HAS A DIRECT TIE TO THE GLRI GREAT LAKES AVIAN MIGRANT TEMPLATE BY RESTORING/ENHANCING HABITAT S FOR A MIGRATORY BIRD SPECIES THAT IS IDENTIFIED AS A PRIORITY UNDER THE MIDWEST REGION'S COASTAL PROGRAM STRATEGIC PLAN, JOINT VEN TURE PLANS, AND MICHIGAN'S STATE WILDLIFE ACTION PLAN.

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GREAT LAKES PIPING PLOVER SALVAGE CAPTIVE REARING

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