Teach Me About the Great Lakes | 28: Bald Eagle as a Proxy

March 15, 2021 • 28 Minutes

28: Bald Eagle as a Proxy

In this episode, Stuart and Carolyn speak with Bill Route, a recently retired National Parks Service scientist and author of a new study on PBDE contamination in Bald Eagles. The news is somewhat good! But of course there are caveats! Plus, we unveil the new Teach Me About the Great Lakes Hotline, which you can call to tell us your Great Lakes Story: 765-496-IISG (4474). Give us a call and maybe we’ll play it on the air!

One more time with the Teach Me About the Great Lakes Hotline: 765-496-IISG (that's 4474)
Bill’s paper on PDBEs in Bald Eagle nestlings

EPA article on PDBEs

OMG cute Bald Eagle nestlings

EPA article on PCBs

EPA: Basics of green chemistry

South Shore Brewery

Here’s the TMATGL episode on diving shipwrecks…you should listen! And dive!

The Sufjan Stevens reference Carolyn made that Stuart missed

The G Love reference that Stuart made that Carolyn missed

Creators and Guests

Host

Stuart Carlton

Stuart Carlton is the Assistant Director of the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program. He manages the day-to-day operation of IISG and works with the IISG Director and staff to coordinate all aspects of the program. He is also a Research Assistant Professor and head of the Coastal and Great Lakes Social Science Lab in the Department of Forestry & Natural Resources at Purdue, where he and his students research the relationship between knowledge, values, trust, and behavior in complex or controversial environmental systems.