This week, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) launched a bid solicitation for vegetative and avian monitoring services, as part of ongoing Gulf Coast natural resource restoration efforts necessitated by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. This project is administered by MDEQ and funded by a grant from the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council under the federal RESTORE Act.
Selected contractors will work with MDEQ to monitor vegetation structure and composition, as well as shorebird and wading bird diversity and abundance over time. The data collected will help inform habitat management activities, which will be implemented on a site-specific basis and may vary across the project area depending on habitat conditions.
For more information, see MDEQ’s invitation for bids here.
