William Bowerman

International Association of Great Lakes Research

• Publicity Chair, 1995 Annual Meeting, East Lansing, Michigan

Natural Areas Association

• Student Volunteer Coordinator, 1998 National Meeting
• Session Chair, Avian Ecology Session, 1998 National Meeting

Sigma Xi-The Scientific Research Society, Clemson Chapter

• Chair, Admissions Committee, 2003-2006

Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

• Vice-President, Central Great Lakes Chapter, 1994-95
• President, Central Great Lakes Chapter, 1995-96
• Convener, Symposium on "A Current Assessment of the Effects of Environmental Contaminants on Birds", Fifth SETAC-Europe Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1995
• Co-Chair, Program Committee, Central Great Lakes Chapter Spring Meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1995
• Co-convener, Special Symposium:  A retrospective view of avian biomonitoring and contaminant effects in the Great Lakes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2007
• Science Committee, SETAC North America, 2013-

Raptor Research Foundation

• Session Chair, General Raptor Ecology, 1994 Annual Meeting, Flagstaff, Arizona
• Convener, Symposium on "Ecology and Toxicology of Great Lakes Bald Eagles", Duluth, MN, 1995
• Session Chair, Symposium on "Ecology and Toxicology of Great Lakes Bald Eagles",Duluth, MN, 1995
• Co-Convener, Symposium on "Sea Eagles", Pitlochry, Scotland, 2009
• Session Chair, Symposium on Sea Eagles", Pitlochry, Scotland, 2009

The Wildlife Society

• Central Director, Wildlife Toxicology Working Group,1996-97
• Chair, Symposium: Wildlife Toxicology in the Great Lakes: A Forensic Approach, Buffalo, New York, 1998
• Chair-Elect, Wildlife Toxicology Working Group, 2000-2001
• Chair, Wildlife Toxicology Working Group, 2001-2003
• Co-Chair, Symposium: Wildlife Toxicology Issues in the Northeast, Burlington, Vermont, 2003
• Review Committee, Annual Meeting Sessions, Madison, Wisconsin, 2005
• Chair, Honorary Membership & Special Recognition Service Award Committee, 2010

Professional Organization Memberships:

• The Wildlife Society
• Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
• Sigma Xi
• Raptor Research Foundation
• World Working Group on Birds of Prey and Owls
• Ecological Society of America
• American Ornithologists' Union
• Association of Field Ornithologists
• Wilson Ornithological Society
• Cooper Ornithological Society
• International Association of Great Lakes Research

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Reviewer, Wildlife criteria for contaminant exposure and toxicity, 1995

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Technical Review, Effects of TCDD on Eagles in Maine, 2000

U.S. Forest Service

• Technical Review, Management Activities on Bald Eagles, Manistee NF, 2000

Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Office of the Great Lakes

• Technical Review of Agency Report, 2000

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• Technical Assistance, Lake Michigan LaMP, 2000
• Expert, Current views on Risk Assessment, Science Advisory Board, 2006

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

• Member, Northern States Bald Eagle Recovery Team, 1994-2008

U.S. Forest Service, Hiawatha National Forest

• Member, Bald Eagle Management Team, Hiawatha National Forest, 1986-88
• Program Coordinator, Clear Lake Conference on Bald Eagles and Loons, 1986
• Program Committee, Clear Lake Conference on Black Bears and Timber Wolves, 1987
• Program Coordinator, Clear Lake Conference on Wildlife Openings, 1988
• Program Coordinator, Clear Lake Conference on Wetlands, 1989
• Program Committee, Clear Lake Conference on Landscape Ecology, 1995

U.S. National Park Service

• Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Voyageurs National Park, 1995-

Michigan Department of Natural Resources

• Forest Raptor Technical Advisory Committee, 1997-1999

NIH-Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare

• Faculty, “IACUC Issues in Field Biology”, 2000

Charter Township of Meridian, Michigan

• Member, Environmental Commission, 1995-96

Great Lakes Protection Fund

• Technical Reviewer, 1997 Grants Program

International Joint Commission, United States and Canada

• Co-Chair, Workshop on Environmental Results: Monitoring and Trends of Effects Caused by Persistent Toxic Substances, Windsor, Ontario, 1996
• Member, Great Lakes Science Advisory Board, 1996-
• Member, Ecosystem Health Working Group, 1996-2008
• Coordinator, St. Mary’s River Remediation Review, Science Advisory Board, 1997
• Great Lakes Science Advisory Board Representative to Annex II Committee, 1998-2002
• Coordinator, St. Mary’s River Status Assessment Press Release, 1998.
• Session Chair, RAP-LaMP Workshop, Biennial Meeting, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2003
• Great Lakes Science Advisory Board Representative to Annex II Task Force, 2003-2005
• Session Chair, Chemical Exposure and Effects in the Great Lakes Today.  Chicago, 2005
• Convenor, An Ecosystem Approach to Dam Removal on Great Lakes Tributaries, Windsor, Ontario, 2006
• Expert, Consultation Meeting on Nearshore Priority, Dearborne, MI  2007
• United States Co-Chair, Great Lakes Science Advisory Board, 2011-

Science and Engineering Research Canada

• External Referee, Senior Canada Research Chair Grants, 2005

St. Mary’s River Binational Public Advisory Committee

• Member, 1997-1999

Environment Canada

• Expert, Setting Goals for Delisting the Detroit River Area of Concern, 2007

Georgian Academy of Science

• Reviewer, Research Grant Proposals, 2010

Lake Erie Lakewide Management Plan (LaMP)

• Member, Working Group on Wildlife Effects and Monitoring, 1996-2001

Departmental:

Department of Environmental Toxicology, Clemson University

• Curriculum Committee, 2000-2003
• Chair, Curriculum Committee, 2000-2001
• Environmental Toxicology Faculty Search Committee, 2002
• Bylaws Committee, 2006
• Faculty Expertise Committee, 2006

Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson University

• Curriculum Committee, Department Forestry & Natural Resources, 2003-05
• Curriculum Committee, Department Forestry & Natural Resources, 2004-2005
• Promotion & Tenure Committee, 2004-2007
• Aquatic Ecology Faculty Search Committee, 2005
• Chair, Promotion & Tenure Committee, 2006-2007
• Chair, Post-tenure Review Committee, 2010-2011

College:

College of Agriculture, Forestry, and Life Sciences, Clemson University

• Curriculum Committee, 2000-2001
• Wildlife Assistant Cooperative Unit Leader Search Committee, 2003
• Curriculum Committee, 2003-2005
• Department Chair Search Committee, Forestry & Natural Resources, 2004
• Elected Faculty Member, Search Committee for Associate Deans, 2008
• Elected Faculty Member, Department Chair Review Committee, 2009

College of Agriculture & Natural Resources, University of Maryland

• Chair, Search Committee, Department Chair, Animal & Avian Sciences, 2014
• Chair, Search Committee, Assistant Director, Natural Resources & Sea Grant, 2014

University-level Service:

Lake Superior State University

• Environmental Institute Steering Committee, 1996-97
• Graduate Degree Committee 1996-98
• Morris Udahl Scholarship Committee, Chair, 1996-1999
• Natural Resources Technology/Fisheries and Wildlife Curriculum Committee, 1996-1997
• Aquatic Ecology Faculty Search Committee, 1997
• Provost’s Crawford Hall of Science Renovation Committee, 1997
• Member, Dean’s Search Committee, 1997
• Forestry Center of Excellence, Development Committee, 1997-1999
• Steering Committee, Gale Gleason Environmental Institute, 1998-99
• Member, Dean’s Search Committee, 1998 

Clemson University

• Animal Research Committee, 2001-2004
• Chair, Animal Research Committee’s Field Studies Subcommittee, 2002-2004
• China Center Task Force, 2003-2004
• Academic Integrity Summit, 2004
• University Environment Committee 2005-2010
• Elected Faculty Member, Search Committee for Dean, CAFLS, 2005-2006
• University Grievance Board, 2006-2008
• Selection Committee, Class of ’39 Award for Excellence, 2007, 2008, 2009
• Selection Committee, Centennial Professorship, 2008
• Joint City-University Committee, 2008-2009
• University Vending Machine Committee, 2009
• Athletic Council, 2009-2010
• Coalition of Intercollegiate Athletics, 2009-2010
• Governmental Affairs Committee, 2009-2010
• Graduation Ceremony Committee, 2009-2010
• Academic Council, 2008-2010
• Ombudsman Subcommittee, 2009-2011, Chair, 2010-2011
• Honorary Degrees Committee, 2009-2011
• Canada Center Steering Committee, 2010-2011

University Presidential Committees and Service, Clemson University

• President’s Faculty Advisory Council, 2005-2006
• President’s Faculty Advisory Council, 2007-2011
• Presidential Task Force on Curriculum and General Education in Response to Budget Crisis, 2008-2009
• President’s Cabinet, 2009-2010
• Compensation Advisory Group, 2009-2010
• 4 President’s Committee, 2009-2010

Faculty Senate, Clemson University

• Faculty Senate Select Committee on PSA Reorganization, 2003-2004
• Member, Faculty Senate Executive Advisory Board, 2005-2006
• Senator, Elected as College Representative to Faculty Senate, 2005-2010
• Alternate Lead Senator, CAFLS, 2005-2006
• Chair, Faculty Senate Research Committee, 2005-200
• Member, Faculty Senate Finance Committee, 2006-2007
• Chair, Faculty Senate Welfare Committee, 2007-2008
• Member, Faculty Senate Executive Advisory Board, 2007-2011
• Vice-President/President-elect, 2008-2009
• President, 2009-2010
• Past-President, 2010-2011
• Chair, Select Committee on Faculty Workload, 2010-2011

University Committees, University of Maryland, College Park

• Council on the Environment, 2012-
• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, President, 2012-

System Committee, University of Maryland System

• Curriculum Restructuring Committee, Marine, Estuary, and Environmental Sciences, 2013- 

Special Administrative Assignments

• Director, Gale Gleason Environmental Institute, Lake Superior State University, 1996-1999

Courses Taught, Clemson University, 2006-2011

• WFB 463, Research Experience in Wildlife, Every Semester 2006-2008 {up to 10 students}
• WFB 861, Raptor Ecology and Management, Spring 2006 {12 students}
• WFB 991, Dissertation Research, Every Semester, Spring 2007-Spring 2011 {1-5 students}
• WFB 493, Bald Eagle Data Management, Spring 2007 {3 students, undergraduate research}
• WFB 863, Environmental Education in Peru, Spring 2007 {1 student, special topics}
• FNR 470, Creative Inquiry, Every Semester, Fall 2007-Spring 2011 {up to 15 students}
• FNR H492, Senior Honors Research II, Fall 2008 {1 student}
• FOR 707, Advanced Avian Techniques, Spring 2008 {8 students}
• FNR H491, Senior Honors Research I, Spring 2008 {1 student}
• WFB 861/WFB 493, Study Abroad: South African Ecology, Spring 2008-2011 {up to 17 students}
• WFB 430/WFB 630, Wildlife Policy, Fall 2009-2010 {up to 45 students}
• WFB 861, Grantsmanship, Spring 2009, 2010 {12 students}

Courses Taught at University of Maryland, College Park

• ENST 471, Capstone I, Fall Semester 2011, 2012
• ENST 472, Capstone II, Spring Semester 2012, 2013
• ENST 499C, Study Abroad to South Africa, Spring 2012, 2013
• ENST 798, Graduate Seminar, Fall 2011
• ENST 799, Masters Thesis Research, Fall 2012, Spring 2013

Undergraduate

• Undergraduate Advising in Wildlife & Fisheries Biology, 12-36 students each semester, 2004-2011

Graduate

Clemson University, Committee Member

• Brian Mastin, Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology, 2000-2003
• Rick Sherrard, Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology, 2000-2002
• Sujin Park, Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology, 2000-2002
• John Heatley, M.S., Environmental Toxicology, 2001-2002
• Cynthia Sills, Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology, 2001
• Sara Sunderg, Ph.D. Student, Environmental Toxicology, 2004-2005
• Ryan Jones, M.S., Student, Environmental Toxicology, 2004-2006
• Barbara Clinton, M.Ag.Ed., 2004
• B. Maurice Duke, Ph.D., Forest Management, 2004-2007
• Pamela Truman, M.S., Environmental Toxicology, 2005-2007
• Odessa Sirman, M.Ag.Ed., 2005-2006
• Beth Wrege, M.S., Wildlife & Fisheries Biology, 2005-2007
• Christopher Chumbley, M.S. Student, Wildlife & Fisheries Biology, 2006-2007
• Anna Tater, M.S. Student, Wildlife & Fisheries Biology, 2006-2007
• Murali Pai, Ph.D., Wildlife & Fisheries Biology, 2007-2009
• Elizabeth Oliver, M.Ag.Ed., 2007-2008
• Pathratipa Sansayavichai, Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology, 2007-2009
• Beth Wrege, Ph.D., Wildlife & Fisheries Biology, 2007-2009
• West Bishop, M.S., Forest Management, 2008-2010
• John Asbill, M.Ag.Ed, 2008-2010
• Brenda Johnson, Ph.D. Student, Forest Management, 2009-2010
• Drew Trested, Ph.D., Wildlife & Fisheries Biology, 2009-2010
• Jason Coulter, Ph.D. Student, Wildlife & Fisheries Biology, 2010-2012
• Jeffrey Skibins, Ph.D. Student, Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, 2010-2012 

University of Maryland, College Park, Committee Member

• Rebecca Lazarus, Ph.D. Student, Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Science, 2011-
• Tricia Rowlison, Ph.D. Student, Animal and Avian Sciences, 2012- 

University of Maryland, College Park, Dean’s Representative

• Elise Larsen, Ph.D. Student, Biology, 2013
• Meredith Bohannon, Ph.D. Student, Marine, Estuarine, and Environmental Science, 2013

Training International Scientists:

• Dr. Sundaravelayutham Murugasan, 2001, Fellow, Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Agricultural Human Resources Fellowship sponsored by the Food and Agricultural Organization-United Nations, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India
• Dr. Subramanian Muralidharan, 2003, Fulbright Scholar, Indo-American Environmental Leadership Program, Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology & Natural History, India
• Neelu Sharma, 2005, Fulbright Scholar, Indo-American Environmental Leadership Program, Jammu-Kashmir State Pollution Control Board, India

The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is one of eight sea eagle species found worldwide. The bald eagle population in Michigan has undergone a significant recovery following the ban of the pesticide dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT), and its subsequent derivatives, mainly dichlorodiphenyl-dichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE),  by the Environmental Protection Agency in the 1970’s. Population productivity and recovery however, have been uneven throughout the state of Michigan because of the higher load and persistence of contaminants in specific regions. Bald eagles are tertiary predators with a mainly piscivorous diet, making them an ideal sentinel species to assess contaminant levels in the Great Lakes Basin. Because of the tendency of organochlorine chemicals to bioaccumulate in the adipose tissue of fishes, bald eagles have been regarded as a key wildlife biomonitor in within the Great Lakes by the International Joint Commission. Average core home ranges for adult nesting bald eagles are approximately 4.9 km2, meaning foraging ranges are limited to local watersheds. Nestlings accumulate significant levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), p,p'-DDE, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlordibenzo-p-dioxin equivalents (TCDD-EQ) in their tissues, indicative of aquatic contaminants occurring in the proximate environment. My research uses 54 years of bald eagle productivity and contaminant data to determine localized, watershed-level, as well as population level, effects caused by organochlorines and heavy metals. Eagles nesting within 8.0 km of the Great Lakes shorelines have greater PCB and p,p'-DDE concentrations, and decreased productivity rates than those nesting in more interior regions. Contaminated adults that originated from these areas may contribute to a decreased rate of recovery because of their inability to reproduce at sufficient levels to support a healthy population. Through my research, I also determine sink/ source effects and morphometric differences in nestlings between these spatial regions.

The Joint Analytical Services Laboratory is directed by Dr. William Bowerman and managed by Dr. Rockie Yarwood. The JASL mission is to support the research efforts of ENST faculty and their collaborators. At the present time, the facility and its instrumentation is being utilized in support of the research efforts of ENST faculty: Dr. Stephanie Lansing, Dr. Lance Yonkos, and Dr. William Bowerman. As our department continues to grow, the vision for JASL is one of continuing expansion and improvement of capabilities with eventual development into a strong core laboratory facility serving not only ENST, but other departments in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (AGNR) as well.

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