Assessment Studies

The Hudson River Natural Resource Damages unit has a number of studies which have been completed or which are under consideration:

Avian Studies

Fact Sheets:

Spring 2002 Fact Sheet (pdf version, 61 Kb) on the Status of the Hudson River Natural Resource Damages Assessment
Preliminary Investigations of Bird Injuries
December 2006 Fact Sheet (pdf version, 68 Kb) Avian Investigations for the Hudson River Natural Resource Damages Assessment

Screening Level Studies:

Data Report For The Collection Of Eggs From Spotted Sandpipers, American Woodcock, Belted Kingfisher, American Robin, Red-Winged Blackbird, And Eastern Phoebe Associated With The Hudson River From Hudson Falls To Schodack Island, New York.

April - June 2002 Data Report (531 kb pdf)
Appendix A: Work Plan (560 Kb pdf)
Appendix B: Data Quality Assessment Report (362 Kb pdf)
Appendix C: Data Sheets (1.2 Mb pdf)

Work Summary And Data Report for the Collection Of Eggs From American Peregrine Falcon, Hudson River, New York.
May, June 2002 Data Report (268 kb pdf)

The Collection Of Eggs From Eastern Screech Owl Associated With The Hudson River From Hudson Falls To Schodack Island, New York
April-May 2003 Data Report (833 Kb pdf)

Injury Investigations with USGS:

Avian Investigations For The Hudson River Hudson River Natural Resource June 15, 2004

Study Plan For Year 2004 (1.43 Mb pdf)
Appendix A (1.14 Mb pdf) This appendix is available on request in hardcopy or can be obtained as part of the complete document from the USFWS or NOAA websites. ( please see offsite links on the right side of this page).
Appendix A - Technical Operating Procedures (565 Kb pdf) This appendix is available on request in hardcopy or can be obtained as part of the complete document from the USFWS or NOAA websites ( please see offsite links on the right side of this page).

Responsiveness Summary For The Study Plan For Year 2004 (195 Kb pdf ) Avian Investigations Hudson River Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment

2005 Modification To Study Plan (297 Kb pdf)For Avian Investigations For The Hudson River Usgs Study Plan Amendment For 2005 Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment

2006 Modification To Study Plan (104 Kb pdf) For Avian Investigations For The Hudson River Usgs Study Plan Amendment.

Egg Injection Studies:

Design And Preparation Of A Custom 58-Congener Pcb Mixture Dosing Solution For Avian Egg Injection Studies

Report (175 Kb pdf)
Attachments: Certificate of Analysis (654 Kb pdf)
Attachments: Certificate of Analysis cont'd (923 Kb pdf)

2006 draft Study Plan for Avian Egg Injection Study (596 Kb pdf)

2006 Study Plan For Avian Egg Injection Study

2006 Study Plan For Avian Egg Injection Study Report and Appendices (536 Kb pdf)
2006 Study Plan For Avian Egg Injection Study Certificate of Analysis (1.61 Mb pdf)

2006 Responsiveness Summary For The Avian Egg Injection Study (183 kb) Plan Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment Hudson River Natural Resource Trustees

Revised 2006 Study Plan For Avian Egg Injection Study Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment

Revised 2006 Study Plan For Avian Egg Injection Study Report (196 kb pdf)
Appendix A (399 kb pdf)
Appendix B (195 kb pdf)
Attachments: Certificate of Analysis (1061 kb pdf)
(566 kb pdf)

2007 Study Plan for Avian Injury Study Amendment for Year 2 (399 Kb pdf)

Waterfowl Study:

Draft Study Plan Waterfowl Injury Assessment Plan PCBs in Hudson River Resident Waterfowl (41 Kb pdf)

Waterfowl Investigations 2007-2008 ( pdf version 84 Kb)

Amphibian and Reptile Studies

Fact Sheets:
Spring 2004 Amphibian Fact Sheet (pdf version 125 Kb)
2007 Amphibian Fact Sheet (pdf version 120 Kb)

Screening Level Studies:

Tadpoles: 2004 Data report (1.4 Mb, pdf). The accumulation of sedimentary PCBs in bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) tadpoles from the Upper Hudson River

Snapping Turtle Egg Report:

Data Report For The Collection Of Eggs From The Common Snapping Turtle (Chelydra Serpentina Serpentina)From The Hudson River, New York ( 740 Kb, pdf)

June 2002. Organochlorine And Metal Contaminant Levels In Hudson River, New York Reptiles And Amphibians

Quality Assurance Project Plan (809 Kb pdf)
Quality Assurance Project Plan - Appendices (845 Kb pdf)
Figure 1.1 Hudson River Watershed (641 Kb pdf)
Figure 2.1 Project Organization Chart (11 Kb pdf)
Figure 4.1 Specimen Collection Location - Coveville (1.07 Mb pdf)
Figure 4.2 Specimen Collection Location - Stockport Creek (1.11 Mb pdf)
Figure 4.3 Specimen Collection Location - Vanderburg Cove (945 Kb pdf)

August 11, 1998

Data Report For Screening For Organochlorine And Metal Contaminant Levels In Hudson River, New York Bullfrogs (Rana Catesbeiana) and Snapping Turtles (Chelydra Serpentina Serpentina) (732 Kb pdf) February 28,2005

Figures (1.30 Mb pdf)

Data Report for the Collection of Bullfrog (Rana Catesbeiana) Tadpoles and Near Shore Sediment Samples from the Hudson River, New York May 2007 (1 Mb, pdf)

Fishery Resource Studies

Injury to Hudson River Fishery Resources : Fishery Closures and Consumption Restrictions June 2001 (548 Kb, pdf)

Fish Studies

Fact Sheets:

Fall 2001 Fact Sheet (pdf version 351 Kb) on the status of the Hudson River Natural Resource Damage Assessment Assessing Fish Health
October 2001

Screening Level Studies:

Sampling and Analysis Plan Hudson River Fish Health Assessment Phase I: Field Sampling, Necropsy, Histopathology, Disease, Fish Age (Field Version) ( 1.4 Mb pdf)

Hudson River Fish Health Assessment Phase I: Field Sampling, Necropsy,Histopathology, Disease,Fish Age (Field Version)

Hudson River Fish Health Assessment Phase I: Report (844 Kb pdf)
Hudson River Fish Health Assessment Phase I Appendices (776 Kb pdf)

Floodplain Studies

Screening Level Studies:

2001 SETAC presentation: ( 486 Kb pdf) PCBs in Floodplain Soils and Shrews

2001-2004 Floodplain Data Summary Presentation (4.9 Mb pdf). This slide presentation is large and may take a few monments to download. For faster downloading, the file has been divided into smaller sections listed below.

Presentation - Part 1 (940 Kb pdf)
Presentation - Part 2 (743 Kb pdf)
Presentation - Part 3 (892 Kb pdf)
Presentation - Part 4 (569 Kb pdf)
Presentation - Part 5 (1.03 Mb pdf)
Presentation - Part 6 (752 Kb pdf)

Benthic Sediment Studies

Sediment Fact Sheet 2008 (pdf version 88 Kb) Sediment Toxicity Pilot Study for the Hudson River NRDA

Mammal Studies

Mink and Otter

Fact Sheets:

Mink and Otter Fact Sheet 2006 (pdf version 591 Kb)

Screening Level Studies:

Mink Progress Report 1998-2000 (544 Kb pdf)

Study Plan for Mink Injury Investigations for the Hudson River, June 2006

Study Plan and Appendix A (298 Kb pdf)
Appendix 1 (1.87 Mb pdf)
Appendices 2, 3 and 4 (938 Kb pdf) This appendix is available on request in hardcopy or can be obtained as part of the complete document from the USFWS or NOAA websites ( please see offsite links on the right side of this page).

Responsiveness Summary For The 2006 Study Plan For Mink Injury Investigations (189 Kb pdf)

Bats

Fact Sheets:

Bat Fact Sheet 2007 (pdf version 43Kb)

Screening Level Studies:

2002 Data Report and Work Summary (462 Kb pdf)

Navigation Service Loss Studies

Navigational Services Loss Report 2006 (370 Kb pdf)

Additional NRD studies will be added to this page in the future. In the meantime the documents from these efforts may also be obtained from the links to the right of the main Hudson River Natural Resource damages page.