Portrait of Dr. Michael Clay Green

Dr. Michael Clay Green

  • Professor at Biology, College of Science & Engineering
  • Professor at The Graduate College, The Graduate College

Grants

2022

  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal), Percent Contribution: %50, Veech, Joseph A (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %50. Identification and evaluation of non-traditional inland wintering habitat for Whooping Cranes in Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife, State, $157301. (Submitted: January 2022, Funded: August 2022 - December 2024). Grant.

2019

  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal), Jensen, Jennifer (Co-Principal), Hardy, Thomas (Co-Principal). Outreach and end-user support to implement Shared Conservation Priority Access, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Federal, $77000. (Funded: 2019). Grant.

2017

  • Jensen, Jennifer (Co-Principal), Green, Michael Clay (Principal), Hardy, Thomas (Co-Principal). Developing a process and conservation application for Landscape Conservation Design for the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative., Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Private / Foundation / Corporate, $200000. (Funded: April 2017 - October 2018). Grant.

2015

  • Green, Michael Clay (Co-Principal), Simpson, Randy (Principal), Veech, Joseph A (Co-Principal), Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Co-Principal). Texas Parks and Wildlife, State Wildlife Grants: Distribution of the Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator), Texas State University, $107098. (Funded: 2015 - 2017). Grant.
  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal), Hardy, Thom (Co-Principal), Vermillion, Bill (Co-Principal), DeMaso, Steve (Co-Principal). Gulf Coast Joint Venture. Evaluation of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for surveying colonial waterbirds., Texas State University, $43809. (Funded: 2015 - 2016). Grant.

2014

  • Green, Michael Clay (Co-Principal), Weckerly, Butch (Principal). Texas Comptroller of Public Account: RFP No. 209g for Endangered Species Research Projects for the Black Rail, Texas State University, $199462. (Funded: 2014 - 2016). Grant.
  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal), Weckerly, Butch (Co-Principal). Texas Parks and Wildlife, Section VI Traditional Grant: Occupancy, distribution, and abundance of Black Rails (Laterallus jamaicensis) along the Texas Gulf Coast, Texas State University, $157796. (Funded: 2014 - 2016). Grant.

2013

  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal). Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Development of data clearinghouse and website for Reddish Egret Working Group, Texas State University, $37000. (Funded: 2013 - 2014). Grant.

2012

  • Green, Michael Clay (Co-Principal), Castro-Arellano, Ivan (Principal), Gaedicke, C. (Co-Principal), Forstner, Michael R (Co-Principal), Hahn, Dittmar (Co-Principal). Texas Department of Transportation. Contribution of bridge-dwelling birds to bacterial water quality impairments, Texas State University, $388284. (Funded: 2012 - 2014). Grant.

2011

  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal). Texas General Land Office, Oil Spill Planning and Response Program. Biological inventory and gap analysis for the Middle and Lower Texas Coast, Texas State University, $107070. (Funded: 2011 - 2013). Grant.

2010

  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal). Department of the Interior: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Evaluating site fidelity, movement, and post-breeding dispersal of juvenile Reddish Egrets in Texas and Bahamas, Texas State University, $86381. (Funded: 2010 - 2015). Grant.
  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal). Texas General Land Office, Oil Spill Planning and Response Program. Biological inventory and gap analysis for the Upper Texas Coast, Texas State University, $38916. (Funded: 2010 - 2011). Grant.

2009

  • Green, Michael Clay (Co-Principal), Baccus, John (Co-Principal), Simpson, Randy (Co-Principal). Using Technology to Study Phenomena and Conduct Monitoring of Avian Populations, Associate Vice President for Research, Texas State University, $60000. (Funded: 2009). Grant.
  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal). Department of the Interior: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Evaluating site fidelity, movement, and post-breeding dispersal of Reddish Egrets, Texas State University, $60000. (Funded: 2009 - 2012). Grant.

2008

  • Green, Michael Clay (Co-Principal), Forstner, M.R.J. (Principal), Fonstad, M. (Co-Principal). Texas Department of Transportation, GIS model assessment of the Houston toad for areas of scheduled bridge replacements, Texas State University, $46423. (Funded: 2008). Grant.
  • Green, Michael Clay (Co-Principal), Simpson, Randy (Principal). Texas Parks and Wildlife, Section VI Traditional Grant: Defining Areas of Potential Ocelot Habitat, Texas State University, $52513. (Funded: 2008 - 2009). Grant.
  • Green, Michael Clay (Co-Principal), Simpson, Randy (Principal). Texas Adjunct General, Mammalian survey of Camp Mabry, Texas State University, $26735. (Funded: 2008 - 2009). Grant.

2007

  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal). Coastal Bend Bays and Estuaries Program: Rookery Island Flight Line Survey Validation, Texas State University, $21000. (Funded: 2007). Grant.
  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal). Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Assessment of Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) populations in the U.S. Gulf Coast, Mexican Gulf Coast and Atlantic coast (including Bahaman Islands): insights into the species’ breeding status, distribution, life history parameters, and genetic structure, Texas State University, $141384. (Funded: 2007 - 2009). Grant.
  • Green, Michael Clay (Co-Principal), Weckerly, Floyd (Principal). Texas Adjunct General, Annual bird survey of Camp Swift, Texas State University, $35827. (Funded: 2007 - 2008). Grant.

2006

  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal). Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: Status assessment and survey methodology for reddish egrets, Texas State University, $8174. (Funded: 2006). Grant.
  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal). Department of the Army, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Desert Southwest Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit: Assessment of late-season nesting by black-capped vireos in response to brown-headed cowbird parasitism, Texas State University, $106709. (Funded: 2006 - 2007). Grant.

2004

  • Green, Michael Clay (Co-Principal), Leberg, Paul (Principal). Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Natural Heritage Program: Statewide wading bird and seabird nesting inventory: evaluations of temporal trends, spatial associations, and sampling biases, University of Louisiana, $283000. (Funded: 2004 - 2005). Grant.

2001

  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal). The Waterbird Society, Kushlan Research Award, The influence of color dimorphism on the ecology of Reddish Egrets in south Texas, University of Louisiana, $1000. (Funded: 2001). Grant.

2000

  • Green, Michael Clay (Principal). Sigma Xi Grants-In-Aid of Research, The influence of white plumage on the ecology of wading birds in south Louisiana, University of Louisiana, $300. (Funded: 2000). Grant.

1925

  • Green, Michael Clay. Genetic and behavioral assessment of the occurrence of plumage dimorphism in reddish egrets, Research Enhancement Program, Texas State University, $7908. (Funded: 1925). Grant.