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The Influence Of Alfalfa Root Structure On Plains Pocket Gopher Damage And Behavior, Bruce A. Jasch Dec 1992

The Influence Of Alfalfa Root Structure On Plains Pocket Gopher Damage And Behavior, Bruce A. Jasch

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

No abstract provided.


Water Current, Volume 24, December 1992 Dec 1992

Water Current, Volume 24, December 1992

Water Current Newsletter

Seminar Series to Feature Global Perspective
Report from the Director
Argentina, Brazil Toured by Group from Nebraska
Czech Water Specialists Enumerate Contamination Problems
UNL Environmental Specialists Impressed by Hungarians
Foreign Influences on Nebraska Water Law
Trade, Environment, and Development, Tied Together in U.S. Trade Policy
Slovakian Grad Student Studies Aquaculture Here; Wants to Establish Fish Farm in Czechoslovakia
EARTH with Nebraska Connections Trains Agriculturists
La Mancha Plateau Aquifer Stressed by Intensive Irrigation
Hungarian Research Says Their Nitrogen Fertilizer Use Down
What's New?
Irrigation Association Centennial Spawns State Water-History Chronicle
Director of International Drought Information Center Receives Award
Dates to Use


The Prairie Naturalist Volume 24, No.4 December 1992 Dec 1992

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 24, No.4 December 1992

The Prairie Naturalist

NEW VASCULAR PLANT RECORDS FOR NORTIl DAKOTA ▪ B. L. Heidel, A. J. Duxbury, W.T. Barker, and J. R. Challey

GROWTH OF BLUEGILLS AND YELLOW PERCH IN SOUTH DAKOTA WATERS ▪ D.w. Willis, J.P. Lott, C.S. Guy, and D.O. Lucchesi

SEASONAL VARIATION IN SAMPLING DATA FOR WALLEYE AND SAUGER COLLECTED WITH GILL NETS FROM LAKE SAKAKAWEA, NORTH DAKOTA ▪ S.W. Mero andD.W. Willis

OBSERVATIONS ON NESTING OF THE AMERICAN BITTERN IN NORTIlWEST MINNESOTA ▪ W D. Svedarsky

FOOD HABITS OF MOURNING DOVES IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ J.T. Van't Hul and J.A. Jenks

DISTRIBUTION OF TIlE PYGMY SHREW IN …


Inventory Of Rare Plant Species In The Pine Ridge Area Of Nebraska (Dawes And Sioux County, Nebraska), Michael I. Fritz, Joyce Philips Hardy, Steven B. Rolfsmeier Dec 1992

Inventory Of Rare Plant Species In The Pine Ridge Area Of Nebraska (Dawes And Sioux County, Nebraska), Michael I. Fritz, Joyce Philips Hardy, Steven B. Rolfsmeier

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: White Papers, Conference Presentations, and Manuscripts

The purpose of this project was to conduct a systematic inventory of rare plant species on the Pine Ridge District of the Nebraska National Forest. The objective of the inventory was to locate rare plant occurrences and compile information on their location, status and any possible threats. Four areas within the Pine Ridge District were identified as priority areas for the inventory fieldwork. The four tracts included the Soldier Creek Wilderness Area, a tract encompassing the East and West Ash Creek drainages, a middle unit tract, and a tract which straddles U.S. Highway 385 and encompasses a number of timber …


The Probe, Issue 128 - December 1992 Dec 1992

The Probe, Issue 128 - December 1992

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Contents:

Reflections On An Onerous Deed
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
Coyote Urine Translocated by Flora
PETA Indictments Expected Soon
Plague Claims Bobcat Hunter
Colorado Voters Ban Spring Hunt; Arizonans Defeat Trapping Ban
Charter Member Says Good-Bye
Probe Should Be Advocate for ADC Activities
Bill Fitzwater III
Next Issue Jan/Feb
NADCA Renewals and Donations
New Logo Chosen for NADCA!


The Probe, Issue 127 - November 1992 Nov 1992

The Probe, Issue 127 - November 1992

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Contents:

Principles of Wildlife Damage Management
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
ADC Personnel Changes
Publications Available
ADC Takes Leading Role in Educational Efforts
Cattle Losses to Predators in 1991
"ADC" — New Animal Damage Control Magazine
Maine Gull Project Shows Positive Results
Wolf Sightings in Yellowstone?


The Probe, Issue 126 - October 1992 Oct 1992

The Probe, Issue 126 - October 1992

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Gray Wolf Management and Re-Establishment in North America
CALENDAR OF UPCOMING EVENTS
NADCA Annual Meeting to Be Held in Kansas City
Renew Your NADCA Membership
Colorado Court Dismisses Wolf Lawsuit
Pred-X Tags Prove Less than Successful for Nevada Sheep Producer
Trapping Course Becomes Mandatory in British Columbia
NADCA Assists in Animal Use Survey
Recent Publications of Interest
Conibear Traps for Woodchucks
Letters: Wolves, Coyotes, Etc
Education About Wildlife Damage Control Important


The Probe, Issue 125 - September 1992 Sep 1992

The Probe, Issue 125 - September 1992

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
SEPTEMBER 1992
Bird Strike Committee USA Is Born
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Positions Available
"Wire" Grid Excludes Cormorants from Commercial Catfish Ponds
"Pesticides to 1995" Available
Animal Damage Control in the News:
Arizona Update From WLFA
Ducks Scared For Own Good
California Activists Convicted For Tule Elk Hunt Disruption
Ace Hardware Stops Support for “Kind News” Publication
Attack on California Girl, 5, Results in Coyote Hunt
Norplant for Beavers?
Fifth Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference Proceedings.


Wildlife Damage News, Volume 3, Summer/Fall 1992 Sep 1992

Wildlife Damage News, Volume 3, Summer/Fall 1992

Wildlife Damage News

CONTENTS:
New York's Beaver Management Program: An Update
Species Profile—White-tailed Deer
1992 Bureau of Wildlife Coyote Damage Control Workshop
Norplant for Beavers?
Harvest Season Wildlife Damage Reminders
Birds of Prey Assist Farmers
Putting People First


The Prairie Naturalist Volume 24, No.3 September 1992 Sep 1992

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 24, No.3 September 1992

The Prairie Naturalist

VESICULAR-ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAE IN BLOWOUT PENSTEMON ▪ T. R. Flessner and J. Stubbendieck

STATUS OF HAPLOPAPPUS FREMONTII A. GRAY SSP. MONOCEPHALUS (A. NELSON) HALL [ASTERACEAE] IN COLORADO ▪ K.A. Schulz and R.B. Shaw

HABITAT CHANGES ABOVE AND BELOW WATER PROJECTS ON THE NORTH PLATTE AND SOUTH PLATTE RIVERS IN NEBRASKA ▪ P. M. McDonald and J.G. Sidle

INSECT FLORAL VISITORS TO FOUR SPECIES OF TALL-GRASS PRAIRIE COMPOSITE (ASTERACEAE: HELIANTHEAE) ▪ J. A. Dickinson and M. J. McKone

SUMMER BIRD USE OF KANSAS WINDBREAKS ▪ T.T. Cable, R.L. Schroeder, V. Brack, Jr., and P.S. Cook

RING-NECKED PHEASANTS AND FOOD PLOT SIZE (GALLIFORMES: …


Morphometrics Of The Family Emballonuridae, Patricia W. Freeman, Cliff A. Lemen Sep 1992

Morphometrics Of The Family Emballonuridae, Patricia W. Freeman, Cliff A. Lemen

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Morphometric analysis revealed three distinctive groups among the genera of emballonurids. Taphozous-Saccolaimus is a group distinctive in size and shape, particularly cranially. Diclidurids are distinctive in appendicular characters only, especially those in the wing. The third group include all other emballonurids. Phylogenetic studies also separated Taphozous-Saccolaimus as distinctive but included diclidurids among other New World species. Compared with molossids, emballonurids are morphometrically quite homogeneous.


Modification Of The Stilling Basin At Arthur R. Bowman Dam, Oregon To Reduce Dissolved Gas Supersaturation, Perry Johnson Aug 1992

Modification Of The Stilling Basin At Arthur R. Bowman Dam, Oregon To Reduce Dissolved Gas Supersaturation, Perry Johnson

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

A physical model study was conducted in the Hydraulics Laboratory of the us Bureau of Reclamation to develop a modification for the stilling basin at Arthur R. Bowman Dam, Oregon. Flow through the existing stilling basin generates supersaturated dissolved gas levels that exceed state standards. Alternatives stilling basin designs were considered. Resulting dissolved gas levels, modified energy dissipation, and potential structure and river bottom and bank erosion were evaluated.


Innovative Spillway Designs, Thomas Hepler Aug 1992

Innovative Spillway Designs, Thomas Hepler

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

Research performed by the ASCE Hydraulics Division - Task Committee on Alternatives for Overtopping Protection for Dams includes the investigation of innovative spillway designs. This paper briefly describes the design and construction of labyrinth spillways, fuseplug embankments, and flexible membrane spillways. A more detailed discussion will be included in the final report of the Task Committee.


Study Of Groins On The Middle Rio Grande, Drew Baird, Cassie Klump Aug 1992

Study Of Groins On The Middle Rio Grande, Drew Baird, Cassie Klump

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

The Albuquerque Projects Office of the Bureau of Reclamation installed groins on the Middle Rio Grande to provide bank protection at a severe bend located near Santa Clara Indian Pueblo, approximately 75 miles (121 kIn) upstream of Albuquerque, New Mexico. During the first season of operation of the groins, a discharge near the 2 year design flood of 7,600 ft.3 /s (215 m3 /s) was experienced at the site. Many of the groins showed damage following the recession of the runoff, but performed well at the site. Replacement of riprap will be accomplished before the next runoff season.


User Interface For Pipe Network Program, Istvan Lippai Aug 1992

User Interface For Pipe Network Program, Istvan Lippai

United States National Park Service: Publications

The importance of providing proper user interfaces for computer solutions to engineering problems is not always recognized. Without a proper user interface, even the best engineering program is of lesser value to the practicing professional. Training courses are regularly offered for some of the better known programs where a significant amount of time is spent learning the data input functions of the program. This paper discusses a programming technique using doubly linked lists (DLL) and data transfer that can result in the development of effective user interfaces.


Steady And Unsteady Flow Profiles In Reclamation, Curtis Orvis Aug 1992

Steady And Unsteady Flow Profiles In Reclamation, Curtis Orvis

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

The Bureau of Reclamation owns and operates over 300 dams throughout the 17 western states. For most of these structures, tailwater measurements and steady-state water surface profile computations have been made using the PSEUDO program. Accuracy in water surface profile computations especially downstream from powerplants has been important. Small changes in differential head can mean large changes in power production and associated revenues generated. Peaking operations and flow fluctuations downstream from some dams has made flow conditions unsteady. The DWOPER program has been used to evaluate tailwater conditions under fluctuating flows at a number of sites. The STARS model was …


Channel Restoration Above Elephant Butte Reservoir, Christopher A. Gorbach Aug 1992

Channel Restoration Above Elephant Butte Reservoir, Christopher A. Gorbach

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

The Bureau of Reclamation is responsible for maintenance of channel facilities above Elephant Butte Reservoir in New Mexico. These facilities are designed to maximize the efficiency of water delivery into the reservoir pool. The major facilities operated and maintained by Reclamation include a rectified floodway channel and the Low Flow Conveyance Channel. When constructed in the 1950's, a period of prolonged drought and low reservoir levels, these channels extended some 20 (32 Ion) miles through then dry areas of the reservoir.

Between 1979 and 1987 flows in the Rio Grande were significantly above normal. Elephant Butte Reservoir filled for the …


Water Current, Volume 24, August 1992 Aug 1992

Water Current, Volume 24, August 1992

Water Current Newsletter

Future Water Quality Protection, Coordination, Education, Research and Regulatory Activities Needed
NRDs Commemorate 50 Millionth Tree
Report from the Director: Water Research Top Priority
National Water Information Clearinghouse Workshops Issue Executive Report
What Do We Do Till the Well Runs Dry?
Missouri River Basin Tour Focuses on Surface Water Management in South Dakota and North Dakota
1992 Nebraska Water Legislation
Hardy-Superior Spa Water Quality Regulations
Study: Most Farmers Protect Groundwater
Nebraska Water Groups and Associations


Recent Criteria For Design Of Groins, Cassie Klump, Drew Baird Aug 1992

Recent Criteria For Design Of Groins, Cassie Klump, Drew Baird

United States Bureau of Land Management: Staff Publications

Groins are defined as an elongated obstruction with one end on the bank of a stream and the other end projecting into the flow. Groins may be permeable allowing water to flow through at reduced velocities or impermeable blocking the current. Groins have been used successfully for river bank protection since the 19th century. Extensive research was conducted to determine the most recent design criteria for groins.

The criteria necessary to design a groin field are:
1. groin orientation;
2. length and spacing of groins;
3. predicting scour at groins;
4. elevation of groin crest;
5. groin side slopes and …


The Probe, Issue 124 - August 1992 Aug 1992

The Probe, Issue 124 - August 1992

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
AUGUST 1992
The Public, Coyotes, and Wildlife Damage Management
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Tenth Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings.
Animal Damage Control in the News:
Pickups Seized in Federal Raid
Colorado Phases Out Spring Bear Hunt
WLFA Works to Defeat Proposed Arizona Hunting/Trapping Ban
DWRC Attempting to Develop Deer Baits
Canadian Trappers' Delegation Attends ISO Meeting
Professional trappers College
Public, Coyotes, & Wildlife Damage Management
News from the Northeast
The Coyote by Baxter Black


Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys Ludovicianus) Jul 1992

Black-Tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys Ludovicianus)

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

Black-tailed Prairie Dog(Cynomys ludovicianus):
Description
Distribution and Abundance
Habitat and Home
Habits
Food
Reproduction
Mortality
Importance
Management


The Probe, Issue 123 - July 1992 Jul 1992

The Probe, Issue 123 - July 1992

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
JULY 1992
Wildlife Damage and Animal Welfare: An Australian Approach
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Tenth Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings.
Animal Damage Control in the News:
Prairie Dog Vacuum Less Than Successful
New Livestock Protection Collar Improves Protection Results
Solano Beach Pet Owners Object to Coyote Trapping
DWRC Assists Developing Countries to Increase Food Availability
Nebraska Sheep Producers Reveal Attitudes Toward Predators
USDA Livestock Depredation Survey
Vermont Citizens Find APHIS/ADC Rabies Hotline Contagious
Utah Man Wants Compensation For Coyote Attack


Virginia Opossum (Didelphis Virginiana) Jun 1992

Virginia Opossum (Didelphis Virginiana)

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

Virginia Opossum:
Description
Distribution and Abundance
Habitat and Home
Habits
Foods
Reproduction
Mortality
Importance


The Prairie Naturalist Volume 24. No.2 June 1992 Jun 1992

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 24. No.2 June 1992

The Prairie Naturalist

FIRST FLOWERING DATES AND FLOWERING PERIODS OF PRAIRIE PLANTS AT WOODWORTH. NORTH DAKOTA ▪ J. M. Callow, J A. Kanlrud, and K.F. Higgins

PROBABLE DISTRIBUTION OF THE WOODCHUCK IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ▪ J.R. Choate and T. W. Haner

NEST AND NEST SITE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME GROUND-NESTING NON-PASSERINE BIRDS OF NORTHERN GRASSLANDS ▪ H A. Kantrud and K.F. Higgins

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA ▪ R.N. Randall

COMPARISON OF SIZE STRUCfURE AND CATCH RATE FOR LARGEMOUTH BASS SAMPLES COLLECTED BY ELECTROFlSHING AND ANGLING ▪ DJ. Isaak, T.D. Hill, and D.W. Willis

MULE DEER HABITAT USE IN THE NORTH DAKOTA …


The Probe, Issue 122 – June 1992 Jun 1992

The Probe, Issue 122 – June 1992

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

EEC's Wild Fur Regulations and Wildlife Damage Implications -- Mahadev G. Bhat and Rick White
Is National Park Service Anti-Hunting?
Pelicans Continue to Plague Crawfish Producer
Hard-Boiled Answer to Greedy Geese in England
Brochure Available on Wildlife Depredation of Pecans
Arizona May Require Trapping Course Before Issuing Licenses
Some Considerations for Mountain Beaver Control -- Amy Hacker (reprinted from Oregon's Wildlife Resources, Spring 1992, Vol. 2, No. 2.)
California Researcher Documents Cougar Attacks


Logistic Regression Models Of Habitat Use By Three Cyprinids In The Platte River, Nebraska, Shyi-Liang Yu May 1992

Logistic Regression Models Of Habitat Use By Three Cyprinids In The Platte River, Nebraska, Shyi-Liang Yu

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

No abstract provided.


Wildlife Damage News, Volume 4, Spring 1992 May 1992

Wildlife Damage News, Volume 4, Spring 1992

Wildlife Damage News

CONTENTS:
Saving Sweet Com From Raccoons
Registration Status for Crow Repellents in NYS
Species Profile-Birds
How to Gather Tiger Manure and Why?
My Passion, Your Passion
Conibear Traps for Woodchucks
Parasite Plagues Doves Which May Kill Hawks
Recent Publications


The Probe, Issue 121 - May 1992 May 1992

The Probe, Issue 121 - May 1992

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
MAY 1992
European Fur Ban: A Canadian Perspective
Calendar of Upcoming Event
s Bird Strike Committee Organized
Animal Damage Control in the News:
Animal Activists Damage Toxicology Lab at MSU
Audubon Magazine Raps ADC
Steel Coyote Traps Banned in L.A.
Phostoxin Kills Australian, Causes Hospital Evacuation
California ADC Personnel Face Furloughs
Boy Recovers from Lion Mauling
Cornell Publishes Quarterly News


Synthetic-Aperture Radar Imagery And Digital Shaded-Relief Map Of Northwest Nebraska: Probable Structures And Geomorphic Features Of The Region, Robert F. Diffendal Jr. Apr 1992

Synthetic-Aperture Radar Imagery And Digital Shaded-Relief Map Of Northwest Nebraska: Probable Structures And Geomorphic Features Of The Region, Robert F. Diffendal Jr.

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

In 1988 the United States Geological Survey published a radar image mosaic of an area roughly that of the Alliance. Nebraska 1° × 2° topographic map at the same scale, 1:250,000. Striking near-parallel valley trends in the vicinity of Chadron, Nebraska, may be related to jointing or possible faulting. Two sets, oriented approximately N30E and N28W, are obvious in the area east of Chadron. Sets south of Chadron on the Pine Ridge trend approximately N40E and N50W. On the Pine Ridge west of Fort Robinson in Sioux County some E-W and N-S features are also apparent. Other features that may …


Water Current, Volume 24, April 1992 Apr 1992

Water Current, Volume 24, April 1992

Water Current Newsletter

Kusler Opens, Closes Water Conference: Sets Tone for "Living with Wetland Policies, Politics'
Governor's Speech Calls for Balance for Wetlands Policy
Water Celebrated
USGS Funds Awarded
Report from the Director: Consortium Formed to Promoted Informed Decision-Making
Progress Award Goes to Nebraska Groundwater Foundation
Heimlich Presents National Economic Perspective on Wetlands
Pioneer Irrigation Award to Hastings Irrigation Pipe Company
Proceedings Available of 1990 NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nitrate Contamination