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Protection Of Waters Within And Without Park Boundaries To Support National Parks And Other Units Of The National Park System, A. Dan Tarlock

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

8 pages.

Siting Industrial Facilities In The Western United States, Joseph Browder

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

24 pages.

Contains references.

External Development: Turning Problems Into Opportunities, T. Destry Jarvis

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

9 pages.

The National Park Idea: Historical Misconceptions And Ecological Realities, Alfred Runte

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

17 pages.

Contains references.

Panel: Perspectives On External Threats To The National Parks [Report Of The Subgroup Of The Park Protection Working Group], Stephen A. Gleason

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

11 pages.

Contains 1 attachment.

Restoring The Biological Integrity Of Everglades National Park, Estus D. Whitfield

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

29 pages.

Contains references.

Case Study: The Challenges Of The Greater Yellowstone, Bill Bryan

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

4 pages.

Legal Issues Associated With Protecting Park Resources: Air Quality And Related Values, Molly N. Ross

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

109 pages.

Contains references.

Contains 5 attachments:

1) United States Department of the Interior Memorandum, September 20, 1985: Protection of National Park System Units from the Adverse Effects of Air Pollution.

2) Library of Congress Congressional Research Service Memorandum, November 19, 1985: Comments on Department of the Interior Memorandum of September 20, 1985 Entitled "Protection of National Park System Units from the Adverse Effects of Air Pollution."

3) United States Department of the Interior Memorandum, May 15, 1986: Legal Authority of the Secretary to Protect the Air Quality and Related Values of NPS Units from Adverse Impacts of Surface Coal …

Protecting National Park Resources: Wildlife, George Cameron Coggins

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

28 pages.

Contains references.

Agenda: External Development Affecting The National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had", University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

External Development Affecting the National Parks: Preserving "The Best Idea We Ever Had" (September 14-16)

Conference organizers and/or faculty included University of Colorado School of Law professors Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Daniel Magraw.

The conference will be held at the Aspen Lodge, adjacent to Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park, Colorado.

It was Wallace Stegner who called the national parks "the best idea we ever had." The continuing increases in usage attest to their popularity. National parks are created to preserve areas of special scenic and cultural value for enjoyment and use. Managing the parks in a manner that protects the important values and purposes for which they were created presents important and difficult …

The Probe, Issue 66 - September/October 1986

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1986
Harassment of Hunters
How to fight the "antis-" in State legislatures.
Animal rights activitists boycotted the 52 year-old Labor Day pigeon shoot at Hegins (PA)
“Your Right to Fight Right”
Pest Control
Feral Camels
Letters to Ye Ed
EPA
FWS – APHIS
A civil penalty suit has been decided against ELECTRONICS FOR INDUSTRY, INC.
Field Guide: Extreme Care Needed When Controlling Cats

Interference Competition In A Heteromyid Community In The Great Basin Of Nevada, Usa, Cliff A. Lemen, Patricia W. Freeman

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Removal experiments with three species of heteromyid rodents were performed during two summers in the Great Basin of Nevada, USA. These experiments were designed to determine the importance of interference competition in these species by quantifying the short-term responses to the removal of one or more of the species. Our results indicate that the removal of a large species (Dipodomys merriami) does have a positive effect on a smaller species with a similar diet (Perognathus longimembris). These results and others presented are consistent with a hypothesis of interference competition. However, while there is short-term increase in …

State Of The Fisheries Report 1985, Fisheries Department Of Western Australia

Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Western Australia continues to be one of the leading fishing States in Australia. The total gross value of fish, crustaceans and molluscs for 1984/85 was $163 million (Table 1) to which may be added the value of the pearl culture industry resulting in a total value of approximately $190 million.

The Probe, Issue 65 - August 1986

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
AUGUST, 1986
New NADCA Officers
African Lions in Idaho
Toxic Collars
2,4 D
ADC
Increased Tiger Population
“The Steel Trap in North America”
Rodent Plague in New Mexico
Letters to Ye Ed
Novel European Rabbit Control
Cleaning up After the Birds
Rabies
Iguana
Treasurer’s Report
Predator Control Program
Coyotes vs. Salmon

Kununurra Region - Land Utilization Report - 1984 Dry Season - 1984/85 Wet Season And 1985 Dry Season In The Ord River Irrigation Area, S. Sandover

Natural resources published reports

Kununurra Region

3rd edition

A small experimental farm was first established on the Ord River in 1941. This farm was relocated in 1945 to what is now known as the Frank Wise Institute of Tropical Agriculture.

The first stage of the Irrigation Scheme which included the Diversion dam was completed by 1963 and by 1966, 31 irrigated farms had been established.

In 1967 the second stage was commenced and by 1972 the main dam had been completed.

Cotton was the major crop until 1974. In the wet season of that year 3642 hectares was devoted to cotton. Various crops such …

The Reclamation Of Boston Harbor: A Scientist's Perspective, Gordon T. Wallace Jr.

New England Journal of Public Policy

A major effort, costing in the neighborhood of $2 billion, is under way to restore the environmental quality of Boston Harbor. While Boston Harbor is unquestionably one of the most polluted urban estuaries in the world, it is also one of the least understood with respect to the basic physics, chemistry, and biology involved. This information is essential for the purpose of identifying processes that control the transport, effect, and fate of contaminants entering the estuary. Failure to obtain this information may lead to continued inappropriate and unnecessarily expensive solutions to a complex environmental problem. An effective solution will require …

The 1985/1986 Amendments To The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, And Liability Act: A Background Paper, Alan J. Gilbert

Getting a Handle on Hazardous Waste Control (Summer Conference, June 9-10)

20 pages.

Contains 2 attachments.

The Probe, Issue 64 - June/July 1986

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
JUNE - JULY, 1986
Fund for Animals
Bird Problems
Animal Rightists
Rat Control
Rabies Update
The Eastern Coyote
Letters to Ye Ed
ADC to USDA
Historic Predation
Pittman-Robertson Act
The Fur Market
Grizzly Bear
Fish Skin Fashions
Endangered Species vs. Livestock Industry
Wild Horse & Burrow Advisory Board

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 18, No. 2. June 1986

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

TABLE OF CONTENTS

WINTER ECOLOGY OF BALD EAGLES IN SOUTHCENTRAL NEBRASKA ▪ G. R. Lingle and G. L. Krapu

NATURAL HISTORY OF THE PLAINS POCKET MOUSE IN AGRICULTURALLY DISTURBED SANDSAGE PRAIRIE ▪ K. M. Reed and J. R. Choate

COMMERCIAL SUNFLOWERS: FOOD FOR RED FOXES IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ A. B. Sargeant, S. H. Allen, and J. P. Fleskes

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA - 1985 ▪ R. N. Randall

NEST SITES OF DUCKS IN GRAZED MIXED-GRASS PRAIRIE IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ H. F. …

Characterization Of Microorganisims After Feeding With Phenolic Compounds : Comparing A Domestic Sludge To An Industrial Sludge, Dianne Adamowitz

Theses

This study examined the effects of phenolic compounds on the populations in mixed liquors obtained from two very different treatment plants: the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners plant in Newark, and the Livingston, NJ municipal treatment plant. The dominant organisms were identified initially and after ten days exposure to phenol (100 ppm), and either 2-chlorophenol (20 ppm) or 2,6-dichlorophenol (10 ppm) in aerated batch reactors.

Results confirmed the remarkable similarity between the two mixed liquor populations, in spite of the significant differences in the operation of the two treatment plants.

As Assessment Of The Fisheries Research Program Of The National Marine Fisheries Service, Gary Page Bulmer

Marine Affairs Theses and Major Papers

The nation's fishery management regime has three primary sets of players: the scientific advisors, the managers, and the fishermen. The advisors include federal agencies, state agencies, universities, regional and interstate bodies, and international bodies. The National Marie Fisheries Service (NMFS) has the lead role as scientific advisor. As used here "management" is defined broadly to include the instructions and funding that the researchers are given. "Fisheries research" is also defined broadly for the purposes of this paper. It means the collection of any biological, economic, or social information which is relevant to fisheries management.

The Probe, Issue 63 - May 1986

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
MAY, 1986
Defacing Mother Nature
M-44s
Cleaing Traps
Personnel Changes
Predator Losses
USFWS and the International Association of Fish and WIldlife Agaencies
Annual Deer Harvest
Animal Rights Activists
The Wildlife Management Institute
Logo for ADC
Squirrel Attacks
The Black-footed Ferret
Wild Horses
Letters to Ye Ed
Relocating Red Wolves
State Plans Battle Against Rats

The Report Of The Southern Western Australian Shark Working Group., P. Millington

Fisheries Management Papers

The southern Western Australian Shark Working Group was formed to investigate the southern shark fishery and advise the Minister for Fisheries on options for future management. Membership comprised six fishermen from regional professional fishermen's associations and two Fisheries Department officers. The Working Group considered that each shark fisherman obtaining an entitlement should then be restricted in the length of fishing gear he can use and the number of months he can fish. The individual's time and gear entitlement would be approximately that length of gear being used and time spent fishing in a period shortly before the bench mark date. …

The Probe, Issue 62 - April 1986

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
APRIL, 1986
Gita-magari Farm Community
Survey of Landholders on the Wild Dog Problem in Eastern Victoria
Treasurer’s Report
1985 Report on Hunting Issues
Vertebrate Pest Biology and Control
Anti-Trapping Lawsuit Dismissed
California Condors
Letters to Ye Ed
ADC to Agriculture
Big Game Hunting in Alaska
the Timber Wolf
Rat-Free Alberta
Rats
New Director Appointed to USFWS
Birding
Bird Scares

The Effects Of Acid Precipitation On Two Lakes In Southwestern Michigan, Fardin Olyaei

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which acid precipitation contributes acidity and heavy metals to lake environments. Asylum and Bonnie Castle Lakes, both located in the western portion of Kalamazoo County, served as the study sites. Precipitation samples were also taken at a site close to both lakes. Using the Hach Colorimeter, a preliminary study was undertaken to determine concentrations of the major cations (H('+), NH(,4)('+), K('+) and Ca('2+)), and major anions (NO(,3)('-), SO(,4)('2-), and PO(,4)('3-)). The main study dealt with the metal concentrations (Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Pb) in rain/snow water, lakewaters, sediment, …

Pest Bird Control With The Avicide Bcf 7000-Sun Oil Refinery Project, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Charles W. Areson

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 12th (1986)

The Sun Refinery at Tulsa presented a new and special type of problem that I had never faced before. The refinery is just across the Arkansas River from downtown Tulsa. Many species of protected birds roost and nest within the confines of the refinery proper and in the surrounding river bank areas to the north, urban and manufacturing area to the east and southeast, rail yards to the south, and hills to the south and southwest. According to Sidney Cabbiness, Environmental Egineer for Sun, the following birds and other animals are known to make this area their home or feeding …

Secondary Toxicity Of Coyotes Killed By 1080 Single-Dose Baits, Richard J. Burns, Guy E. Connolly, Iwao Okuno

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 12th (1986)

Carcasses and viscera of coyotes poisoned by Compound 1080 (sodium fluoroacetate) in single-dose tallow baits (SDBs) were fed to 3 coyotes, 3 domestic dogs, 4 striped skunks, and 15 black-billed magpies to determine if these species would be poisoned secondarily. Test subjects received no food other than tissues from poisoned coyotes for periods of 14 to 35 days. Total amounts of contaminated coyote tissues consumed by dogs, coyotes, skunks, and magpies, respectively, averaged 67, 152, 117, and 371% of body weight. Except for one skunk that refused to eat, no mortalities occurred and no evidence of poisoning was seen.

The …

An Integrated Pest Management Approach To Roof Rat Control In Oceanfront Riprap, Ventura County, California, Daniel P. Claffey, Minoo B. Madon, Randall T. Smith

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 12th (1986)

During the summer months of 1979, public agencies in Ventura County received complaints which pointed to a rodent infestation of campground areas along the north coastal strip. Investigations revealed a widespread infestation of oceanfront riprap by roof rats (Rattus rattus). Visual surveillance, trapping, baiting and population-estimating techniques and results are described and discussed. Implementation of integrated pest management practices resulted in the reduction of rat populations to a no-complaint level and provided a framework for a long-term maintenance program.

Bird Problems In California Pistachio Production, A. Charles Crabb, Terrell P. Salmon, Rex E. Marsh

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 12th (1986)

In 1984 studies were initiated to identify the bird species causing damage to pistachio nuts, quantify the losses, and explore possible methods for alleviating bird losses. The first year's field observations were made to identify and determine the level of activity of the various depredating bird species in the orchard. Field samples of nuts were collected to assess the levels of damage occurring in representative orchards. A mail survey of all commercial pistachio growers in California was conducted to determine which bird species growers believed were the cause of nut losses, the extent of damage they have experienced and what, …

Evaluating A Pop-Up Scarecrow Coupled With A Propane Exploder For Reducing Blackbird Damage To Ripening Sunflower, John L. Cummings, C. Edward Knittle, Joseph L. Guarino

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 12th (1986)

A combination Purivox® Double-John carousel propane exploder and CO2 pop-up scarecrow operated in synchrony was evaluated in five ripening sunflower fields in 1981 and 1982, respectively, near Devils Lake and Westhope, North Dakota. In each field, this treatment was evaluated in an alternating off-on sequence of 5-day intervals for a period of 20 days. In 1981, devices were deployed at one unit per 8 to 10 acres and in 1982 at one unit per 4 to 6 acres. The degree of effectiveness for reducing bird damage in three of five fields that met selection criteria ranged from 71 to 87% …