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United States Patent: Lime Feeding Repellent, Jerrold L. Belant, Richard A. Dolbeer

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Application of lime at a rate of 500 to 1500 kg/ha to plots desired to be protected from damage by avian and mammalian feeders has been shown to be quite effective. The lime may be administered to the plots in any form. Use of either powder or slurry form is preferred.

Starling Management In Agriculture, Ron J. Johnson, James F. Glahn

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) were brought to the United States from Europe. They were released in New York City in 1890 and 1891 and, since that time, have spread across the country. They were observed in the midwest by 1930, in Colorado in 1939, and in California in 1942. The starling population in the United States has since grown to an estimated 140 million birds. Starlings are frequently considered pests because of the damage they cause, especially to agriculture and in urban roosts. This publication provides facts about starlings and methods to control their damage in agriculture.

Record Of Decision For An Interim Remedial Action At The Monticello Mill Tailings Site, Operable Unit Iii - Surface Water And Ground Water, Monticello, Utah, U.S. Department Of Energy, Grand Junction Office

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

This decision document presents the selected interim remedial action for Operable Unit (OU) Ill surface water and ground water at the Monticello Mill Tailings Site (MMTS) in San Juan County, Utah. The selected interim remedial action was chosen in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 and, to the extent practicable, with the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NGP). This decision is based on the administrative record for this site. The State of Utah concurs with the selected interim action. The selected alternative …

Starling Management In Agriculture, Ron J. Johnson, James F. Glahn

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) were brought to the United States from Europe. They were released in New York City in 1890 and 1891 and, since that time, have spread across the country. They were observed in the midwest by 1930, in Colorado in 1939, and in California in 1942. The starling population in the United States has since grown to an estimated 140 million birds. Starlings are frequently considered pests because of the damage they cause, especially to agriculture and in urban roosts. This publication provides facts about starlings and methods to control their damage in agriculture.

The Probe, Issue 191 - August 1998

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

You Can't Win if You Don't Play -- Diane deLorimier, NADCA Regional Director, Western Region (Region 1), Sutton Ag Enterprises, Salinas, California
The 2nd Edition of the Field Manual of Wildlife Diseases in the Southeastern United States is now available for purchase.
Canadians Test Bone Oil as Coyote Repellent
Trap Injury Study Begins
Video review: "Intermediate Coyote Trapping" by Tom Beaudette of High Country Control. 1998.1-1/2 hours. VHS. $38.00
Arson Damages USDA Olympia Facilities
Important Ruling in Alaska Wolf Snare Dispute
Utah Man Charged for Poisoning Gulls
Girls Scouts Licensed to Kill Geese
Texas Animal Damage Control Service has changed …

Water Current, Volume 30, No. 4, August 1998

Water Current Newsletter

Tent Talks, Demonstrations Highlight Sixth Annual Festival of Color, September 12
NebFacts Suggest Ways to Reduce Blue River Basins Runoff Pollution
Wetlands Tabloid Available
AWWA Research Proposals
Four Cities Hosting Third Wetlands Month Conference
UNL Seminar Series VCR Tapes Available

The Use Of A Phenology Model And Of Risk Analyses For Planning Buckwheat (Fagopyrum Esculentum) Sowing Dates In Alpine Areas, Johann Baumgärtner, Per Schilperoord, Paolo Basetti, Alberto Baiocchi, Mauro Jermini

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

A published temperature-dependent phenology model constructed for representing buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) development has been calibrated. The model considers the phenophases of sowing to emergence, of emergence to first anthesis, and of first anthesis to physiological maturity. It is used for the strategic planning of buckwheat production in Alpine areas and predicts the latest possible sowing dates in areas of the Swiss cantons of the Grisons and of the Ticino as well as of the Italian province of Sondrio. The area-specific date is calculated by taking into account a probability of 1% for crop failure which occurs when the crop is …

Resource Law Notes Newsletter, No. 44, Summer Issue, 1998, University Of Colorado Boulder. Natural Resources Law Center

Resource Law Notes: The Newsletter of the Natural Resources Law Center (1984-2002)

No abstract provided.

Gray Wolf (Canis Lupus)

Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery: Annual Reports

Historically, most Native Americans revered gray wolves, trying to emulate their cunning and hunting abilities. However, wolves became nearly extinct in the lower 48 states in the early part of the 20th century because settlers believed wolves caused widespread livestock losses. Constantly persecuted and targeted by large scale predator eradication programs sponsored by the federal government, wolves have been pursued with more passion and determination than any other animal in U.S. history. By the time wolves were finally protected by the Endangered Species Act of 1973, they had been exterminated from the lower 48 states, except for a few hundred …

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Volume 5, Summer 1998

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: Newsletters and Publications

CCWHC Involvement with Botulism
The Value of A Complete Necropsy in Controversial Situations
Yersiniosis in Snowshoe Hares - Newfoundland
Mass mortality of young harp seals
Salmonellosis in passerine birds
Canine Parvovirus Type 2 Infection in a Wild Wolf
Presumptive Atoxoplasmosis in Common Grackles
Evidence of Leptospira infection in raccoons from Middlesex and Kent counties, Ontario
Toxicity Events

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Volume 5-2, Summer 1998

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: Newsletters and Publications

CCWHC Involvement with Botulism
The Value of a Complete Necropsy in Controversial Situations
Yersiniosis in Snowshoe Hares - Newfoundland
Mass mortality of young harp seals
Salmonellosis in passerine birds
Canine Parvovirus Type 2 Infection in a Wild Wolf
Presumptive Atoxoplasmosis in Common Grackles
Evidence of Leptospira infection in raccoons from Middlesex and Kent counties, Ontario
Toxicity Events
Canine Distemper Virus in Skunks
Assessment of Risk related to Translocation of Elk into Saskatchewan
Vancouver Island Marmots
Anomalous Black bear
Osprey vs. Muskrat (A Fatal Tie?)
Canine Distemper in Coyotes and a Wolf in Alberta

The Probe, Issue 190 – July 1998

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Research, Cooperation Pays Off for Fish Farmers -- Peter Butchko, District Supervisor, USDA-APHIS-WS, Mississippi and NADCA Vice-President, East
Thoughts... Robert H. Giles, Jr., President, NADCA
Book Review : The Wildlife Damage Inspection Handbook, by Stephen Vantassel with Tom Olander; Reviewed by Rex E. Marsh
British Fox Hunting Ban Fails Passage
Recent Coyote Research From Texas: Diets of Coyotes (Canis latrans) in the Edwards Plateau and Trans-Pecos regions of Texas, by J. Harris Glass, S.K. Canon, and D. Rollins
Long-time NADCA Member Robert H. Schmidt Featured in Associated Press Article on Nuisance Animal Control Industry
Research Continues in New Zealand and …

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, July/August 1998

Center for Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Newsletter (1993–2000)

Contents:

Centers Propose Education on Conservation Buffers: The Rural/Urban Interface

Highlights of Upcoming Book: Under The Blade (Part 2)

Using Ecological Footprints to Define Sustainability

Integrated Farm Update: Accumulation of Residual Nitrate Beneath Corral Areas

CSAS Fall Seminar Series Schedule: Small Farming Systems for the Midwest

NOVA University: Regional Education Focus

Power Sector Reforms In India: A Framework For Rationalisation Of Tariffs, C Gopalkrishnan, D G Kodwani

IIMB Management Review

Liberalisation has seen many economies, especially in Asia, opening their hitherto sheltered domestic markets to global competition and providing greater opportunities to trade and foreign investment. The spinoffs of liberalisation bring in new implications, opportunities and challenges for the governments as well as the organisations involved. Round Table features some of the issues discussed in the conference on 'Managing Economic Liberalisation in South Asia : Directions for the 21st Century' held in Chennai, India, from August 10 -13. Selvarajah examines the realignment of economies towards globalisation as a development of regionalism. The shift in economic forces away from multilateral arrangements …

Quality Of Runoff From Plots Treated With Municipal Sludge And Horse Bedding, Elizabeth L. Busheé, Dwayne R. Edwards, Philip A. Moore Jr.

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Land application of horse stall bedding and municipal sludge can increase runoff concentrations of nutrients, organic matter, and bacteria as well as steroidal hormones such as estrogen. Concentrations of materials in runoff from sites treated with animal manure can be reduced by aluminum sulfate, or alum [Al₂(SO₄)₃•14H₂O] treatment. The objectives of this study were to assess plots treated with horse stall bedding or municipal sludge for: (a) runoff quality [concentrations of nitrate nitrogen (NO₃-N), ammonia nitrogen (NH₃-N), orthophosphate-phosphorus (PO₄-P), fecal coliform (FC), chemical oxygen demand (COD) …

Managing Granite Outcrops. Revegetation On Farms Information Kit, David Bicknell, Department Of Conservation And Land Management (Calm), The Royal Society Of Western Australia

Natural resources published reports

In Western Australia, granite outcrops rise from the surrounding countryside like an extensive island chain, stretching from the high rainfall south-west to the arid interior. They are extremely rich in biodiversity, which can change dramatically from outcrop to outcrop. They may contain relics of unique plant and animal populations and are very significant for nature conservation.

Granite outcrops can also be a major source of groundwater recharge within catchments, especially where the surrounding fringe and woodland vegetation has been cleared.

What is granite?

*Granite is an igneous rock consisting of large crystals of quartz, feldspar and mica or hornblende.

* …

Determination Of The N-Terminal Amino Acid Residues On Polypeptides In Secondary Wastewaters, Edward L. Creecy

Chemistry & Biochemistry Theses & Dissertations

The N-terminal amino acid residues on polypeptides and proteins were determined in wastewaters prior to chlorination. The terminal amino groups'ere first derivatized with the well known derivatizing agent dansyl chloride, and then the resulting dansyl amino acid hydrolyzed from the peptide chain by a propionic acid/ hydrochloric acid mixture. The resulting dansyl amino acids were then separated and detected using reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection. The majority of N-terminal residues detected were the more polar amino acids. Concentrations ranged from 1 x 10^-10 to 3 x 10^-7 moles/liter. It is suggested that the shorter …

Optimization Of Variable Area Transect Sampling Using Monte Carlo Simulation, Richard M. Engeman, Robert T. Sugihara

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

An extensive simulation study was conducted to optimize the number, r, of population members to be encountered from each random starting point in variable area transect (VAT) sampling. The quality of estimation provided by the original calculation formula presented by K. R. Parker in 1979 was compared to another formula that was a Morisita analog intended to reduce bias when sampling aggregated populations. Monte Carlo simulations covered 64 combinations of four spatial patterns, four sample sizes, and four densities. Values of r from 3 through 10 were considered in each case. Relative root mean squared error was used as …

Habitat Conservation Plan For Utah Prairie Dogs In Iron County, Utah, Iron County Commission, Utah Division Of Wildlife Resources

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

The Utah prairie dog is a federally threatened species that occurs only in southwestern Utah. A large proportion (65%) of the total population of Utah prairie dogs occurs in Iron County, and a high percentage (86%) of those (2,456/2,843 in 1997) occur on privately owned lands. Population growth in Iron County has averaged more than 6% over the last five years, and is expected to continue at least at the same pace, and possibly as high as 10% (Colgan 1997). The increase in both residential and commercial development in Iron County has been the greatest in Cedar City, but has …

Outdoor Recreation And Water Development: The National Recreation Lakes Study, Bruce R. Brown

Outdoor Recreation: Promise and Peril in the New West (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

12 pages.

Recreation Management By The Blm: A Local Perspective, Ann Morgan

Outdoor Recreation: Promise and Peril in the New West (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

10 pages.

Outdoor Recreation And Natural Lands: The Gradual Unfolding Of Policy, Richard L. Knight

Outdoor Recreation: Promise and Peril in the New West (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

10 pages.

Contains 2 pages of references.

Recreation As An Ally For Environmental Protection, Gary Sprung

Outdoor Recreation: Promise and Peril in the New West (Summer Conference, June 8-10)

10 pages.

Contains references.

Epidemic Leptospirosis Associated With Pulmonary Hemorrhage—Nicaragua, 1995, Rosalie T. Trevejo, José G. Rigau-Pérez, David A. Ashford, Emily M. Mcclure, Carlos Jarquín-González, Juan J. Amador, José O. De Los Reyes, Alcides Gonzalez, Sherif R. Zaki, Wun-Ju Shieh, Robert G. Mclean, Roger S. Nasci, Robbin S. Weyant, Carole A. Bolin, Sandra L. Bragg, Bradley A. Perkins, Richard A. Spiegel

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

In October 1995, epidemic “hemorrhagic fever,” without jaundice or renal manifestations, was reported in rural Nicaragua following heavy flooding; 2259 residents were evaluated for nonmalarial febrile illnesses (cumulative incidence, 6.1%) and 15 (0.7%) died with pulmonary hemorrhage. A case-control study found that case-patients were more likely than controls to have ever walked in creeks (matched odds ratio [MOR], 15.0; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.7–132.3), have household rodents (MOR, 10.4; 95% CI, 1.1–97.1), or own dogs with titers ≥ 400 to Leptospira species (MOR, 23.4; 95% CI, 3.6–`). Twenty-six of 51 case-patients had serologic or postmortem evidence of acute leptospirosis. Leptospira …

Review Of: Allan Mazur, A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect At Love Canal, Thomas G. Field Jr.

RISK: Health, Safety & Environment (1990-2002)

Review of: Allan Mazur, A Hazardous Inquiry: The Rashomon Effect at Love Canal (Harvard University Press 1998). Abbreviations,, appendices: Chron- ology and The Basics of Toxicology, bibliography, chronology, figures, index, photos, references. LC 97-44639; ISBN 0-674-74833-6 [255+xiv pp. $26.00 Cloth, 79 Garden Street; Cambridge MA 02138.]

The Probe, Issue 189 – June 1998

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

When Deer Are Too Dear and Elk Are Too Elegant -- Gary W. Witmer, NADCA Regional Director, Southern Rockies Region, Region 2
Understanding Home Range -- Jeff Jackson, Extension Wildlife Specialist, School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia
Notes from Nigeria: Wildlife Crop Interactions in Threatened Sahelian Wetland -- Augustine U. Ezealor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, and Robert H. Giles, Jr., Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0321.
Two Women Animal Rights Activists Protest Prairie Dog Control
Rats on the Rise-Urban Wildlife Control Proves to Be Bonanza …

Water Current, Volume 30, No. 3, June 1998

Water Current Newsletter

Summer Water Tour to Visit Arkansas and Republican Rivers
EPA Help for Community Drinking Water Systems; Studying Corroded Systems
State's First Constructed Wetland Treatment System Fills Unique Need
Legislative Shuffle Adds to Nebraska's Water Law
NU Study Ranks Small Town's Ability to Pay for Sewer and Water
Water News Briefs
Twenty Most Endangered Rivers
Chlorinated Drinking Water Under Fire
Former NRCS Chief to Speak at Conference
Call for Papers, Bringing Groundwater to Life
New Tabloid Availble (Wetlands - Understanding a Resource)
MSEA Water Quality Project Tops Team Awards

Title Index, Robert S. Means, Russell T. Clement

Pacific Studies

Title Index compiled by Robert S. Means and Russell T. Clement. Includes two issues per volume, Vols. 1–8; three issues per volume, Vols. 9–13; and four issues per volume, Vols. 14–20.

Analysis Of Hydric Pine Flatwood Ephemeral Pool Macroinvertebrate And Crustacean Assemblages Along A Temporal And Spatial Gradient From A Hypothesized Colonial Source, Henry Leon Griffith

Theses and Dissertations

A survey of the macroinvertebrate and crustacean assemblages in hydric pine flatwood wetlands during fill and drawdown periods was conducted from September to November 1998, in Lee County, Florida. Physical and chemical information, relationships between community composition and physical and chemical conditions were analyzed and a monitoring plan for detecting impacts of declining water supply in hydric pine flatwood communities was proposed. In addition, possible sources of colonists and patterns of community assemblage were investigated. Twelve ephemeral pools and three associated intermittently exposed cypress heads were sampled monthly, over three months, using 1 D-ring benthic sweep, 2 Hester-Dendy multiple plate …

Cumulative Index, Volumes 1–20, Robert S. Means, Russell T. Clement

Pacific Studies

Cumulative Index compiled by Robert S. Means and Russell T. Clement. Includes two issues per volume, Vols. 1–8; three issues per volume, Vols. 9–13; and four issues per volume, Vols. 14–20.