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The Unrealistic Ipm Parameters Of Vertebrate Pest Control, Rex E. Marsh

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

In actual practice certain phases of integrated pest management (IPM), i.e., the utilization of a multitude of control methods, have always played a role in vertebrate pest management. For example, sanitation and rodent-proofing have always been viewed as most important aspects of rat control. IPM is a necessity in vertebrate pest control because total dependence on lethal chemical-control methods is not possible with many animal pest problems. Toxic chemicals, when used alone, are often not sufficiently effective as a single management practice.

Computers And Vertebrate Pest Control, Terrell P. Salmon, Dennis C. Stroud, Aileen Kennedy

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

Computers are affordable and usable by most individuals involved in vertebrate pest control. Their value as a research tool for vertebrate pest population modeling has been proposed; however, few, if any, are being used for field operations. Despite their ecological limitations, simulating models have been developed that are useful in wildlife management, including wildlife pest problems. Improvement of these or similar models could answer questions such as population effects from a control program, proper timing of control, and the impact of control on non-target species. Vertebrate pest control information can also be stored, retrieved and disseminated via the computer. The …

Fifth Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop, Robert M. Timm, Ron J. Johnson

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

Proceedings
Fifth Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop
Contents

Public Relations And Successful Blackbird Roost Management, Sally S. Erdman

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

The public relations aspects of a successful blackbird roost management program for an urban area are described. Appendices include sample field note format, selected bird control references, a method for preserving birds, bird control materials, and a sample citation form.

A Review Of Prairie Dog Diet And Its Variability Among Animals And Colonies, Kathleen A. Fagerstone

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

After almost 70 years of decline, prairie dog numbers are increasing in many western states. As populations expand, it becomes increasingly important to clarify the degree of competition between prairie dogs and livestock. A review of studies on prairie dog food habits shows variable results. Prairie dogs frequently eat the same plant species as cattle and their activities may cause a decrease in grasses normally considered good livestock forage and an increase in forb cover. However, in some instances, prairie dogs may be beneficial to rangeland; plant species diversity and protein content of forage are often greater on prairie dog …

Outwitting The House Sparrow [Passer Domesticus (Linnaeus)], William D. Fitzwater

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

With the decline of house sparrow populations during the first quarter of this century, control research attention shifted to other avian species so little new is available on either life history studies or management. Solutions to animal damage control problems are generally through (1) environmental controls, (2) protection of crops and/or sites, and (3) population reduction. In the case of sparrow problems, environmental controls are of limited application as the birds prefer the habitat modifications made by man. Protection of crops or sites relies on repellents which are generally ineffective against this particular species. The only viable population level controls …

Poster Session Abstracts

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

Poster Abstracts include:

● FURBEARER TRAPPER-HUNTER EDUCATION IN KANSAS
EDWARD K. BOGGESS and F. ROBERT HENDERSON, Cooperative Extension Service, Kansas State University

● A FLOW CHART FOR HOUSE MOUSE CONTROL
DARYL D. FISHER and ROBERT M. Timm, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

● BIRD DRAMAGE CONTROL AND DISPERSAL RECORDINGS
RON J. JOHNSON and ROBERT H. SCHMIDT, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

● GROUND SQUIRREL CONTROL IN NEWLY PLANTED GRAlN FIELDS
ANN E. KOLHLER and RON J. JOHNSON, Department of Forestry. Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

● WOODPECKER DAMAGE TO HOUSES AND …

Panel Discussion: Integrated Pest Management—A Viable Approach To Wildlife Damage Control?, Roger E. Gold Moderator

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

Questions & answers. Questioners and respondents include:
Roger E. Gold, Moderator
Robert M. Timm
Bill Ahlschwede
Rex E. Marsh
George Laidlaw
James Miller
Terry Salmon

The Ecology Of Maine's Intertidal Habitats : A Report Prepared For The Maine State Planning Office, Peter F. Larsen, Lee F. Doggett

Maine Collection

The Ecology of Maine's Intertidal Habitats : A Report Prepared for the Maine State Planning Office

by Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences (Authors: Peter F. Larsen and Lee F. Doggett) , 1981.

Contents: Acknowledgements / List of Tables / List of Figures / Chapter 1 - Introduction / Chapter 2 - Human Impact on Intertidal Fauna / Chapter 3 - A Primer of Intertidal Ecology / Chapter 4 - A Sampler of Intertidal Species / Chapter 5 - Methodology / Chapter 6 - Results of Faunal Studies / Appendix 1 - Habitats With Date Sampled / Appendix 2 - List …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 13, Numbers 3 And 4. September - December 1981

The Prairie Naturalist

PROVISIONAL CHECKLIST OF MAMMALS OF SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ J. R. Choate and J. K. Jones, Jr.

LABORATORY FEEDING PREFERENCES OF THREE SMALL MAMMALS FOR FIVE TREE SPECIES ▪ T. G. Barnes and T. A. Schaid

NESTLING DIETS OF RED-WINGED AND YELLOW-HEADED BLACKBIRDS ON PLAYA LAKES OF WEST TEXAS ▪ D. H. Fischer and E. C. Bolen

COMPARISON OF FOUR NORTH DAKOTA IMPOUNDMENTS AND FACTORS AFFECTING

THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMPOUNDMENT PARASITOFAUNA ▪ H. L. Holloway, Jr. and N. T. Hagstrom

FIRST STATE RECORD OF RICHARDSON'S GROUND SQUIRREL IN IOWA ▪ R. P. Lampe, J. B. Bowles, and R. Spengler

THE EFFECT …

Algal Dynamics In A Cypress Stand In The Seasonally Flooded Great Dismal Swamp, Joseph A. Atchue Iii

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

The dynamics of epiphytic algae and phytoplankton were studied at a cypress stand in the Great Dismal Swamp, Virginia. Mean epiphytic algal biomass was 19.9 g m^-2 and mean planktonic biomass was 3.4 g m^-2.Nutrient concentrations in the epiphytic algae and the litter were determined. The algae had mean concentrations of 1.67% and 0.18%. They were found to immobilize as much as 0.5 g N m^-2 and 0.06 g P m^-2. This suggests that the algae are important as nutrient conservers. The phytoplankton were composed primarily of Bacillariophyceae. They exhibited a more or less …

State Of The Fisheries Report 1980, Department Of Fisheries And Wildlife, Western Australia

Status Reports of the Fisheries and Aquatic Resources

Western Australia has maintained its position as the top fishing State. The catch in Western Australia of fish, crustaceans and molluscs in 1979/80 was worth $85.7 million to the fishermen, which is 27 per cent of the total value for Australia.

Geology Of Lake Mcconaughy Area, Keith County, Nebraska, Roger K. Pabian, Robert F. Diffendal Jr., Frankie Gould

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Rocks cropping out along the North Platte River valley at Lake McConaughy provide a glimpse into Nebraska's geologic past. Here are excellent exposures of the Ogallala Group, which consists of continental sedimentary rocks deposited during the Miocene epoch of the Tertiary period of geologic time. This group of rocks extends throughout much of Nebraska (see geologic bedrock map on outside back cover) but is overlain in most places by younger stream and wind deposits of Pliocene(?) and Pleistocene age. Easily accessible, the Ogallala outcrops contain locally abundant fossils of seeds, casts of pedotubules, and occasional fossils of vertebrate animals such …

Application Of A New Method For Quantitative Evaluation Of Stream Benthic Algal Populations, Richard L. Meyer, Neil Woomer

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

The response of stream biota to changing water quality or other ecosystem perturbations is an important means of assessing water quality. The dynamic nature of streams induces significant sampling and measurement problems. In smaller streams a true algal plankton subcommunity is lacking and the major location for the production of algae is attachment onto stones and other stable surfaces at the substrate-water interface. Several artificial techniques have been developed to analyze the composition of a portion of the epiphytic periphyton (algae attached to stones) but not populations which are qualitatively and quantitatively similar to natural substrates. A newly developed substrate …

Classification And Ranking Of Selectd Arkansas Lakes, Robert E. Babcock, Eugene H. Schmitz, Thomas Buchanan, Richard L. Meyer, James I. Meinecke, David B. Czarnecki

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

Trophic-state related problems associated with waters in the United States have generated tremendous public interest and concern, particularly during the past decade. These interests and concerns led to Public Law 92-500, the mandate by Congress known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Various sections of PL 92-500 directly address the need for trophic-state analyses, particularly Section 314 referred to as the Clean Lakes Program which assigns states the responsibility for classifying their lakes according to water quality, identifying methods of pollution control and restoring those lakes which have become degraded.

The Probe, Issue 16 - September 1981

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE National Animal Damage Control Association No. 15 September, 1981
Kelly Keene was killed by a coyote as she left her house in Glendale (Calif.) on her way to preschool classes.
"SHEEP PERFUME" IS CHIC FOR COYOTES
According to the by-laws, NADCA has to hold its' first election.
We appreciate Bill Jackson (Director, Center of Environmental Studies, Bowling Green State University, Ohio) checking further on our note in PROBE No. 15 about the rabid mouse in Nebraska.
CAGE TRAP
The price tag on the 101 mile Washington, D.C. transit system is now estimated at $10 billion and going up …

Low Pressure Membrane Separation Process To Remove Heavy Metal Complexes, Dibakar Bhattacharyya, Chin-Shun Cheng

KWRRI Research Reports

The overall objective of this investigation is to establish the rejection behavior of heavy metals in the presence of complexing agents, utilizing negatively charged ultrafiltration membranes. An extensive experimental investigation is conducted with Zn²⁺, Cd²⁺, Cu²⁺, and Cu¹⁺ in the presence of cyanide, ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid, and oxalates, under insignificant concentration polarization condition. The rejection dependence of the heavy metals is found to be a function of feed metal concentration, metal types, complexing agent to metal feed molar ratio, pH and ionic strength. The dependence of rejection behavior of heavy metals and complexing …

Proceedings Of 14th Conference Prairie Grouse Technical Council. September 23-25, 1981: Halsey, Nebraska

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

HOST: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

INTRODUCTION - Jim Mitchell, Upland Game Specialist, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (Conference Coordinator)

WELCOME - Bill Bailey, Assistant Director, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

IN MEMORIAM — This publication is dedicated to Ken Robertson

THE NEBRASKA SANDHILLS - AN OVERVIEW, Jon Farrar, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

PRAIRIE GROUSE IN THE SANDHILLS, Carl W. Wolfe, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission

GROUSE ON fflE BESSEY DIVISION NEBRASKA NATIONAL FOREST, Steve Marquardt, U.S. Forest Service

EXPERIMENTAL SHARP-TAILED GROUSE INTRODUCTIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA, John J. Kriz, Pennsylvania Game Commission

ANALYSIS OF GREATER PRAIRIE CHICKEN POPULATION AND HARVEST …

Water Current, Volume 13, No. 5, September/October 1981

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Water Problems Ranked as #1 Priority
Coordination of Water Extension Programs
Water Resources Seminar Series
Agricultural and Water Research Fund Projects
Project Funded by OWRT
NWRC Research Program
States to Continue Regional Water Resources Efforts
Water Conservation Workshops Project
No Funds for State Water Institutes
Watt Reaffirms State Control of Water in Announcing New Legal Opinion
Repeal of Principles and Standards
Research Review: Measurement of Actual Transpiration of Native Grass Stands as a Component of Nebraska Sandhills Groundwater Hydrology

Volume 5, Number 8 (August 1981), The Solar Ocean Energy Liaison

The OTEC Liaison

No abstract provided.

The Reclamation Of The Victory Mine Site, Vigo County, Indiana, Carla J. Badger

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study was involved with the physical and socioeconomic aspects related to the reclamation of the Victory Mine located in Vigo County, Indiana. The Victory Mine is an abandoned slope mine which includes 165 acres of gob and slurry. During the past ten years the site has been used as a sanitary landfill utilizing the gob as a covering agent. Pollution of Honey Creek, a tributary to the Wabash River, has been caused by sediment and acid mine drainage from the Victory Mine. Possible reclamation procedures were outlined for the Victory Mine site. Physical aspects included soils, surface and ground …

Volume 5, Number 7 (July 1981), The Solar Ocean Energy Liaison

The OTEC Liaison

No abstract provided.

The Probe, Issue 15 July, 1981

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PLIGHT OF LOVING WILDLIFE
Charlie Cadieux, who once was Principal Assistant in the Texas. D i s t r i c t o f the old PARC, has written a book about rare and endangered species of w i l d l i f e . Entitled THESE ARE THE EUOAUGEREV, the book is hardcover and i l l u s t r a t e d with 18 of Bob Hines drawings, along with many photographs.
TALON VERSUS THE ZOO AGAIN
TRAPPER EDUCATION
membership l i s t
road show on the West Coast this fall by Bill …

Water Current, Volume 13, No. 4, July/August 1981

Water Current Newsletter

Community Course on Water in Nebraska
Assistant Instructor in Water Resources Communications
Sandhills Research Package Being Developed
Governors May Seek Continued Regional Water Planning Efforts
Missouri River Basin Commission Water Use Information Needs Assessment
Interior Appropriations Bill
Water Planning Bill Approved by Committee
Dr. Dallas Peck Nominated to Head USGS

Petroleum-Utilizing Bacteria: The Biological Line Defense Against Oil Pollution, Steven W. Sokolowski

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

A silica gel-petroleum (SGP) medium was developed which is reliable, approximately the same cost as that of the corresponding agar-based petroleum medium, and can be made sufficiently firm to use in streaking or the spread-plate technique. Advantages of the medium include: the incorporation of all of the major ions of seawater in accordance with Dittmar's Law (the salinity of which can easily be varied from 0 to 35 parts per thousand); a wide workable pH range (5.5 to 11.6); negligable pH drift(~ 0.2 pH units after 166 days); the elimination of all but negligable amounts of syneresis, the ability to …

Diagenesis Of Organic Matter In Las Vegas Bay And Bonelli Bay, Lake Mead, James W. Murray, Carolyn J. Jones, Kathy Kuivila, Jeff Sawlan

Publications (WR)

The interstitial water chemistry of the sediments of Las Vegas Bay and Bonelli Bay in Lake Mead has been studied as part of a comprehensive water quality study of those locations. Pore water and solid phase analyses were completed from four stations in Las Vegas Bay and two stations in Bonelli Bay. At both locations the pore water compositions and organic matter diagenesis in the sediments are dominated by sulfate reduction. This major role of sulfate reduction is unusual for lake sediments and reflects the fact that SO₄ is the major anion in the lake water. In addition, gypsum …

State Prohibitions On The Interstate Exportation Of Scarce Water Resources, Steven E. Clyde, Edward W. Clyde

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

42 pages.

Maintaining Minimum Stream Flows For Wildlife And Recreation, A. Dan Tarlock

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

27 pages.

Contains references.

Federal Regulation Of Appropriations Of Water In The Name Of Protecting Water Quality, David L. Harrison

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

9 pages.

Water Resources Allocation: Reclaiming Municipal Wastewater For Agricultural Use: Outline, Robert C. Kerr

Water Resources Allocation: Laws and Emerging Issues: A Short Course (Summer Conference, June 8-11)

26 pages (includes illustrations).