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A Fixed Netting System As A Means Of Excluding Birds From A Domestic Waste Landfill, Vicky S. Jackson, J. Brown, J. R. Allan

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

Many bird species are attracted to landfills which take domestic or putrescible waste. These sites provide a reliable, rich source of food which can attract large concentrations of birds. The birds may cause conflicts with human interest with respect to noise, birds carrying litter off site, possible transmission of pathogens in bird droppings and the potential for birdstrikes. In the UK there is an 8 mile safeguarding radius around an airfield, within which any planning applications must pass scrutiny from regulatory bodies to show they will not attract birds into the area and increase the birdstrike risk. Peckfield Landfill site …

Integrated Management Systems For Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis Molucca) On The Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, Phillip P. Shaw

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

Fueled by a large supplemental food supply at landfills in South-east Queensland, Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) populations grew from an estimated 5000 to 10000 between 1995 and 1998. Ibis counted at Coolangatta Airport reflected this growth with a 556% increase between 1989 and 1995. The multimillion-dollar loss of a Qantas airbus engine from ingestion of an Ibis, resulted in the establishment of the Ibis Management Coordination Group (IMCG). This group, comprising government, industry and community representatives, instigated an integrated program of food reduction, restriction of breeding success and public education. The program has become an example for management programs …

The Use Of Night Landfilling To Reduce Bird Hazards To Aircraft Safety, Rolph A. Davis, Joseph Mangino

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

The Atlantic County Utilities Authority (ACUA) operates a ‘bulky waste’ (non-putrescible waste) landfill at a site that is 10,300 ft from the end of the main runway at the Atlantic City (NJ) International Airport (ACY). The airport supports the Federal Aviation Administration’s Technical Center. The ACUA also operates a transfer station at its site. Municipal solid waste (msw = putrescible) is delivered to the transfer station during the day. Previously, the msw was loaded onto transfer trucks and shipped to an out-of-state landfill. In October 1997, the ACUA received a permit to conduct a 2-year experiment to dispose of the …

Complete Control Of Nuisance Birds In Airport Hangars, Peter F. Vogt

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

Fogging of ReJeX-iT7 TP-40 offers a very efficient method for the control and dispersal of nuisance birds from many diverse areas. The amount of the repellent is greatly reduced over any other control method. The method is direct and is independent of the activity of the birds. The applications with any fogger, thermal or mechanical, that can deliver droplets of less than 20 microns, can be manually or fully automated and pose only minimal risks to operators or animals. All birds that became a nuisance and safety problem in the hangars of TWA and AA at LaGuardia, and TWA warehouse …

Zero Bird-Strike Rate - An Achievable Target, Not A Pipedream, S. M. Satheesan

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

This paper explains how zero bird-strike rate can be achieved by any aerodrome by constant efforts and perseverance of a dedicated team as evidenced from the author’s experience on about 30 aerodromes in India. This paper stresses the importance of conducting survey of problem aerodromes every five years by an expert (Satheesan 1996c), necessity for employing an Ornithologist at every aerodrome, need for regular national-level training for bird-controllers (Satheesan, in press - b) and urgency for setting up Bird-strike Prevention Committees at national (interministerial) and airport levels. Bird strike rates were brought down to zero at the Trivandrum International Airport …

Coping Strategies For The Aircraft Birdstrike Problem: Resisting Impacts, Avoiding Collisions, And …, R. J. Speelman Iii, M. E. Kelley, R. E. Mccarty, J. J. Short

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

When birds and aircraft occupy the same airspace at the same time, bad things happen. Annual DoD costs probably exceed $200 Million per year, and dollar losses to world-wide aviation have been estimated at $3 Billion to $4 Billion per year (in US dollars). Much has been done in the past to improve the bird impact resistance of aircraft, and some further improvements would be cost effective on some aircraft. A new manufacturing technology for aircraft transparencies that can increase strength while slashing costs by 80% is one promising approach. However, the “law of diminishing returns” comes into play, and …

Evaluation Of Controlling Red-Tailed Hawks (Buteo Jamaicensis) Through Live Trapping And Relocation To Minimize Aircraft Strikes At Canadian Airports, Martin L. Wernaart, Terri L. Groh, Philip J. Roberts

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

Central and Southwestern Ontario is one of the largest migratory flyways for raptors in North America. The expanse of airfields and prey availability make airfields attractive to migrating raptors, which may result in an increase in over wintering birds. These birds do not readily scare with conventional wildlife control methods and have high public profile. Even though the strike risk is moderate, raptors routinely make the top ten list for strikes from all bird species (8%) at Canadian Airports. The potential for damage from a collision with raptor species is high due to their size and weight. It has been …

Bird Strike Risk Analysis On Aktion Airfield (Greece) And Recommendations For Improvements In Bird Strike Prevention, Heinrich Weitz

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

A survey of Aktion airfield in Greece was carried out from 14 to 18 October 1996 initiated by the Flight Safety Division of the NATO E-3A Component Geilenkirchen (Germany) as an reaction to the accident of an AWACS-aircraft on 14. July 1996, initially caused by a bird strike event. The survey of Aktion airfield led to the conclusion that the bird strike risk is extremely high at this airfield. Reasons are:
· The geographical location of the airfield at the Adriatic coast which is a migratory pathway for many birds.
· The location of the airfield on a narrow peninsula …

The Probe, Issue 200 – May 1999

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

As It Was in Region 5, 1949-1964 -- Clarence "Ki" Faulkner
NWCOA Holds First Board Meeting
Call for Papers-19th Vertebrate Pest Conference: March 6, 2000 - San Diego, California
Colorado County Bans Rodents
Oregon Hunters, Farmers Control Geese
Handbook Review: Wildlife Removal Handbook— A Guide to the Capture and Control of Wild Urban Animals. Revised and Expanded (1999) Authored by Stephen Vantassel. Reviewed by Rex E. Marsh, Wildlife Fish & Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis
Border Collie Loses Interest in Geese
Colorado Deer Herds Decline
Texas Wildlife Specialists Solve Predation Problems

Abstracts from the 5th Annual Conference of The …

Private Industry Initiative At Bird Control: A Success Story, Nick Barnes, Rhian Christie, Stan Kruse

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

An increase in land development pressures and land use conflicts in urban centres with airports requires that a greater priority be placed on bird control and wildlife management. This is a particularly high concern for the siting and operation of landfills. Minimizing the potential for bird/wildlife interactions with aircraft is critical to maintaining air traffic safety. Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) has demonstrated a corporate sensitivity to the bird management issue. A corporate commitment has been made to address the issue of bird management at waste management facilities in the vicinity of airports. This paper provides an overview of two case studies …

Temporal And Spatial Patterns Of Avifauna On Wetlands In The Vicinity Of Bush Field Airport, Augusta, Georgia, Usa, Robert A. Kennamer, L. Brisbin Jr., K. F. Gaines, W. L. Stephens Jr.

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

Responding to a U.S. Federal court order to improve discharged wastewater quality, Augusta, Georgia initiated development of artificial wetlands in 1997 to treat effluents. Because of the proximity to Augusta Regional Airport at Bush Field, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration expressed concern for potential increased hazard to aircraft posed by birds attracted to these wetlands. We commenced weekly low-level aerial surveys of habitats in the area beginning January, 1998. Over a one-year period, 49 surveys identified approximately 42,000 birds representing 52 species, including protected Wood Storks and Bald Eagles, using wetlands within 8 km of the airport. More birds were …

Close-Range And Satellite Remote Sensing Of Algal Biomass In The Iowa Great Lakes, Eric A. Wilson

Department of Geography: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The utility of both close-range and satellite remote sensing for assessing inland water quality was examined in the Iowa Great Lakes. The water quality of this system is of considerable interest because of its status as an environmental, recreational, and therefore, economic resource. The broad range of optical conditions present in the lakes and the wealth of literature on the system make it an ideal environment for water quality remote sensing research. The goal of this research was to survey the water quality of the Iowa Great Lakes via remote sensing, evaluate different predictive algorithms, and map the distribution of …

An Assessment Of The World-Wide Risk To Aircraft From Large Flocking Birds, J. R. Allan, J. C. Bell, V. S. Jackson

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

The difficulties encountered in interpreting the available data, which arise from incomplete or inaccurate information being submitted, or from inconsistent reporting by national organisations, illustrate the importance of recording and reporting birdstrike incidents. Even allowing for the fact that birdstrikes with large birds, and especially those with flocks, are more likely to be reported, it is probable that the database established for this project contains only a fraction of the incidents that have actually occurred. Nevertheless, some broad conclusions can be drawn from the data available, and as more data are collected, predictions and estimates can be refined and the …

Pigeon And Crows Population Control By Trapping, Ben (Ze'ev) Foux

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

Feral pigeons (Columba Livia) are a safety problem all around the airdrome, as they fly in big, dense flocks crossing the runways. Pigeons are also one of the worst causes of foreign object damage in the hangars and are an environmental and health hazard. The hooded crow is found around runways in Israeli air-bases, due to the thick vegetation that can be found in the bases. Other methods for bird population control in use now involve either repulsing (glue, spikes, nets) or eliminating (poison, shooting). Trapping is an environmental friendly, cost-effective long term solution, with a history of thousands of …

The Effects Of Changes In The Northern Lapwing Population On The Bird Strike Hazard In The Uk, J. C. Bell

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

Changes in bird populations have been recognised as affecting the risk to aircraft of a bird strike. However, in terms of bird strike prevention, changes are generally only considered at the local level i.e. reducing the number of birds on the airfield. At a national level, concern has been expressed about recent increases in waterfowl, particularly geese, and the implications that this may have for flight safety, and management of the risk. However, although work is currently being undertaken to investigate if higher numbers of large waterfowl are causing an increased risk to safety (Allan, Bell & Jackson in press), …

Monitoring The Distribution, Abundance, And Movements Of Birds Near Vancouver International Airport, M. W. Demarchi, G. F. Searing, M. K. Mcnicholl, T. Mochizuki

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

The Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is Canada’s second-busiest civil airport and is located on the Fraser River delta—the staging and wintering ground for millions of birds representing many taxonomic groups. Consequently, YVR experiences one of the highest bird-strike rates of any airport in Canada. Since 1994, LGL Limited has investigated and monitored avian ecology as it relates to existing and potential hazards to air-traffic safety at YVR. A formalized monitoring program is on-going. The distribution, abundance, and flight patterns of birds are recorded and summarized by individual species or by taxonomic group. Monthly and semiannual reports present information that depict …

Feather Identification And A New Electronic System For Reporting Us Air Force Bird Strikes, Carla J. Dove

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

The number of bird strike cases received from U.S. Air Force bases for identification has increased from 640 in 1996 to more than 840 in 1998. The additional workload, together with staff shortages on the BASH team, created a need for a more efficient reporting system. Previously, all bird strike remains were funneled through the Safety Center at Kirtland Air Force Base where they were logged into a database, forwarded to the Smithsonian Institution for identification, and then sent back to Kirtland for data entry of results before being returned to field personnel. This system facilitated a bottleneck in the …

Derivation Of A Dummy Bird For Analysis And Test Of Airframe Structures, Chris H. Edge, J. Degrieck

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

Certification of aircraft against the birdstrike threat is expensive and time consuming. With the need to reduce design life cycle time and costs with ever more complex structures (materials, geometries and manufacturing methods) yet with no reduction in safety, the possibilities of certification via generic analysis is an attractive proposition. This paper discusses one approach being considered within British Aerospace (BAe). It relies heavily on research activities that have derived extensive data for bird biometrics and innovative testing that can provide mechanical data for bird failure modes unique to military aircraft.

Whilst almost all birdstrike clearance is performed via testing …

The Perspectives Of The Air Line Pilots Association On Strikes Of Wildlife By Aircraft, Paul F. Eschenfelder

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

Strikes of wildlife by aircraft cause thousands of life-threatening incidents, and hundreds of millions of dollars worth of damage to aircraft every year. This hazard is largely preventable, but it has not been properly addressed to date for a variety of reasons. ALPA believes that action should be taken now before a catastrophe occurs.

Collisions between aircraft and wildlife are increasing in frequency in North America due to growth in the number of migratory birds and other wildlife and the increased numbers of aircraft operations. This threat to human safety has manifested itself in several fatal strikes between aircraft and …

Report On Recent Large Bird Ingestions Into Transport Turbofan Engines, Richard Parker

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

Today I am going to give you a report on recent bird ingestion events into transport category turbofan engine in commercial service. We are still having these events. We may not ever completely eliminate all such events, but our purpose for meeting is to put all our resources to work to try. The events that I am going to report on today represent some of the more significant events over the last couple of years. The events are significant because of the potential for jeopardizing the safety of the aircraft involved and the aircraft occupants.

The events I am going …

Raising Public Awareness Of Bird Strike Risk Issues With An Enhanced Bird Strike Committee Usa Web Site, Todd Curtis

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

Since 1997, a World Wide Web site managed by a member of Bird Strike Committee USA and a site managed by the Committee leadership were instrumental in supporting Committee efforts to reduce these hazards. Based on insights gained from these two Web sites, a new site was created that contained the most effective elements of the earlier sites and new elements designed to enhance the ability of the Committee to accomplish its mission. The new elements included the acquisition and use of the domain name birdstrike.org, the ability to electronically submit bird and other wildlife strike reports directly into the …

Does Tall Grass Reduce Bird Numbers On Airports?: Results Of Pen Test With Canada Geese And Field Trials At Two Airports, 1998, Thomas W. Seamans, Richard A. Dolbeer, Mark S. Carrara, Richard B. Chipman

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 1st (1999)

A suggested management plan to reduce bird numbers and bird-aircraft collisions at airports is to maintain grass 15-25 cm high. However, 3 studies conducted in the United States in 1998 indicated tall-grass management may not result in fewer birds. First, Canada geese (Branta canadensis), in a replicated experiment lasting 9 days in 6 pens in Ohio, showed no preference (P = 0.53) for short-grass (4-11 cm) over tall-grass (16-21 cm) plots. Second, we compared bird use of 8 tall- (23.3 ± 0.5 cm high, x ± SE) and 8 short- (14.3 ± 0.2) grass plots totaling 46 ha at Burke …

Center For Sustainable Agricultural Systems Newsletter, May/June 1999

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

Contents:

The Farmer and the Dean

University Role in Biotechnology: Who Owns Genes and Diversity?

CSAS Volume 9 Discusses Watersheds

SARE Appoints Paula Ford North Central PDP

Coordinator Policy Project Identifies Retention of Farms and Farmland as Top Priorities

Olson Heads to Kentucky

Organic Grain Farming Workshops

Two Alternative Agriculture Conferences in Midwest

Measurement Of Free Radicals Oh And Ho₂ In Los Angeles Smog, Linda Acha George, Thomas M. Hard, Robert J. O'Brien

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Atmospheric free radicals hydroxyl and hydroperoxyl (OH and HO₂, collectively HOᵪ ) are the catalysts that cause secondary or photochemical air pollution. Chemical mechanisms for oxidant and acid formation, on which expensive air pollution control strategies are based, must accurately predict these radical concentrations. We have used the fluorescence assay with gas expansion (FAGE) technique to carry out the first simultaneous, in situ measurements of these two radicals in highly polluted air during the Los Angeles Free Radical Experiment. A complete suite of ancillary measurements was also made, including speciated hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, aldehydes, nitric oxide, nitrogen dioxide, and ozone …

Investigation Of The Determinants Of African Savanna Vegetation Distribution: A Case Study From The Lower Omo Basin, Ethiopia, Catherine A. Schloeder

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The Ethiopian Wildlife Conservation Organization has little information on the extent and ecological determinants of plant species composition and distribution in Omo National Park. Elsewhere, the determinants of African savanna vegetation dynamics have been the focus of numerous investigations, yet our understanding of the hierarchical nature and relative importance of any relationships remains very general. As well, our ability to derive predictions about vegetation responses is limited to extreme generalizations. African savanna landscape ecotones have received even less attention than most landscapes. In this dissertation, I test hypotheses about plant species distribution-determinant relationships in Omo National Park, a park that …

Ultraviolet-B Radiation: Effects On Pollen Of 34 Taxa, And Inheritance Patterns And Carryover Of Radiation Response In Arabidopsis, Javad Torabinejad

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Although considerable research has addressed effects of elevated ultraviolet-B (UV-8) radiation on vegetative plant structures and processes, the reproductive biology and patterns of inheritance of UV-B tolerance have received much less attention. I examined the effects of UV-B radiation on pollen of 34 taxa. I also addressed questions concerning the patterns of inheritance of UV-B tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana and examined potential cumulative carryover effects of UV-B exposure through multiple generations of this species.

In the first study, a significant reduction in pollen germination occurred in only five species, but pollen tube growth in more than half of the species …

Management Of Emissions At Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company, Abdul Aziz R Al Nuaimi

Theses

Gas industries in the United Arab Emirates are vastly growing in order to mainly cope with the increasing demand for energy productions as well as for the wise utilization of gas associate with the crude oil. Environmental problems coupled with gas employment necessitates the development of a management techniques that can lead to better control of emissions from gas processing companies since some of these emissions are unavoidable for safety reasons.

This study suggests a framework to be used to control emissions from Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company (ADGAS) in Das Island, which represents a typical major gas processing company …

A Social Analysis Of Grazing Management On National Forest Lands: A Case Study In Catron County, New Mexico, Alexis S. Watts

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The rural west in this country faces increased national pressure concerning the management of natural resources on public lands. Issues regarding natural resource management are becoming more important as they continue to affect rural communities and capture the attention of a variety of interest groups. Natural resource managers are increasingly required to consider social dimensions of resource use and management. Lack of consideration in these areas can lead to dissatisfied, and even hostile, local residents and interest groups. Often land managers face criticism from many groups at once as a result of management decisions.

This study analyzed a particular resource …

Biogeography Of The Short-Tailed Shrews (Blarina Brevicauda And B. Carolinensis) In The Tennessee River Valley And Adjacent Areas Of The Midsouth, Michael Jeffries

Honors Theses

In response to conflicting reports of the distribution of the two species of Blarina (B. brevicauda and B. carolinensis) in the Tennessee Valley area, specimens from The Natural History Museum of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and The University of Georgia were analyzed. Cranial measurements were used in both a discriminant function analysis and a principle components analysis to determine species assignments. Blarina brevicauda was found in central Tennessee, the highlands of the Cumberland Plateau, and the mountains of far east Tennessee, whereas B. carolinensis was found in the Ridge and Valley of southeast Tennessee, separated from B. brevicauda …

Design And Implementation Of A Natural Resource Curriculum Guide Incorporating Selected Standards Of Learning At The Elementary Level, Martha Elizabeth Thompson

Theses & Honors Papers

The state Standards of Learning tests were given in 1998 and the results showed a 37% failure rate for science at the third grade level. This thesis project was meant to develop a way to improve these scores. An internship was completed at Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center where a natural resource curriculum guide was developed. The guide was developed using activities tested at the 4-H Center. Activities were chosen that met selected Standards of Learning. A copy of the activities has been placed in the Longwood College Library for use by both pre-service and classroom teachers.