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Wildlife Damage News, Volume 2, Fall 1991

Wildlife Damage News

CONTENTS:
Cornell University Attacks Raccoon Rabies in Ithaca
5th Eastern Wildlife Damage Control Conference
Citizen Task Force Slated for Great Rochester Area
Animal Rights or Animal Welfare
Species Profile - Eastern Cottontail
Time for Newsletter Subscription Renewal
Department of Natural Resources Initiates
Master Forest Owners Program
New Urban Wildlife Newsletter Available
Current literature
The Professional Organization
NRA Forms Wildlife Management Department

Fox Squirrel (Scuirus Niger)

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

Fox squirrel:
Description
Distribution and Abundance
Habitat and Home
Habits
Food
Reproduction
Mortality
Importance
Management

The Identification, Distribution, And Status Of The Threatened Dismal Swamp Shrew (Sorex Longirostris Fisheri), Thomas M. Padgett

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

Southeastern shrews (Sorex longirostris) were trapped throughout southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina to determine if any morphological characters could

be identified that would aid in the identification and distribution of the threatened subspecies Sorex l._ fisheri, endemic to the Great Dismal Swamp, the more upland nominate subspecies Sorex l. longirostris, and possible intergrades between the two subspecies. Animals were classified a priori into three groups, based on their location of capture. Animals collected from the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (GDSNWR) and associated bottomland habitats were designated as "fisheri", animals collected farthest from the Swamp as "longirostris", and …

Community Structure Of The Macrobenthos In Back Bay, Virginia, Michael F. Lane

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

A study of the subtidal macrobenthos in Back Bay, Virginia was conducted to examine community structure in relation to sedimentary and water quality characteristics. Samples were collected in August and November of 1987 and February and May of 1988 at ten stations.

Three site groups and three temporal groups were identified by cluster analyses of species abundance. Species composition between site groups was relatively homogeneous and eight species accounted for most of the variation between site groups. A comparison of plots of the biological and physical data in discriminant space suggested that variations in the biological data between site groups …

Evaluation Of Water Quality Data - Beaver Lake - Table Of Contents Through Section Iii, (Part I), James W. Moore

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Water Quality Data - Beaver Lake - Appendices C - K, (Part Iv), James W. Moore

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Can An Economic Approach Solve The High-Level Nuclear Waste Problem, Herbert Inhaber

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

Building on the work of Professors O'Hare and Kunreuther, Dr. Inhaber proposes and argues for a non-coercive siting strategy that he calls a "reverse Dutch auction."

Evaluation Of Water Quality Data - Blue Mountain Lake, James W. Moore

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Water Quality Data - Beaver Lake - Appendices A - Bt, (Part Iii), James W. Moore

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Water Quality Data - Beaver Lake - Section Iv Through Table Xli, (Part Ii), James W. Moore

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

1991 Catalogue Of The Australian Lupin Collection Including Field Evaluation Data For Wild, Semi-Domesticated And Fully Domesticated Accessions, J. C. Clements, W. A. Cowling

Grain and other field crops research reports

This report lists all wild, semi-domesticated and fully domesticated accessions in the Australian Lupin Collection to 1991. The Collection is composed of 2,264 accessions (Perth Numbers between 20629 and 27067) introduced to Australia or from naturalized populations and breeding programmes within Australia. Several accessions are selections from variable populations which were identified during field trials in South Perth, Western Australia. This catalogue lists the characteristics and field evaluation data for every accession where available. Plant breeders and crop scientists will find this information useful for the selection of lupin genotypes with desired characteristics.

Section A of this catalogue should be …

The Probe, Issue 114 - September 1991

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
SEPTEMBER 1991
Defining the Future for ADC
Calendar of Upcoming Events
Futuring Input Requested
Animal Damage Control in the News:
Prairie Dog Sucker-Upper Making a “Clean Sweep”
Iowa State Scientists Study Llamas as Guard Animals
Cormorants Plague Mississippi Delta Catfish Farmers
Bubonic Plague “All Part of the Job” for Texas ADC Trappers
The Bear Facts: the northeast Oregon experience
Symposium at AIBS Responds to Ehrlich's Call for Removal of Livestock from Public Rangelands
USDA/APHIS Administrator Resigns For Position as Dean at UC Davis
Membership Incentive Contest
NADCA Logo Contest

Threatened And Endanger Species Of Wetiands And Waterways In Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, And Nebraska, Ann Burruss

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

Wetlands and waterways, including perennial and intermittent streams, creeks, and rivers, are habitats for many rare animal and plant species. Wetlands in many areas continue to decline in acreage and suffer adverse impacts from conversion and development. Waterways are also under pressure from channelization and leveeing.

This study has two major components. First, a series of databases was developed that includes animals and plant species that are wetland or waterway dependent and found in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, or Nebraska. The databases allow ready access to detailed information on each species and probable locations within each state. The plant and animal …

Water Current, Volume 23, September 1991

Water Current Newsletter

Water Leadership in Nebraska: Vacuum or Variety?
News to Use
From the Director: Water Sciences Education Advancing at UNL
The Framework Study: A 20-Year Retrospective
Nebraska and Its Water
Sheffield Receives Recognition for 20 Irrigation Tours

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 23, No. 3. September 1991

The Prairie Naturalist

Paul B. Kannowski, Editor

Nikki R. Seabloom, Assistant Editor

Douglas H. Johnson, Book Review Editor

CONTENTS

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR OF MOUNTAIN PLOVER CHICKS ▪ T A. Sordahl

USING AERIAL MARKING FOR ASSESSING POPULATION DYNAMICS OF LATE SUMMER ROOSTING RED-WINGED BLACKBIRDS ▪ C. M. Linz, C. E. Knittle, J. L. Cummings, J. E. Davis, Jr. , D. L. Otis, and D. L. Bergman

DISPERSAL OF THE MEADOW JUMPING MOUSE IN NORTHERN KANSAS ▪ J. R. Choate, D. W. Moore, and J. K. Frey

DIET, HOME RANGE, MOVEMENTS, AND ACTIVITY PERIODS OF SWIFT FOX IN NEBRASKA ▪ T D. Hines and R. M. …

Biodegradation Of Diflufenican Using Anaerobic Microbial Consortia, Velukumar T. Nanjagowder

Theses

In this thesis I examine the feasibility of using anaerobic microbial consortia from digested anaerobic sludge to degrade Diflufenican, a fluorinated herbicide released into the environment as a result of agricultural usage. The compound is manufactured by Rhone Poulenc and it is an active ingredient of agricultural herbicides. The anaerobic digested sludge served both as a source of microorganisms and as a growth medium. Initial studies were conducted by making a stock solution of 1 ppm concentration of Diflufenican in acetone, the optimal solubility of the compound as suggested in the material safety data sheet is 0.05 ppm in water. …

Draft Seagrass Bibliography Data Base, Jay R. Leverone, L. Kellie Dixon, M. Grey Valenti

Reports

The following report describes in detail the elements of a literature search performed for the Southwest Florida Water Management District (SWFWMD), Department of Surface Water Improvement and Management (SWIM). The work was performed in accordance with the agreement between the District and Mote Marine Laboratory (MML), and comprises Task 3.0 (Literature Search) of the project entitled, "Tampa Bay Water Quality Assessment- Determination of Environmental Requirements of Selected Populations."

John Muir Newsletter, Fall 1991, John Muir Center For Regional Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

John Muir Newsletter fall, 1991 university of the pacific new series, volume 1 number 4 TO OUR READERS Our readers and subscribers haye responded enthusiastically to the first year of issues in the new series of the John Muir Newsletter. .We here at the Muir Center are grateful for your accolades and encouragement, and we hope that more of you will become active supporters of the Center. We want to encourage you to demonstrate your support in two concrete ways, First, while we thank all our subscribers, we urge those of you who read the Newsletter but who have not …

Oklahoma State University And University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville Cooperative Report On Evaluation And Assessment Factors Affecting Water Quality Of The Illinois River In Arkansas, Richard L. Meyer, Art V. Brown, David G. Parker

Arkansas Water Resources Center Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

The Probe, Issue 113 - August 1991

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
AUGUST 1991
Relief Sought For Brown Tree Snake Problems by Multi-Agency Approach
Galen Oderkirk, 40-year ADC Veteran, Dead at 90
Publications Available
Animal Damage Control in the News:
US Fish and Wildlife Proposes Reclassification of Elephants
Forbes Urges Action on Steel Jaw Leghold Trap Prohibition Act, S 1259
ADC Controlling Gulls; Endangered Terns Returning
Canadian Trappers Elect New President
Coyotes No Match For Donkey
ECC Ministers Affirm Fur Ban
NADCA Contest Deadlines Extended
New ADC Products Available:
Electronic Guard Used to Protect Sheep
“Scary Man Fall Guy” Now Available in the U.S.

Miscellaneous Publication 28/91 - Midas (Model Of An Integrated Dryland Agricultural System), David J. Pannell, Andrew Bathgate

Farm Systems and Economics published reports

MIDAS is a bioeconomic model of mixed crop/livestock farms in Western Australia. It selects farm management strategies which maximise profit subject to resource, technical and environmental constraints using the linear programming technique. This document provides a thorough documentation of the version of MIDAS developed for the "eastern wheatbelt" region. If you are learning to use MIDAS with the MARG menu driven system, you need to read the MARG manual as well as this documentation.

From early in the life of MIDAS, we gave a high priority to making the data and assumptions readily accessible in documentation and in microcomputer spreadsheet …

Kinetics And Mechanisms Of Atrazine Adsorption And Desorption In Soils Under No-Till And Conventional Management, V. P. Evangelou, W. W. Witt, E. Portig, Mike Barrett

KWRRI Research Reports

Both soils (Maury silt loam and Sadler) exhibited three apparent mechanisms of atrazine adsorption. The first two mechanisms were very rapid (10 minutes) and were assigned to soil-clay surface adsorption reactions via hydrogen bonding. The quantity of atrazine involved in these two reactions for the 0.5 mg/1 solution atrazine varied, depending on the soil, from 67 μg/100 g clay to 219 μg/100 g clay. The reason there were two possible atrazine sinks in this range of atrazine adsorption was believed to be the presence of two types of reactive surfaces, the clay inorganic phase and the organic carbon phase. The …

Coyote (Canis Latrans)

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

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

Location Analysis Of The Recycling Drop Off Program In Knox County, Tennessee, Carol Michelle Donoghue

Masters Theses

This study examines the drop-off recycling program in Knox County, Tennessee, in order to evaluate the convenience of the drop-off site locations. Measures of convenience were distance, level of recycling participation, and location of the site. Surveys were administered to 461 individuals participating in the program at the three Convenience Centers with drop-off recycling facilities. The spatial analysis compared the drop-off locations to the development patterns of the surrounding area.

The survey results indicate that more people are recycling now than before the beginning of the drop-off program. More than half of those surveyed recycle at least once a week …

Radiochemistry And Sedimentology Of Surficial Mud-Dominated Deposits, Hillborough Bay, Florida, Gregg R. Brooks, Hepsi D. Zsoldos, Robert H. Byrne, Larry J. Doyle

Reports

Hillsborough Bay is the northeast lobe of Tampa Bay, the largest open water estuary on Florida's west coast. For a complete description of the setting and previous works, the reader is referred to Doyle, et al. (1989). The Phase I study of fine-grained sediments in Hillsborough Bay (Brooks and Doyle, 1989) established distribution patterns and average accumulation rates of mud-dominated sediments at selected sites within the Bay over the past several thousand years. Phase II of the study, the focus of this investigation concentrates on the uppermost 50-100 cm. of the sediment column, or those sediments believed to have been …

Regional Temperature Trends & Variations In The Contiguous United States From 1935 To 1986, Fahad Alkolibi

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The temperature trends and variations of the contiguous United States as a whole and ten designated regions were investigated from 1935 to 1986. To obtain reliable results, 263 stations of the Historical Climate Network (HCN) were used. The HCN stations are corrected for many non-climatic factors which may bias the data. The data for the contiguous United States reveals that the annual, summer, and winter temperatures are free of clear positive or negative trends. Unlike the annual and summer data, winter temperatures exhibit relatively strong variations.

Each region was then studyed individually. The summer temperatures for all the ten regions …

White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus Virginianus)

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

White-tailed Deer:
Description
Distribution and Abundance
Habitat and Home
Habits
Foods
Reproduction
Importance
Hunting

The Probe, Issue 112 - July 1991

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE
National Animal Damage Control Association
JULY 1991
Controlling Cattle Egret Damage in Arkansas
Letter to the Editors
Bird Control Devices Available
Nebraska Animal Control Resources Guide
Animal Damage Control in the News
Wildlife Control Debate Rages
Interest in Bird Repellent Chemicals on the Rise
Spring Busy for Predators in Montana
Predator Borne Diseases on the Rise in Texas
Acorn Woodpeckers Attack Irrigation Pipes
Controversy Arises Over Deer Slaying at Georgia Airport
Prevention and Control Tips: Gray Foxes
Membership Incentive Contest

Nebraska Wetlands Priority Plan, Richard Gersib

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Staff Research Publications

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Methods
Results .S ite 1: Rainwater Basin Wetland Complex
Results - Site 2: Platte River Wetland Complex .B ig Bend Reach
Results - Site 3: Nebraska Sandhills Wetland Complex
Results - Site 4: Eastern Nebraska Saline Wetland
Results - Site 5: Missoun. Ri.v er Wetland Complex
Results - Site 6: Lower North Platte River Wetland Complex
Priority Assessment of Wetland Sites
Review, Revision and Definitions
References

Appendices
Emergency Wetlands Resources Act of 1986
Agencies and Organizations Reviewing The Nebraska Wetlands Priority Plan
Criteria For Identifying Wetlands Of International Importance And Guidelines on Their Use
Rainwater Basin …

Rangeland Survey In Western Australia - History, Methodology And Applications, H. J. R. Pringle

Natural resources published reports

The rangelands of Western Australia lie to the north-west of the agricultural areas, extending east to the Nullarbor and north to the Kimberley (Fig. 1). The major areas that are used for pastoralism are most of the Kimberley and the Pilbara, nearly all of the mulga shrublands, plus some of the Goldfields gum belt and part of the Nullarbor Plain.