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Rodent Repellents For Planted Grain, Ron J. Johnson, Ann E. Koehler, Orvin C. Burnside

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 10th (1982)

Thirteen-lined ground squirrels (Spermophilus tridecemlineatus) and other small rodents damage corn (Zea mays) stands by digging and consuming planted seeds and young seedlings, particularly in reduced-tillage fields. The use of reduced-tillage systems such as ecofarming provides greater dryland crop yields, conserves moisture, reduces soil erosion and provides suitable habitat for ground-nesting birds. The habitat available in these fields also allows various species of rodents to thrive. Reduced-tillage farming is expected to increase markedly in the years ahead; thus, rodent problems will increase as well. Seed repellents offer a promising and cost-effective method of controlling rodent damage to planted corn in …

The Role Of Usda In Animal Damage Control, James E. Miller

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 10th (1982)

The impact of vertebrate animal damage on agricultural production of row crops, forests, horticulture, poultry and livestock production, other wildlife, health of humans and domestic animals, and the protection of human interests is a vital concern of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Department recognizes that it is an old and complex problem that does not lend itself to easy answers. Animal damage problems will continue to be a significant concern of USDA and will probably always be controversial, requiring intensive research, educational, regulatory, and assistance programs. The objectives of the Department are to develop and maintain viable programs in …

The Probe, Issue 19 - February 1982

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

THE PROBE National Animal Damage Control Association February, 1982
The NATIONAL W1LDLIFE FEDERATION (Newsrelease 1/7/82) listed animals that made the news for 1981.
The explosion of predation, primarily by the coyote, that has forced thousands of sheep growers out of business over the past decade.
OL’ TIMER'S CORNER
THE 1080 CONTROVERSY
AUDUBON NEWSLETTER, January 4. 1982
All-out chemical warfare.
1080 is most lethal and destructive.
Death of thousands of non-target animals including eagles.
Kill the Industry, Not the Animals
HUNTER HARASSMENT

Maps Of Distribution And Abundance Of Selected Species Of Birds On Uncultivated Native Upland Grasslands And Shrubsteppe In The Northern Great Plains, Harold A. Kantrud

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Many areas of the northern Great Plains (Fenneman 1931) remain poorly known ornithologically. Knowledge of species distribution in portions of this vast area has been advanced by recent State birds books (Stewart 1975; South Dakota Ornithologists' Union 1978) but many voids remain. Especially desirable for biologists and land managers is information concerning the relative abundance of plant and animal species over large land areas. This information can only be obtained from extensive surveys of the biota. The field of community ecology has been severely hampered by lack of information on species abundance (Dice 1930; Cain 1947; Partch 1962; Udvardy 1963). …

Revised Checklist Of North Dakota Birds, Craig A. Faanes, Robert E. Stewart

United States Geological Survey, Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center: Publications

This current list includes 365 species of which 353 are considered valid and 12 are hypothetical. A breakdown of this list includes 207 species that nest or have nested, 95 that occur as migrants, 28 accidental, 21 occasional, 2 extirpated, and 1 extinct species. Species that have nested at least once in the State are indicated with an asterisk (*) in the list. An additional 16 species that are either summer residents, casual, or primarily migrants are considered to be inferred nesting species, based on observations of territorial behavior in the proper habitat during normal breeding periods. These species are …

A Preliminary History Of The Nebraska Academy Of Sciences, 1880-1982, C. Bertrand Schultz

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

The Nebraska Academy of Sciences is the oldest scientific organization in the state of Nebraska and was formed to encourage the exchange of scientific data and to improve the communication between the various disciplines of scientific research in the different educational institutions. Those were the goals a century ago. Today they are basically the same:

To promote the utilization of scientific talent in the State of Nebraska in cooperation with local, state, federal, and private organizations in addressing all problems of the environment as they relate to science, and,

To dedicate its collective and individual talents to promoting the best …

Learning To Read The Pioneer Landscape: Braudel, Eliade, Turner, And Benton, John Opie

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Looking at different viewpoints about the landscape of middle America is like seeing the Japanese movie Rashomon: it all depends on who is telling the story. We tend to forget, for example, that American origins are intertwined with an agricultural world view. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the United States was predominantly a nation of farmers, and to all appearances it would continue so indefinitely. (It was not until the early twentieth century that more Americans lived in cities than on farms.) The future successful course of America seemed to depend upon vast and open tracts of good …

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.

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 …

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

Registration List

Eastern Pine and Meadow Vole Symposia

Registration List

Chinook Climates And Plains Peoples, Reid A. Bryson

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Changes in climate are major factors shaping the history of human occupance in the Great Plains region. Although Americans have often acted as though climates are fixed, the record indicates that in the past the climate of the Great Plains has changed drastically over relatively short periods of time. In order to acquire some understanding of what the Great Plains climate may become in the future and how human society may prepare for it, we must first comprehend what it was at various times in the past.

CHINOOK CLIMATES

An important element in the climate of the American West is …

Water Current, Volume 12, No. 6, November/December 1980

Water Current Newsletter

Proposal Deadline for OWRT Annual Cooperative Program
New Staff Addition
Legislative Record Available
General Guidelines Available
Water Resource Seminar Series
MRBC Launches Missouri River Flood Plain Study
Interim Study on Irrigated Western Farmlands Indicates Most Are Small Operations
Federal Water Resources Research Priorities
Research Review: Remotely Sensed Crop Temperatures for Water Resources Management

Conference Participants

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 9th (1980)

A total of 347 people registered at the Conference. The participants came from 33 states, the District of Columbia, and 20 other countries: Australia, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, England, Ethiopia, Fed. Rep. Germany, India, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Tanzania, Thailand, and Venezuela. The wide representation from the United States and from countries throughout the world contributes to the success of the Conference by providing a highly diversified exchange of ideas and information.

Recent Developments In Anticoagulant Rodenticide Resistance Studies: Surveillance And Application In The United States, Stephen C. Frantz, Constance M. Padula

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 9th (1980)

Since anticoagulant rodenticide resistance was first discovered in the United States in 1971, it has become apparent that the phenomenon is widespread. In cooperation with the Center for Disease Control, a nationwide surveillance program was initiated in 1977 to obtain statistically valid samples of rats from federally funded projects of the Urban Rat Control Program. A summary is given of the basic sampling, testing, and analysis components of this study. Problems encountered in all aspects of the first three years of the program are discussed along with results from the 40 completed samples. The 16 cities with significant Anticoagulant Resistance …

Human And Cultural Ecology: A Partial Bibliography, Michael C. Gunn

Nebraska Anthropologist

The following bibliography represents a partial listing of books and articles dealing with human and cultural ecology. Central to this bibliography are titles dealing with the conceptual and methodological aspects of human/cultural ecology as applicable to the broad field of anthropology. Also of primary importance are titles dealing with the anthropological use of population demography. Topics of related interest (general ecology, human adaption, bioenergetics, etc.) are represented by selected titles. While the bibliography falls far short of total citation of all articles dealing with the aforementioned topics, it should provide a firm base upon which the student or researcher may …

New Developments In Rodenticides, William B. Jackson

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

Rodenticides have become the "standard" for rodent control, and Anti-coagulants have been the quid pro quo. For three decades warfarin(and other dicoumarols) and then the indandiones have been the control element for commensal rodents. However, excessive and indiscriminant uses have selected for resistant populations of Norway rats, roof rats, and house mice in many parts of the U.S. (Jackson and Ashton, 1979). Though resistance is often referenced to warfarin, it is a cross-resistance to all of the currently available, "first-generation" anticoagulants.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 11, Number 4. December 1979

The Prairie Naturalist

THE STATUS OF HERONS, EGRETS AND IBISES IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ J. T. Lokomoen

RANGE EXPANSION OF BAIRD'S SPARROW IN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ H. A. Kantrud and C. A. Faanes

NESTING RECORDS OF THE WOOD THRUSH IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ S. O. Lambeth and D. O. Lambeth

SOME ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF MARBLED GODWITS AND WILLETS IN NORTH DAKOTA ▪ K. F. Higgins, L. M. Kirsch, M. R. Ryan and R. B. Renken

NOTES ON THE INCUBATION BEHAVIOR OF BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCKS ▪ E G. Bolen and E. N. Smith

NOTES

Red Fox Captures Sharp-tailed Grouse at the Lek ▪ S. …

Proceedings Eighth Bird Control Seminar: Frontmatter And Contents

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio; 30 October - 1 November 1979
SPONSORED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES CENTER, BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AND NATIONAL PEST CONTROL ASSOCIATION VIENNA, VIRGINIA

DR. WILLIAM B. JACKSON, Conference Chairman and Editor
SHIRLEY S. JACKSON and BETH A. JACKSON, Assistant Editors

Mesurol As A Bird Repellent On Grapes In Ohio, Hailu Kassa, Willaim B. Jackson

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Schafer and Brunton (1971) determined that methiocarb [3,5-dimethyl-4-(methylthio)phenol methylcarbamate] was efficaceous as a bird repellent, reporting low R50 and LD50 values for several bird species. Guarino (1972) suggested that bird damage to corn, soybeans, rice, sorghum, cherries, and grapes could be reduced by spraying with methiocarb. Crase and DeHaven (1976) concluded that methiocarb could be an effective broad-spectrum bird repellent and crop protectant. Bollengier et al. (1973), Stone et al. (1974), Ali (1978), Teklehaimanot (1978), and Jackson et al. (1978) reported that bird damage to blueberries was significantly lower in methiocarb-treated fields than in the untreated fields. Rogers (1974) describes …

Cooling Towers As Obstacles In Bird Migrations, Manfred Temme, William B. Jackson

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Tall, man-made structures, such as radio and television towers, monuments, smoke stacks, light houses and other buildings, are known to be lethal obstructions to migrating birds. Not only the tower itself, but the associated guy and electrical wires may cause injury or death to birds, especially the nocturnal migrants. A vast number of mortality reports have already emerged across the country, indicating the seriousness and extent of this problem. Tall TV towers seem to be the most hazardous to avian migrants, causing losses up to 2000 birds in several nights during fall migration in Florida (Stevensen 1956, 1958). Dur- ing …

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 11, Number 3. September 1979

The Prairie Naturalist

DISTRIBUTION AND NATURAL HISTORY OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES IN WESTERN NEBRASKA WITH ECOLOGICAL NOTES ON THE HERPETILES OF ARAPAHO PRAIRIE ▪ R. E. Ballinger, J. D. Lynch and P. H. Cole

AVIAN MORTALITY FROM A SEVERE HAIL STORM ▪ J. L. Piehl

EFFECTS OF A SUMMER STORM ON BIRD POPULATIONS ▪ D. H. Johnson

SEXING AND AGING CRITERIA FOR THE WHITE PELICAN ▪ G. R. Lingle and N. F. Sloan

CANVASBACK DUCK RECOVERS FROM COMPOUND LUXATION TO WING ▪ H. A. Doty

SECOND NORTH DAKOTA RECORD OF LOUISIANA WATERTHRUSH ▪ C. A. Faanes

FIRST NESTING RECORD OF A LOUISIANA HERON …

Distribution Of Phytoplankton In Nebraska Lakes, F. A. Morris, M. K. Morris, W. D. Taylor, L. R. Williams, S. C. Hern, V. W. Lambou

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

Protection of the environment requires effective regulatory actions which are based on ssound technical and scientific information. This information must include the quantitative description and linking of pollutant sources, transport mechanisms, interactions, and resulting effects on man and his environment. Because of the complexities involved, assessment of specific pollutants in the environment requires a total systems approach which transcends the media of air, water, and land. The Environmental Monitoring and Support Laboratory-Las Vegas contributes to the formation and enhancement of a sound monitoring data base for exposure assessment through programs designed to:

• develop and optimize systems and strategies for monitoring …

The Prairie Naturalist Vol. 11, No. 1. March, 1979

The Prairie Naturalist

ORIN ALVA STEVENS, A PRAIRIE NATURALIST ▪ G. Monson

FIRST RECORD OF LONG-TAILED JAEGER FOR NORTH DAKOTA ▪ T. Gatz and D. Treasure

NEW RECORDS OF THE DWARF SHREW (SOREX NANUS) IN SOUTH DAKOTA ▪ R. J. Cinq-Mars, R. S. Hoffmann and J. K. Jones, Jr.

THE ETHYLENE FROM BURNING LIGNITE AS A PROBABLE CAUSE OF COLUMNARITY IN NORTH DAKOTA JUNIPERS ▪ J. M. Murphy and D. J. Holden

CAMOUFLAGED COYOTE DEN ENTRANCES ▪ D. P. Althoff

CHRISTMAS BIRD COUNTS FOR NORTH DAKOTA - 1978 ▪ R.N. Randall

NOTES

An Upland Nest of the Virginia Rail in North …

Modelling The Influence Of Eutrophication On The Coldwater Fishery Habitat Of Lake Mcconaughy, A "Two-Story" Reservoir, Melvin W. Taylor

Nebraska Game and Parks Commission: Publications

The lifespan of the existing coldwater habitat in Lake McConaughy is unknown, To promulgate effective management and regulatory strategies, a method of predicting this lifespan was needed, Ideally, this procedure should also provide potential management philosophies that would retard eutrophication, The LAKSCI computerized simulation model of Systems Control, Inc, was modified to assist in solving this problem, Data for model input were collected from August 1976 to August 1978. When calibrated the model proved satisfactory for predicting water level and temperatures, but unsatisfactory in prediction of water chemistry without additional data and refinement,

Water Current, Volume 10, No. 6, November/December 1978

Water Current Newsletter

From the Desk of the Director
Proposal Deadlines
Water Resources Seminar Series
FY 1979 Projects Underway
Water Resources in Nebraska
39 Water Research Grants Approved by OWRT
Discount Rate Set at 6 7/8%
Study on Energy Conservation in Irrigated Agriculture
Research Review: Impact of an Introduced Fish Species (Morone americana) on the Fisheries Resources of Nebraska

Water Current, Volume 10, No. 4, July/August 1978

Water Current Newsletter

State Water Planning Process to Address Policy Issue Analysis
Deadline for Submitting Matching Grant Proposals
Conference on Water Data Programs and Needs
Staff Members to Present Papers
Newspaper Clippings Available
Water Resources Center Plans Exhibit at Nebraska State Fair
Water Resources in Nebraska
MRBC Governors Adopt Three Resolutions
Antarctic Mountain Peak Named for USGS Scientist
Research Review: Physiological Aspects of Plant Water Use Efficiency

Conference Participants

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 8th (1978)

A total of 436 people registered. They came from 37 states, the District of Columbia, and 12 other countries: Canada, Egypt, England, France, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Switzerland, and Venezuela. The international representation contributed greatly to the success of the Conference by providing an exchange of information on an international level.

Rid-A-Bird Perches To Control Bird Damage, William B. Jackson

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 8th (1978)

Rid-A-Bird wick perches, using 9.4% endrin or 11% fenthion, may be used on a variety of structures for control of house sparrows, starlings, and pigeons. Installations take advantage of a bird's propensity to perch briefly before feeding or entering roost or nesting structures. Applications may be made to a variety of structures but are restricted from food storage or preparation areas. Additional toxicity and use research is needed.

Rodenticidal Activity Of Bromadiolone—A New Anticoagulant, Adrian P. Meehan

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 8th (1978)

Bromadiolone, a new anticoagulant rodenticide, has been evaluated against laboratory rats and mice. Kill of both species was excellent, even when bromadiolone was offered for only one day in the presence of alternative food. Effectiveness against homozygous warfarin resistant rats was also demonstrated. Limited field trials on farms showed that after baiting for seven days with bromadiolone, warfarin resistant rat populations were substantially reduced although subsequent re-infestation occurred. Longer or continuous periods of baiting with bromadiolone would almost certainly prevent population increase, but government restrictions on the amount of bait approved for the trials did not allow this to be …