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Sixth Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference Summary And What Lies Ahead, James E. Miller

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

I want to begin by expressing appreciation to Ed Jones, Mike King, Greg Yarrow, Pete Bromley, John Heisterberg, and others on the program committee for hosting and conducting this Sixth Eastern Wildlife Damage Management Conference. I also want to express our appreciation to the exhibitors, the National Animal Damage Control Association, and The Wildlife Society (TWS) for their support. I think those of you who are still here will join me in congratulating these people, organizations, and TWS for helping ensure a successful conference. As one of the people who perceived the need for this conference in the early 1950’s, …

The Microcomputer And Kansas Wildlife Damage Reports, Martin Ottenheimer

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

When F. Robert Henderson, the Extension State Leader of Kansas' Wildlife Damage Control Program, asked me for assistance in setting up a microcomputer system that would enable him to organize and analyze wildlife damage reports, I was surprised. "Certainly," I thought, "it's not because I am a social anthropologist and in my travels around the world I deal with some pretty wild life" No, Bob knew about my work with microcomputers in Anthropology and since we have been friends for some years he also knew that I would talk with him about the problems in using microcomputers. He also knew …

Guardian Dog Research In The U.S., John C. Mcgrew

Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop Proceedings

Research on the use and effectiveness of guardian dogs has been conducted since 1977 at 3 locations in the U.S.: the Livestock Dog Project (Amherst, MA), the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station (Dubois, ID), and Colorado State University (Ft. Collins). Their findings are quite consistent: dogs guard sheep and goats directly, i.e., they respond aggressively to predators, chasing them away when necessary, then returning to the flock. This aggressive response toward predators is apparently defense of personal space rather than territorial defense. The development of attentiveness toward sheep, beginning early in life, is probably the most important aspect of training a …

Agricultural Experiment Station News December 1983

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
ASSOCIATE DEAN AND ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR
INDIRECT COST RECOVERY
FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR FY 1984 WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH
FIELD LAB TASK FORCE ACTIVITY
1984 FOUNDATION GRANT CYCLE
PROJECT REVIEW ACCOMPLISHMENTS
FY 1984 FEDERAL BUDGET
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
TOO MANY MEETINGS
USDA COMPETITIVE RESEARCH GRANTS PROGRAM
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
RETIREMENT RECEPTION AND DINNER
SEASON'S BEST WISHES

The Probe, Issue 38 - December 1983

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

The Probe National Animal Damage Control Association
No. 38 December, 1983
USFWS trying to close ADC
Ye Ed Comments
MIS Reports
Letters to Ye Ed
Meetings
Wolves

Cross Sections For Ionizaton Of Gases By 5-4000-Kev Protons And For Electron Capture By 5-150-Kev Protons, M. Eugene Rudd, R. D. Dubois, L. H. Toburen, C. A. Ratcliffe, T. V. Goffe

M. Eugene Rudd Publications

Using the parallel-plate-capacitor method and a capacitance manometer to determine pressures, total cross sections for the production of positive and negative charges were measured for 5-4000- keV-proton impact on He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Hz, N₂, CO, 0₂, CH₄, and C0₂. From these, ionization and electron-capture cross sections were obtained and fitted to semi-empirical equations describing the energy dependence in terms of a few parameters. At high energies very good agreement is obtained in the comparison of the ionization cross sections to earlier proton- and electron-impact measurements and with theoretical treatments where they …

Agricultural Experiment Station News November 1983

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
IANR REALLOCATION RECOMMENDATIONS
FEDERAL RESEARCH BUDGET UPDATE
FACULTY RESIGNATIONS
IANR ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS UPDATE
LAYMAN FUND PROPOSALS
NEBRASKA BANKERS ASSOCIATION GRANTS
WEIHING RETIREMENT RECEPTION
SUGAR BEET RESEARCH PLEDGES
PROGRAM REVIEW
THE GOOD LIFE WORKSHOPS
EXTENSION AND SERVICE COUNCIL GRANT PROGRAMS
NEW OR REVISED RESEARCH PROJECTS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
NEW EXPERIMENT STATION PERSONNEL
HOLIDAYS

The Probe, Issue 37 - November 1983

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

The Probe National Animal Damage Control Association
No. 37 November, 1983
1080
President Nixon's Executive Order No. 11643
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
EPA reports
Jerome, Idaho passed an ordinance Tuesday night regulating exotic pets and dangerous animals
Coyote Attacks
Animal Liberation Front
Erma Brombeck
Texas Trapline
Sixth Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Workshop
Water Poisoning
Letters to Ye Ed
Grizzly Bears
Albrect Bear Foot Snare Throwarm

Are Starlings A Potential Threat To Certain Corn Hybrids?, Paul P. Woronecki, Richard A. Dolbeer

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Although the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris) has long been considered a serious depredator of certain crops, especially fruit, it has not been thought to seriously damage maturing corn. In fact, most investigators have considered starlings to be beneficial in cornfields because of their consumption of earworms (Heliothus zea) and other insects. In controlled cage studies we determined starlings were capable of causing substantial damage to maturing field corn. Starling damage to a long-husked resistant and to a short-husked susceptible hybrid was 1.6 and 2.7 times greater, respectively, than that caused by male red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius …

Bcf™ #1 Something Old, Something New, Charles W. Areson

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

In the past eighteen years, while working in structural pest bird control, I have noticed a definite need for more and better tools for use in the war against pest birds. There have been few new developments in the field, mainly, I feel, due to the extreme public relations sensitivity in this area. Large firms who have the means to develop new products have been reluctant to do so, and small firms that have been interested have not had the financial means to develop their ideas.

A Review Of Mosquito-Borne Encephalitis Activity In The U.S. During 1983 With Special Reference To Conditions In Ohio, Scott W. Gordon

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Four major mosquito-borne encephalitis viruses which cause human illness are known to be endemic in the United States: Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE), Western equine encephalitis (WEE), St. Louis encephalitis (SLE), and LaCrosse encephalitis (LAC). All of these viruses are maintained in natural cycles involving mosquito vectors and vertebrate reservoir hosts. The reservoir hosts of EEE, WEE, and SLE are numerous species of wild avians, while woodland mammals, primarily members of the squirrel family, serve as hosts for LAC virus. Considering the nature of this conference, the remainder of this paper will be devoted to the former three viruses.

Enzymatic Determination Of Tepp Residues On Red-Winged Blackbirds, Huo Ping Pan, Donald T. Harke, Allen R. Stickley Jr., David G. Decker

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

In 1966 the U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, since renamed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was considering the use of commercial tetraethylpyrophosphate (TEPP) for spraying problem bird roosts. Although TEPP was known to be a fast degrading organophosphate, the Bureau decided that a determination of TEPP residues on birds sprayed under simulated field conditions would be useful in reaching a decision on possible use of this material. The determination was done with an enzymatic Warburg manometric method for measuring the inhibition of acetylcholinesterase (AChE), a major cause of neurotoxication. It was found that at simulated roost temperatures …

The Pest Control Products Act Registration Requirements And Procedures, M. P. Stewart, G. W.J. Laidlaw

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

In Canada there are in excess of 100 laws that have some authority over the sale, use, or consequence of use of pesticides. This includes legislation adopted by federal, provincial, and municipal governments, but only a few of these relate only to pesticides. The principal federal law that governs sale and use of pesticides is the Pest Control Products Act. Under the authority of the P.C.P. Act, the Pesticides Division of Agriculture Canada reviews registration applications for all pesticides intended for use in Canada. The Act defines a control product as anything that is manufactured (including devices), represented, sold, or …

Influence Of Low-Flying Helicopters On The Roosting Behavior Of Blackbirds And Starlings, Donald F. Mott

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Observations of blackbird and starling reactions to helicopter flyovers were made at 12 winter roosts. Extensive bird flushing was observed during 6 flights that were conducted on clear (cloudless) nights. No appreciable bird movement took place during the 6 flights on overcast nights. Helicopter type, time of flight, roost habitat type, bird species composition, and external lighting appeared to have little influence on the amount of flushing observed. The data suggest that the best conditions to apply an avian toxicant by helicopter would be on an overcast night while flying at the highest permissible elevation.

Handbook On Bird Management And Control, Timothy J. Will 2 Lt.

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

The US Air Force has over 200 bases world·wide. Each has its own indigenous and migratory species of birds. While the degree of hazard from these birds varies, the potential exists at all locations for damaged/destroyed equipment and health problems due to birds. To prepare Air Force pest managers on how to control birds, the Bird/Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) Team designed a reference manual called the Handbook on Bird Management and Control.

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Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Agricultural Experiment Station News October 1983

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
REALLOCATION PLANS
PARTIAL RETIREMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ARS MAKES CHANGES
CHANGE OF DUTY STATION
NEW EVENT: IANR AG EXPO
NEW EXPERIMENT STATION PERSONNEL
1982-83 GRANT SUPPORT
PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
RESEARCH LEAVE PROGRAM SUSPENDED
NEB 44-020 - Efficient Use of Limited Water Supplies
NEW OR REVISED RESEARCH PROJECTS
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
CHECK-OFF BOARD REMINDER

Review Of Yuwipi: Vision And Experience In Oglala Ritual By William K. Powers, Raymond J. De Mallie

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

This volume provides an introduction to contemporary Lakota religious life among the Oglalas of Pine Ridge Reservation. It focuses on three basic rituals that form the core of traditional religion as individuals face the problems and challenges of day-to-day life: the sweat lodge, vision quest, and yuwipi meeting. Although written from an anthropological viewpoint, with an anthropologist's concern for ritual detail, this is a literary treatment, more descriptive than analytical. It paints a vivid picture of these contemporary rituals, recreating in novelistic detail an actual family crisis that prompted a young Oglala man to carry his concerns to a medicine …

Pco Clinic, James Shoaf , Chairman

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Shoaf: Our next speakers are two gentlemen who will tell us about the work they have done in bird management on bridges. One is Russ Lemons of Rose Exterminating Company; and the other is Jim Cuming, the district manager of PCO Services Ltd. in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. They will give us some valuable ideas on what can be done, and what has been done in the past.

Lemons: My experience in bird control has included all the legal chemicals and toxicants that we can use. Years ago, before EPA, I used to mix my own chemicals: ammonia, Tide, and …

Npca Bird Management Manual, James W. Steckel

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

We are going to discuss the new Bird Management Manual that the National Pest Control Association has put together for its members and those of you in the bird management business who would like to have such a manual. It covers bird management from the standpoint of people working under the rules and regulations of bird control in North America. It deals with the laws of the North American Treaty, the different state regulations, and those local and regional regulations that we are aware of. The manual is a basic working tool designed to help persons trying to determine if …

Influence Of Taste And Color Cues On Bathing By Starlings In Appetitive And Adversive Contexts: Implications For Animal Damage Control, J. Russell Mason, Russell F. Reidinger

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

The importance of color and taste in feeding and drinking by omnivorous birds is context·dependent and influenced by learning. Here, we report three experiments designed to assess the influence of such characteristics on starlings. In Experiment 1, eight starlings were given a choice between bathing in red or plain water and 0.15 M NaCI solution or plain water. The frequencies of bathing, drinking, and preening were recorded. Red water was avoided (p < 0.05), but no preferences were observed between NaCI solution and plain water (p > 0.25). That 0.15 M NaCI was not avoided is surprising, because it is rejected by starlings when drinking. Perhaps starlings do not taste substances while bathing but continue …

Bird Problems On The Bowling Green State University Campus, William A. Erickson

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

We would like to share with you some of the bird problems that have been encountered here on the BGSU campus. Pigeons have been a chronic problem over the years. Early attempts were made to reduce numbers with toxic perches, by trapping, and with strychnine-treated whole corn. Periodically, other species, particularly starlings, blackbirds, and sparrows, also have been a nuisance. Control efforts have been sporadic and localized over the years, due in large part to lack of funding for pestbird- control on campus.

Wintering Robins Affect Blackbird Roost Dispersal, Sally Erdman

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

The numbers of blackbirds wintering in the north central Texas city of Denton appear to be increasing. Unusually large numbers of American robins (Turdus migratorius) in 1981-82 obstructed effective roost dispersal. Dispersal methods and procedures are described. Data are given on species composition, sex ratios, mean weights, and weight range for 2,781 birds taken January 29, 1982. Species composition and ratios are given for an additional 1,540 birds taken the following day. Current blackbird dispersal techniques are ineffective if large numbers of wintering robins are commingling with the blackbirds.

Editorial Patterns Of Tribune Under Three Editors, John W. Windhauser, Will Norton Jr., Sonny Rhodes

College of Journalism and Mass Communications: Faculty Publications

Until the death of Col. Robert McCorrnick in 1955, the Chicago Tribune was known as a staunch opposition to change, following an editorial policy of ultraconservatism. During his 45-year tenure, McCormick's distinctive editorial policies and style often ran counter to public opinion, and he kept his positions even when opposition came from his own copy editors. But, those personal policies, McCormick himself said, would continue with his successors, because they understood the principles, policies, and ideals of the Tribune. The subsequent change of editorial authority to William D. Maxwell in 1955 and then to Clayton Kirkpatrick in 1968 raises some …

Acuta Enews September 1983, Vol. 12, No. 9

ACUTA Newsletters

In This Issue

PARTY LINE

FROM THE PRESIDENT

BOCS WILL BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO VOICE STORE AND FORWARD

ACUTA SERVICE AWARDS-- 1983

SLOW-SCAN BRINGS STUDENTS AND FACULTY TOGETHER IN UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII EXPERIMENT

RADIO OPERATORS USE SLOW-SCAN

TRANSMISSION FACILITIES A MUST

BITS & PIECES

Identification Of Four Complementary Rna Species In Akabane Virus-Infected Cells, Asit K. Pattnaik, G. Abraham

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

The analysis of RNA extracted from purified Akabane virus demonstrated the presence of three size classes of single-stranded RNAs with sedimentation coefficients of 31S (large, L), 26S (medium, M), and 13S (small, S). Molecular weights of these RNA species were estimated to be 2.15 x 10⁶,1.5 X 10⁶, and 0.48 x 10⁶ for the L, M, and S RNAs, respectively. Hybridization analysis involving viral genomic RNA and RNA from virus-infected cells resulted in the identification of four virus-specific cRNA species in infected cells. These cRNAs were found to be nonpolyadenylated by their inability to bind …

The Probe, Issue 36 - September 1983

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

The Probe National Animal Damage Control Association
September, 1983
Dues to NADCA
The Wildlife Society
Animal Rights in Action
The Economics of ADC
Letters to Ye Ed
USDA correspondence to EPA
Transfer of Animal Control From USDI to USDA
Characteristic signs of vertebrate damage
Alternative control measures

Agricultural Experiment Station News September 1983

Agricultural Research Division: News and Annual Reports

CONTENTS:
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR NAMED
DEADLINES
RETIREMENT
PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
UNIVERSITY FIELD LABORATORY SUPERINTENDENT
AES ADVISORY COUNCIL REPORT
HONORS AND AWARDS
WIDAMAN TRUST GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS
CHECK-OFF BOARD RESEARCH PROPOSALS DUE NOVEMBER 15
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
SEARCH COMMITTEE UPDATES
NEW OR REVISED PROJECTS
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT LEAVES

A Bird Control Program For Downtown Areas, Donald J. Franke

Bird Control Seminars Proceedings

Almost every major city across the United States is faced with a constant problem of large pigeon populations sharing the downtown streets and buildings with the general public. To some people this is not an objectionable thought, but those who work, live, or shop in the downtown areas realize the nuisances these birds create. Few people, however, realize the full extent of the problems caused by the birds' presence. Some of the more significant hazards are: diseases carried by the bird (Ornithosis, Encephalitis); diseases developed through their droppings (Histoplasmosis, Cryptococcosis); acidic deterioration effect of their droppings on buildings; nesting materials …

A Reexamination Of Elementary School Teacher Expectations: Evidence Of Sex And Ethnic Segmentation, Helen A. Moore, David R. Johnson

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Earlier conclusions of "no significant bias" for teacher expectations have been based on regression analyses of occupational continua. In contrast, this paper utilizes discriminant techniques to demonstrate significant categorical differences for Anglo, Hispanic, black, and Asian students, based upon sex, ethnicity, and SES, which reflect the segmented structure of the labor market. Occupational expectations of teachers cluster around traditional dimensions of "male" and "female" occupational categories, showing significant differentiation by ethnicity as well.