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Water Current, Volume 26, No. 2, April 1994

Water Current Newsletter

Dreeszen Stresses Precipitation
From the Director
Sell, MSEA Team Honored
Water Component of Peace Process
Portrait Recognizes Daugherty
Forestry, Fisheries and Wildlife: Department Members Work on Variety of Water Projects
Universities in Three States Work Together on Platte River Project
Monograph Deals with Woodland Expansion
Annual Water Tour to Feature Missouri River
Division Issues Report on Water Level Changes

Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, April 1994, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The April 1994 issue of Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography.

Two New Species And Temporal Changes In The Prevalence Of Eimerians In A Free-Living Population Of Townsend's Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus Townsendii) In Idaho, P. G. Wilber, Ben Hanelt, B. Van Horne, Donald W. Duszynski

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

More than 1,180 fecal samples were collected from 253 juvenile and 384 adult Townsend's ground squirrels (Spermophilus townsendii) at the Snae Snake River Birds of Prey Area near Boise, Idaho, from February to June 1992. Oocysts of 7 eimerians were observed. Five are new host records (Eimeria beecheyi, Eimeria bilamellata, Eimeria callospermophili, Eimeria lateralis, and Eimeria morainensis), 2 species are described here as new, and new structural information on E. morainensis is added. Sporulated oocysts of Eimeria adaensis n. sp. are ovoidal, 19.6 x 22.7 (16-22 x 18-26) μm with sporocysts ellipsoidal …

Choanotaenia Atopa N. Sp. (Cestoda: Dilepididae) From A Domestic Cat In Kansas, Robert L. Rausch, R. D. Mckown

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Choanotaenia atopa (Cestoda: Dilepididae) is described (host: domestic cat from the vicinity of Manhattan, Kansas); its natural host is presumed to be a rodent. Choanotaenia atopa is morphologically similar to cestodes of 6 species, all from rodents, formerly placed in the genus Rodentotaenia Matevosian, 1953, and subsequently removed to the genera Choanotaenia Railliet, 1896, or Monopylidium Fuhrmann, 1899. The systematic position of those cestodes is discussed; Monopylidium and Rodentotaenia are treated as synonyms of Choanotaenia. Choanotaenia atopa is distinguished by size and form of rostellar hooks, regularly alternating genital pores, and other characters in genital organs.

Cropwatch No. 94-2, March 25, 1994, Lisa Brown Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

Newsletter changes ...................... 8

Wheat viruses ............................... 9

On-farm waste disposal ................. 9

Cleaning up a farm dump ............ 10

Kansas insect news ...................... 10

Rotations for pest-control ...................... 11

Herbicide software ....................... 11

Combination herbicides ...................... 12

Sprayer calibration ...................... 13

Cropwatch No. 94-1, March 18, 1994, Lisa Jasa

Crop Watch (1994–2005)

Inside

New herbicides ......................... 2

Scouting alfalfa .......................... 3

Banding herbicides ................... 3

Winter wheat condition ............ 4

Starching applicator clothing .................................. 4

Managing pests with cultural practices .......... 5

Managing stored grain ............. 5

Water supply ............................. 6

George Eliot- Bbc2 Night School, Ruth Harris

The George Eliot Review Online, ISSN: 2831-5375

It is said that Napoleon interviewed his prisoners at three o'clock in the morning when their powers of resistance were at their lowest ebb. My video recorder saved me from testing his theory between the unearthly hours of 2.00 and 4.00 a.m. on Thursday 10th March when BBC2's Night School presented its resource material on the life, work and times of George Eliot. If I had had to stay awake, however, then I think that Professor Rosemary Ashton and her able colleagues would have overcome my powers of resistance with Napoleonic skill. The material was attractively varied, and concentration was …

Nebline, March 1994

NEBLINE Newsletter Archive from Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County

Horticulture

Rural $ense

Human Resources

4-H & Youth

Environmental Focus

Community & Leadership Development

Extension Calendar

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Nebraska Association for Family and Community Education News

and other extension news and events

The Probe, Issue # 141 -- March 1994

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Can We Landscape to Accomodate the White-tailed Deer? by Helen Hendrickson Heinrich, Certified Landscape Architect, Madison, NJ
Call for Nominations for Berryman Institute Awards
Popularity of Guarding Burros on the Rise
Guard Dogs No Match for Coyotes Forming Packs
Grizzly Rescue Ends Badly
Animal Rights Activists Go Underground
Book Review: Animal Scam: The Beastly Abuse of Human Rights. By Kathleen Marquardt with Herbert M. Levine and March LaRochelle
Cynthia Smith Appointed Assistant Deputy Administrator of ADC
In Memoriam: Dennis Limy

Scientific Note: Phenacoccus Parvus Morrison, A Possible Injurious Mealybug Recorded For The First Time From Florida (Homoptera:Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae), D. J. Williams, A. B. Hamon

Insecta Mundi

Phenacoccus parvus Morrison is recorded from Florida for the first time. Specimens were collected at Miami on Cestrum diurnum (Solanaceae),l-IX-1883 by J. Frankel, and on an unidentified plant of the family Apiaciae (Umbelliferae), 4-XI-1983, by D. Barger. These records are also the first for the continental US. Phenacoccus parvus material from Hawaii on Sida fallax has been examined.

This mealybug was described from the Galapagos Islands. Williams and Cox (1984) synonymized the name P. surinamensis with P. parvus. This species has been recorded from the West Indies, Central America, and South America on many hosts (Williams and Granara de …

A Revision Of The Genus Anisostena Weise (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Hispinae). Part Ii. The Subgenus Anisostena: Key To The Species Groups And The Ariadne Species Group, C. L. Staines

Insecta Mundi

The subgenus Anisostena (Anisostena) is divided into three species groups. A key to the species groups is provided and the ariadne species group is revised. Lectotypes are designated for A. ariadne, A. bellula, and A. elegantula.

New Genera Of Tephritidae (Diptera) From Brazil And Dominican Amber, With Phylogenetic Analysis Of The Tribe Ortalotrypetini, Allen L. Norrbom

Insecta Mundi

The tribe Ortalotrypetini (Trypetinae) is expanded to include four genera, whose phylogenetic relationships are analyzed. The following are recognized: Ortalotrypeta Hendel, Cyaforma Wang, Neortalotrypeta, n. gen., proposed for N. bicolor, n. sp., from Brazil, and Protortalotrypeta, n. gen., proposed for P. grimaldii, n. sp., which is described from a specimen in amber from the Dominican Republic. Ortalotrypeta ziae, n. sp., from Taiwan, is described, and lectotypes are designated for 0. gigas Hendel and 0. idana Hendel. O. macula Wang and O. tonkinensis Zia are transferred to Cyaforma.

The Prairie Naturalist Volume 26. No. 1. March 1994

The Prairie Naturalist

FISH CATCHES WITH HOOP NETS OF TWO DESIGNS IN THE LARAMIE RIVER, WYOMING ▪ W. A. Hubert and T. M. Patton

LENGTH DISTRIBUTIONS OF NORTHERN PIKE CAUGHT IN FIVE GILL NET MESH SIZES ▪ R. M. Neumann and D. W. Willis

EVALUATION OF LARGEMOUTH BASS SLOT LENGTH LIMITS IN TWO SMALL SOUTH DAKOTA IMPOUNDMENTS ▪ R. M. Neumann, D. W. Willis, and D. D. Mann

POSSIBLE PREDATION OF A FORSTER'S TERN CHICK BY A SNAPPING TURTLE ▪ G. Fraser

SMALL MAMMAL DIVERSITY AND ABUNDANCES IN THREE CENTRAL IOWA GRASSLAND HABITAT TYPES ▪ L. A. Hayslett and B. J. Danielson

SMALL …

Neotype Designations For The Type Species Of Phidippus (Araneae: Salticidae), G. B. Edwards

Insecta Mundi

Neotypes are designated for Attus audax Hentz and Salticus variegatus Lucas in order to establish the identity of these species to facilitate a ruling on the proper name of the type species of the genus Phidippus by the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature.

Life Or Death In Amber?, Robert E. Woodruff

Insecta Mundi

Because I've studied Dominican Amber for 25 years, this article began as a simple request for me to review a recent book: "Life in Amber" by George 0. Poinar, Jr., Stanford university Press. 350p.; 37 color and 154 black and white photos; 8 maps. Publication date: Sept. 25, 1992. Price: $55.00. It was soon obvious that the volume and nature of my comments precluded a simple review. My paraphrased title is a minor semantic difference with Dr. Poinar's, although I doubt that he would write of "Life in Egyptian Tombs". Creatures preserved for 30 to 40 million years should at …

Cc00-A Resource : A Catalog Of Publications And Computer Programs

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension: Historical Materials

Campaign Circular 00-A: Resource is a catalog of publications and computer programs.

Identification And Characterization Of A Human Herpesvirus 6 Gene Segment Capable Of Transactivating The Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Long Terminal Repeat In An Spl Binding Site-Dependent Manner, Jinhai Wang, Clinton J. Jones, Michael Norcross, Ernst Bohnlein, Abdur Razzaque

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences: Faculty Publications

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) long terminal repeat (LTR) is transactivated by various extracellular signals and viral cofactors that include human herpesviruses. These transactivators are capable of transactivating the HIV-1 LTR through the transactivation response element, NF-KB, or other regulatory binding elements. Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) is a potential cofactor of HIV-1. Here, we report that an HHV-6 gene segment, ZVH14, which can neoplastically transform NIH 3T3 and human keratinocytes, is capable of transactivating HIV-1 LTR chloramphenicol acetyltransferase constructs in an Spl binding site-dependent manner. Transactivation increased synergistically in the presence of multiple Spl sites and was dramatically …

Wild Medicine: Review Of Medicinal Wild Plants Of The Prairie By Kelly Kindscher, Kathleen H. Keeler

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

I am highly enthusiastic about this book as a reference work. It summarizes the literature on the medicinal uses for more than 103 prairie plants. For 43 species, Kindscher gives common, Indian, and scientific names; description; habitat; parts used; Indian uses; medical history; scientific research and cultivation; and information on about 100 of their relatives. Another 60 entries are condensed to 24 paragraphs. Full-page line drawings by William S. Whitney of the major species are generally excellent, and all 103 entries have distribution maps. The introduction discusses the region covered, with helpful maps. There's an index, a glossary and a …

Draft Of Articles Of Incorporation For Friends Of The Tractor Test Museum, Tractor Museum

Lester F. Larsen Tractor Museum: Planning and Development Documents

No abstract provided.

Policy Considerations For Contraception In Wildlife Management, Wendy A. Sanborn, Robert H. Schmidt, Herbert C. Freeman

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 16th (1994)

Managing wildlife populations by manipulating their birth rates is a promising technology. However, the use of contraceptive technologies will involve the development of new wildlife management policies. We designed and implemented a survey that was intended to gather information on the range of perspectives of concerned publics on contraceptive use in wildlife management. There appears to be considerable confusion and mistrust regarding the application and appropriateness of this new technology. We recommend that promoters of contraception use in wildlife management be careful to explain what this new technology can and cannot do in order to avoid the pitfalls associated with …

The Prospects And Associated Challenges For The Biological Control Of Rodents, Grant R. Singleton

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 16th (1994)

Biological control using macro- or micro-parasites is a promising research area for control of rodents. The largest impediment to progress is a dearth of high quality research, under field conditions, on wild rodents and their diseases. A major challenge is to identify a candidate control agent which is sufficiently pathogenic, has a high transmission rate and is target specific. Once this has been done, ecological studies of both the host and the disease agent, and of the epidemiology of transmission, are required. Whether the desired pathogenicity is via increased mortality and/or reduced fertility will depend on the agent and on …

Effects Of Initial Rat Captures On Subsequent Capture Success Of Traps, Mark E. Tobin, Robert T. Sugihara, Richard M. Engeman

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 16th (1994)

Trapping records from studies conducted in Hawaiian sugarcane fields were analyzed to determine the effects of rat captures on subsequent capture success of Rattus norvegicus, R. rattus, and R. exulans. Traps that captured rats were subsequently more likely to capture another rat of the same species. We detected no differences in trap responses of males and females, nor did we observe any evidence that capture success of Polynesian rats and roof rats was affected by previous captures of Norway rats. This increased trap success may have been due to residual trap odors, or to greater success of traps …

Natural History And Protection Of Burrowing Owls, Clark S. Winchell

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 16th (1994)

Burrowing owls (Speotyto cunicularia) were monitored over a four year period at Naval Air Station North Island, a developed area at the north end of San Diego Bay, California. Protection of the nest burrows and a burrow marking program were initiated in 1991. The breeding population increased from 14 to 27 nests after this marking program began. Burrow types and ways to differentiate burrows used by owls from those used by California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi) are outlined. The importance of burrows and their management is discussed with reference to the natural history of the owl.

Supplemental Bear Feeding Program In Western Washington, Georg J. Ziegltrum

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 16th (1994)

Black bear (Ursus americanus) damage to trees is a severe problem in the Pacific Northwest. Significant damage has been observed for many years, especially in highly managed private industrial forests in western Washington. The introduction of intensive silvicultural techniques resulted in higher yields, but may have also made trees more vulnerable to black bear destruction. Early lethal control efforts lost public support and the forest products industry investigated different methods that concentrated on non-lethal management tools. In 1985, the Washington Forest Protection Association introduced supplemental bear feeding as a damage prevention program in high damage areas during the …

Rodent Pests In Colombian Agriculture, Danblo Valencia, Donald J. Elias, Jorge A. Ospina

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 16th (1994)

The tropical zones of Latin America are sources of a great faunal richness. A significant number of mammals are associated with damage to the agricultural and livestock industries of Colombia. Some studies have indicated that rodents cause serious economic and social damage in the agricultural, livestock, and stored product sectors of the Colombian economy. Evaluations of this damage have been based on three criteria: 1) the characteristics of the damage; 2) the species of rodent involved; and 3) the loss of production at harvest. Cereals and oil-producing crops are most affected as standing crops; in the livestock area, poultry and …

Registration Requirements For Non-Toxic Natural Products As Animal Damage Control Agents, Stephen A. Schumake

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 16th (1994)

Plant extracts, animal glandular secretions and excretions, and natural food flavoring agents are common sources of natural products that can be used in animal damage control applications. Such products can be used either by themselves (e.g., coyote urine as a rodent repellent), or in combination with other control agents (e.g., food odor or flavor enhancer at baiting sites). The Environmental Protection Agency registration requirements are described for a variety of potential applications of natural products including bird and rodent repellents. In some applications, the product chemistry or other data requirements could make the registration process prohibitive due to the cost …

Sources Of Information On Wildlife Damage Control, Robert M. Timm

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 16th (1994)

In the area of wildlife damage control, people encounter a great diversity of problems for which they need effective, timely solutions. Published materials or sources of help are often scattered, difficult to locate, or even unknown to many who work in this discipline. Let me begin with three stories. They are fictional, but they are created from the variety of wildlife-human conflicts that occur in California. Thus, they represent the reality of human attempts to deal with wildlife damage.

Alpha-Chloralose: Current Status, Restrictions And Future Uses For Capturing Birds, Paul P. Woronecki, Richard A. Dolbeer

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 16th (1994)

In 1992, the Animal Damage Control (ADC) program received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use Alpha-Chloralose (A-C) nationwide for capturing waterfowl (Anatidae), coots (Fulica americana), and pigeons (Columba livia). To review the first year (1993) of operational use of A-C, we surveyed in January 1994 all ADC State Directors on the status of A-C use within their states. In 1993, 59 ADC personnel were trained and certified in the approved uses of A-C and 696 nuisance waterfowl were captured with A-C in 10 states. Restrictions imposed by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service …

Managing Raccoons, Skunks, And Opossums In Urban Settings, Kevin D. Clark

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 16th (1994)

Increased urbanization and decreased government funding, plus increased numbers of certain wildlife species, have combined to provide a greater need for wildlife management of nuisance animals in the urban environment.

Laboratory Studies With Compound Drc-1339 On Feral Pigeons, John L. Cummings, Patricia A. Pochop, Melvyn V. Garrison, Carol A. Furcolow, James E. Davis Jr.

Vertebrate Pest Conference Proceedings: 16th (1994)

Laboratory studies were conducted to determine an effective DRC-1339 concentration and bait dilution ratio to control pigeons. Treated whole corn baits formulated with Alcolec-s®, corn starch, or corn oil as adhesive agents and 0.25% or 0.37% DRC-1339 diluted 1:5 with untreated corn produced < 10% mortality. DRC-1339 treated whole corn baits (0.25% and 0.37%) diluted 1:0 and formulated with Alcolec-s® produced 20% and 5% mortality, respectively. Whole corn treated with 0.37% DRC-1339, diluted 1:0, and formulated with corn starch produced 68% mortality in laboratory-held pigeons and was selected for further evaluations in field studies to provide efficacy data to the EPA. DRC-1339 residue levels observed in pigeons free-feeding on 0.37% undiluted DRC-1339 treated corn was not detected in breast tissue and only occurred in the gastrointestinal tract of two of five pigeons at 0.06 and 0.19 ppm. DRC-1339 residues observed in pigeons force-fed 21 whole corn kernels treated with 0.37% DRC-1339 (approximately 5 times the LDso dose) were not detectable after 3 h in breast tissue and 24 h in the gastrointestinal tract. DRC-1339 residues in pigeons gavaged with 58 mg DRC-1339 (over 10 times the LDM dose) were detectable in the breast muscle of four of nine pigeons at 0.061 to 0.10 ppm. DRC-1339 residues in the gastrointestinal tract ranged from 0.13 to >17 ppm in eight of nine treated pigeons and was not detectable in the remaining pigeon.