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Reducing Rodenticide Hazards: Urban/Suburban Settings, Frank Meek

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Depending on the part of the United States, the pest service professional could be fighting several different species of rats and mice. In many situations the service professional may find not just one, but multiple species cohabitating. In the urban/suburban setting there are three primary hazards that must be taken into account prior to placing any rodenticide out for controlling rodents: primary non-target exposure; secondary non-target exposure; and secondary pest infestations from rodenticide placements. Reduction of hazard is based on proper identification of the target so that the correct treatment can be implemented to achieve the fastest results while reducing …

Management Strategies For Addressing Wildlife Disease Transmission: The Case For Fertility Control, Gary Killian, Kathleen Fagerstone, Terry Kreeger, Lowell Miller, Jack Rhyan

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Transmissible diseases among wildlife species, and between wildlife and domestic livestock, are a matter of increasing concern. A combination of approaches should be considered for controlling disease transmission. If a vaccine is available or can economically be developed for the disease, it should be used as the primary component of the disease management strategy. For example, development of an oral rabies vaccine has led to programs where baits are dispersed on a large scale in a barrier zone to prevent the spread of rabies. However, there are no vaccines available for many diseases and incentives are frequently not present for …

Cowbird Control: Management Issues, Controversies And Perceptions, And The Future, Scott G. Summers, Richard M. Kostecke, Garrett L. Norman

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Brood-parasitic brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) have been implicated as a cause of songbird population declines. Cowbirds can have particularly severe negative impacts on already endangered hosts. Removal of cowbirds by trapping has become a popular management action to benefit hosts. Cowbird trapping often decreases parasitism frequency and can help to increase the reproductive success of hosts. However, its role in the recovery of host populations is equivocal. Based on our experience at Fort Hood Military Reservation, Texas, the site of a long-term, landscape-scale trapping program, we discuss factors that we believe are important for the success of a trapping …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, April 5, 2007, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Honors Program

• Add Repeatable for Credit

Department of Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences

• New Course
• Credit Hour Change, Add Repeatable for Credit

Department of Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology

• New Course
• Course Description Change, Remove Repeatable for Credit

Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

• Title Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Delete Course

Department of English

• New Course
• Course Description Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of History

• Prerequisite Change

Department of Languages, Philosophy, and Speech Communication

• Remove University Designation

Department of Music

• New Course

Department of Watershed Sciences …

Faculty Senate Agenda, April 2, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee Report
• AFT Committee Report
• BFW Committee Report
• PRPC Committee Report
• EPC Business
• Committee on Equity and Diversity (2nd reading)
• EPC Membership (1st reading)
• Faculty Senate Past-President (1st reading)
• Faculty Forum Membership (1st reading)
• NCAA Recertification
• Representation of Extension and RCDE on Faculty Senate

Desarrollando Fortalezas En La Familia Ensamblada, Linda Skogrand, Rachel Arrington, Brian Higginbotham

All Current Publications

Al pasar el tiempo, muchas familias desarrollan habilidades que les ayudan a superar tiempos difíciles en su vida y a manejarlas de una manera exitosa.

2006 Annual Report, Various Authors

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, March 19, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Honorary Degrees and Awards Committee Report
• AFT Committee Report
• BFW Committee Report
• PRPC Committee Report
• EPC Business
• NCAA Recertification
• Committee on Equity and Diversity (2nd)
• EPC-Curriculum Sub-committee Update (2nd)
• EPC Membership (1st)
• Faculty Senate Past President (1st)
• Faculty Senate President-Elect
• Course Content and Sincerely Held Beliefs
• Representation of Extension and RCDE on Faculty Senate
• Faculty Appeals Process

Ecological And Genetic Evidence That Low-Order Streams Inhibit Dispersal By Red-Backed Salamanders (Plethodon Cinereus), D. M. Marsh, R. B. Page, T. J. Hanlon, H. Bareke, R. Corritone, N. Jetter, N. G. Beckman, K. Gardner, D. E. Seifert, P. R. Cabe

Biology Faculty Publications

While many studies have examined the barrier effects of large rivers on animal dispersal and gene flow, few studies have considered the barrier effects of small streams. We used displacement experiments and analyses of genetic population structure to examine the effects of first-order and second-order streams on the dispersal of terrestrial red-backed salamanders, Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818). We marked red-backed salamanders from near the edges of one first-order stream and one second-order stream, and experimentally displaced them either across the stream or an equal distance farther into the forest. A comparison of return rates indicated that both streams were partial …

Faculty Senate Minutes, March 5, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• PRPC Business
• Committee on Equity and Diversity
• EPC-Curriculum Sub-Committee Update
• Human Research Policy
• Comprehensive Campaign Presentation
• Nominations for President-Elect
• Regional Campus Representation
• Discussion of Responsibilities of Faculty Senate Past-President
• EPC Membership Update

Lake Mead Complex Final Gather Plan: Environmental Assessment, U.S. Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

This Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Las Vegas Field Office (LVFO) to analyze the environmental effects of a gather to remove approximately 195 resident wild burros from National Park Service-administered lands adjacent to the El Dorado Mountains, Gold Butte and Muddy Mountains Herd Management Areas (HMAs) within the Lake Mead Complex (LMC) in March 2007. The LMC is located in southern Nevada in Clark County. The BLM Las Vegas Field Office and National Park Service coordinate management activities for wild burros on these public lands within their individual administrative responsibilities through a …

White Grubs, Erin Hodgson

All Current Publications

White grubs are the most widespread and destructive insect pest of turfgrass. This fact sheet provides a description of them, damage symptoms, life cycles, sampling protocol, cultural control, threshold guidelines, and chemical control information.

Bitting The Horse: Snaffles, Patricia Evans, Dale Barnett

All Current Publications

This publication describes and suggests when and where it is appropriate to use a snaffle bit.

Bitting The Horse: Shank Or Curb Bits, Patricia Evans, Dale Barnett

All Current Publications

This publication gives information on different types of bits to choose from and which is best for certain horses and situations.

Biting The Horse: Snaffles, Patricia A. Evans, Dale Barnett

All Current Publications

No abstract provided.

Raised Bed Gardening Top 10 Questions, Jaydee Gunnell

All Archived Publications

No abstract provided.

Usu Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes, February 20, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• University Business – Provost Raymond Coward
• Parking Report
• EPC Business
• Human Research Policy
• President’s Comprehensive Campaign Announcement Presentation
• Committee on Equity and Diversity
• Faculty Forum Code Change
• EPC Curriculum Sub-committee Update
• EPC Membership Update
• Regional Campus Representation on Faculty Senate
• Discussion of Responsibilities of Faculty Senate Past-President
• Nominations for President-Elect

Kerr-Mcgee's Bonanza Area Environmental Assessment And Biological Assessment, U.S. Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Land Management

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

No abstract provided.

Playing With Daddy: Social Toy Play, Early Head Start, And Developmental Outcomes, Lori A. Roggman, Lisa Bouye, G. A. Cook, K. Christiansen, D. Jones

Human Development and Family Studies Faculty Publications

Research on fathers in Early Head Start (EHS) has provided an opportunity to study fathers from low-income families. We examined father-toddler social toy play in relation to EHS enrollment, fathers' psychosocial well-being, and children's developmental outcomes in a sample of 74 father-toddler dyads. Overall, our results show that father-toddler social toy play was more complex among fathers in an EHS program than among those in a comparison group. Greater complexity in father-toddler social toy play predicted better cognitive and social developmental outcomes for young children, especially in the program group, but it was limited by fathers' psychosocial well-being in the …

Estraetegias Utiles Para Tratar Con Ex Parejas En Un Segundo Matrimonio, Scot Allgood, Linda Skogrand

All Current Publications

El proceso de construir y mantener un segundo matrimonio estable es complicado por muchos factores. Uno de los factores mas complicados es la relación con la ex pareja o el padre biológico de los hijos.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, January 22, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Comprehensive Campaign Announcement
• Bookstore Committee Report
• EPC Business
• USU Early Retirement Program
• Committee on Equity and Diversity

Chemical And Dynamical Processes In The Mesospheric Emissive Layer. First Results Of Stereoscopic Observations, M. Faivre, G. Moreels, Pierre-Dominique Pautet, J. Clairemidi, F. Dumont, O. Lorin, F. Colas

Publications

[1] The mesospheric emissive layer is an efficient tracer of the dynamical processes propagating in the atmosphere at that level. CCD images in the near infrared taken from the ground at slant angles often reveal the existence of wavy fields. A series of such images has been transformed, using matrix operations, producing a downward satellite-type view that covers a circular area of radius ∼1000 km at the altitude of the layer. The Fourier characteristics of the wave system are measured using a Morlet-type wavelet generator function with horizontal wavelengths of mostly ∼20–40 km and 100–150 km and temporal periods of …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, January 11, 2007, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Science

• New Course, Dual List
• Course Description Change, Add Dual List
• Delete Course

Department of Plants, Soils, and Biometeorology (Climate)

• Title Change, Prefix Change
• Prefix Change
• Delete Course

College of Business

• Change to Pass/Fail Only, Repeatable for credit
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Business Information Systems

• New Course

Department of Secondary Education

• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Instructional Technology

• Course Description Change

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• Title Change
• Delete Course

Department of Engineering and Technology Education

• Title Change
• Prerequisite Change
• Course Number Change

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

• Delete Course …

Faculty Senate Agenda, January 8, 2007, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Council on Teacher Education Report
• Campus Retention Report
• Research Council Report
• Scholarship Advisory Board Report
• EPC Business
• Plans to Reconstitute the Campus Climate for Women Committee
• Overview of the New Position of Vice Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity
• Dean's Tenure and Advisory Committees

The Seventh Internationalconference On The Genetics Of Streptococci, Lactococci And Enterococci, R. A. Burne, D. Bessen, Jeff Broadbent, J. P. Claverys

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

The Seventh International Conference on the Genetics of Streptococci, Lactococci, and Enterococci, sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology, was held 18 to 21 June 2006, overlooking the sea in Saint Malo, Bretagne, France. The conference began in 1981 as the Streptococcal Genetics meeting, at a time when the genera Enterococcus and Lactococcus were still classified as Streptococcus spp. Through the years, this meeting has served as a quadrennial platform to showcase cutting-edge advances in the dissection of the underlying genetics of growth control, metabolism, extrachromosomal elements, substrate utilization, competence development, antibiotic resistance, and virulence of this fascinating group of …

Advances In Startercultures And Cultured Foods, T. M. Cogan, J. Steele, Jeff Broadbent, N. P. Shah, Z. Ustunol

Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences Faculty Publications

With 2005 retail sales close to $4.8 million, cultured dairy products are driving the growth of dairy foods consumption. Starter cultures are of great industrial significance in that they play a vital role in the manufacturing, flavor, and texture development of fermented dairy foods. Furthermore, additional interest in starter bacteria has been generated because of the data accumulating on the potential health benefits of these organisms. Today, starter cultures for fermented foods are developed mainly by design rather than by the traditional screening methods and trial and error. Advances in genetics and molecular biology have provided opportunities for genomic studies …

General Catalog 2007-2009, Utah State University

University Catalogs

Contains course descriptions, University college calendar, and college administration

Aspen Indicator Species In Lichen Communities In The Bear River Range Of Idaho And Utah, Paul C. Rogers, Roger Rosentreter, Ronald J. Ryel

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

Aspen are thought to be declining in this region due to a combination of fire suppression, grazing and wildlife management practices, and potentially cool/wet climates of the past century which favor advancing conifer succession. Many scientists are concerned that aspen’s related species may also be losing habitat, thereby threatening the long-term local and regional viability of this important community. To date, few studies have specifically examined the role of aspen’s epiphytic lichen community. This paper presents basic community research describing the application of Indicator Species Analysis for lichens growing on aspen stems in the central Rocky Mountains of North American. …

Standardizing Sampling Effort On Autosimilarity For Comparing Assemblages: Effect Of Species-Occurrence And Species-Abundance Distributions, Y. Cao, Charles P. Hawkins, J. Van Sickle

Watershed Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Utah Prairie Dog Habitat Evaluation Guide, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Environmental Defense

All U.S. Government Documents (Utah Regional Depository)

The Utah prairie dog (Cynomys parvidens) (UPD) is listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and exists only in southwestern Utah. UPD numbers and range have declined dramatically since settlement of Utah because of conversion of rangeland to cropland, urban development, fire suppression, improper grazing, drought, and introduced sylvatic plague (Yersina pestis). As of this writing, approximately 75% of all Utah prairie dogs inhabit private lands. This fact highlights the need to encourage farmers and ranchers to manage UPD habitat on their property in order to move the species closer to recovery. This guide provides technical …