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Bad Dogs: Why Do Coyotes And Other Canids Become Unruly?, Robert H. Schmidt, Robert M. Timm

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

We summarize the behavior of several species of canids (coyotes, dingoes, and gray wolves) in relation to their habituation to humans and to human food sources. Striking parallels exist between coyotes and other wild canids in terms of the inclination of individual animals to act aggressively toward humans and even attack, once they have come to associate humans with food. We describe the stages of coyotes' behavioral adaptation to suburban ecosystems, listing 7 steps toward increasing habituation, which can be used as action thresholds for invoking active coyote management or removal efforts. We consider the hypothesis that coyotes may regard …

Complexities Of Urban Coyote Management: Reaching The Unreachable, Teaching The Unteachable, And Touching The Untouchable, Robert H. Schmidt

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Urban coyote (Canis latrans) management is often complicated, but the technical portion of any management program is only one part of the equation. The use of lethal (traps, snares, shooting, toxicants) and non-lethal (exclusion, guard animals, husbandry practices, harassment) coyote management strategies can be successful, less than successful, or not successful depending on the appropriate match of technical skill and technology available in a particular situation. However, technical sophistication is only a portion of the management dilemma. Issues of policy, law, politics, and economics, as well as human values, attitudes, and ethics play an obvious and profound role …

The Use Of Rodenticides For Conservation Efforts, Gary Witmer, John D. Eisemann, Gregg Howald

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

Non-native rats (Rattus spp.) and mice have been introduced to more than 80% of the island groups around the world. They have caused ecosystem-wide impacts, including the extirpation and extinction of many native and endemic species which evolved in a mammalian predator-free environment. Fortunately, practitioners have developed techniques to eradicate introduced rodents, allowing ecosystems to recover. Rodenticides have proven an effective tool in eradications, having been used in over 300 successful eradications worldwide. Careful planning, adequate resources, and a sustained effort by competent field staff are needed to help ensure a successful eradication program. Island eradications are logistically …

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 …

Field Method For Analyzing Birds For Avicide 3-Chloro-P-Toluidine Hydrochloride, Jerome C. Hurley, Patricia A. Pipas, Shelagh K. Tupper, John L. Cummings, Randal S. Stahl

Wildlife Damage Management Conference

We developed a fast and simple method to detect presence or absence of DRC-1339 (CPTH: 3-Chloro-p-toluidine Hydrochloride) in birds that fed on DRC-1339 bait sites. We compared the effectiveness of the colorimetric method to the previously published analytical method using birds collected from DRC-1339 bait sites in Louisiana and Texas. We also conducted tests with caged red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) to determine if time from consumption of DRC-1339-treated bait to death and time from death to colorimetric analysis affected test results. The colorimetric assay was effective in detecting the presence or absence of DRC-1339 in birds …

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 …

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, April 5, 2007, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Syllabus Approval

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, April 5, 2007, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Influence Of Population Reduction On Predator Home Range Size And Spatial Overlap, Shandra Nicole Frey, Michael R. Conover

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

The increasing populations of red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), raccoons (Procyon lotor), and striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis) in the Intermountain West have contributed to low waterfowl recruitment in recent decades. This effect prompted the need for predator removal at many waterfowl refuges, such as the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge (BRMBR) in the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. Our study examined the effects of the removal of predatory mammals at the BRMBR on the home range size and spatial overlap of the remaining populations of red foxes, raccoons, and striped skunks. The removal of predators through traps, snares, and night-shooting created a …

Creating Rituals In Stepfamilies, Scot Allgood, Rachel Crook

All Current Publications

An important goal of any stepfamily is to develop a sense of who you are as a family. Rituals can help create this feeling of “family.”

Developing Strengths In Stepfamilies, Linda Skogrand, Rachel Arrington, Brian Higginbotham

All Current Publications

Over time, most families develop strengths that help them face and successfully manage difficult times. The same is true of stepfamilies.

2006 Annual Report, Various Authors

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

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 …

Developing Leadership During Adolescence: The Experiences Of University Presidents, Susan R. Madsen

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Scoping Report For The Glen Canyon Dam Long-Term Experimental Plan Environmental Impact Statement, U.S. Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Reclamation

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

This report summarizes the issues raised during the initial scoping process for the Bureau of Reclamation's Long-term Experimental Plan for Glen Canyon Dam Operations and Other Management Actions Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). This report describes the initial scoping process and presents the schedule, describes the scoping meetings, summarizes comments submitted by the public, and provides an overview of the relevant issues that Reclamation anticipates will be analyzed in the EIS.

Scoping is defined by the regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as the process whereby lead agencies solicit input from the public on what the issues and alternatives …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, March 1, 2007, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Honors Program

• Credit Hour Change

Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate

• New Course
• Title Change

School of Accountancy

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

College of Education and Human Services

• Inactivate Course

Department of Elementary Education

• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development

• New Course

Department of Psychology

• Add University Studies Designation

Department of Biological and Irrigation Engineering

• Course Number Change
• Title Change

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

• Prerequisite Change
• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

• Change to P/F only

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change …

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.

Father Involvement In Early Head Start Research Programs, H. H. Raikes, J. A. Summers, Lori A. Roggman

Human Development and Family Studies Faculty Publications

This study examined fathers' participation in Early Head Start programs using quantitative and qualitative data from 326 Early Head Start fathers when children were 36 months of age. About half (49%) of the fathers were involved in at least one program activity. A quarter (26%) of the fathers participated at a higher level, in two or more types of program activities. Fathers participated in parent education programs (17%), group socializations (15%), father-only activities (6%), policy councils and program committees (9%), home visits (32% ever, 17% monthly), and in dropping children off at the Early Head Start center (24% ever, …

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 …

Helpful Strategies To Deal With Ex-Partners In Remarriages, Scot Allgood, Brian Higginbotham

All Current Publications

The process of building and maintaining a strong remarriage is complicated by many factors.

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

Insites, 2007, Utah State University

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The Newsletter of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning

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 …

A General Equilibrium Analysis Of Pesticide Resistance, Kenneth S. Lyon

Economic Research Institute Study Papers

Pesticides have value because they help farmers control pests that destroy crops and decrease yields; however, their use will lead to insecticide resistance. In addition, their use has unintended other effects. These stem in part from pesticide residues on food and application drift that exposes humans and other non-target biologic populations to toxic agents. We analyze these interactions in a stochastic general equilibrium optimal control model. The necessary conditions of an optimal path are examined to identify the roles that Integrated Pest Management, spraying and pest resistant crops, and biological research can play along the optimal time path. Because the …

Growth Parameters For Syringomycin Production In Pseudomonas Syringae Strain M1, Nathaly M. Carranza

Biology Posters

The cyclic lipodepsinonapeptide syringomycin E (SRE) produced by Pseudomonas syringae is being developed as a natural product agrofungicide. The purpose of this research is to identify the most effective P. syringae growth parameters for SRE production. P. syringae strain M1 was grown in 2L capacity fermenters and in capped test tubes both with agitation. A variety of compounds, including amino acids that are components of SRE, were added to the growth medium to study their effects on SRE production. L-histidine was found to be the best amino acid for promoting SRE production. Strain M1 extracts had strong antifungal activities. SRE …

Inra Water Resource Management Research And Educationneeds Assessment Project, Douglas B. Jackson-Smith, Sandra Marquart-Pyatt, C. Harris, A. Lovecraft, E. Shanahan, P. Wanschneider

Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications

The Water Resources Research Needs Assessment team received funding in summer 2006 from the Inland Northwest Research Alliance (INRA) Water Resources Steering Committee to conduct a structured needs assessment study. The study was motivated by the desire to allow future INRA research and educational programs to meet better the needs of water resources managers in the five state INRA region.