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The Linfield Review, Volume 29, Number 02, September 15 1995, Linfield Archives

Linfield Newspaper Collection

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The Voice, June 1996: Volume 41, Issue 4, Dordt College

The Voice Archive

Junior Theatre Major is College Sound Designer; PEW Roundtable Discusses Change; President's Pen; A Semester in Latin America; Seniors Design Some Creative Machines; Dordt Students Shine at Model Arab League; Eighteen School Teams Participate in Assessment Conference; Campus Capsules; Junior Selected for Journalism Institute; Professor and Students Run the Boston 100th; Dordt and Hulst Bid Each Other Farewell; Dordt Receives Lilly Grant to Study Service Learning; Taylor Named New Vice President for Student Affairs; Moving Away From Politics as a Spectator Sport; Rec Center Construction Begins; Faculty News; Hall Winds Down 26-Year Career in Admissions; Parting Reflections of an Alumni …

Feedlot Manure Nutrient Loadings On South Dakota Farmland, Donald Taylor, Diane Rickerl

Economics Staff Paper Series (1969 - 2017)

A key determinant of whether livestock manure is an asset or liability in agricultural production and to society more generally is the amount of manure produced relative to the nearby farmland area to which the manure can be economically transported for application. The objectives of the study reported in this article are to (1) estimate levels of manure nutrient (nitrogen = N and phosphorus = P) loadings on the cropland and rangeland associated with 78 feedlot farm operations in South Dakota and (2) determine factors, including size-of-feedlot and cropland hectarages, associated with cropland N and P loadings for the feedlots …

Software Patents--Just Make A Good Thing Better, David R. Syrowik

Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review

Some have stated that software is somehow "different" from other technologies and must be treated differently. Others have gone so far as to advocate the abolition of patents for software-related technologies. I disagree with both propositions. I believe a heavy burden rests on those who advocate that a particular field of technology should be exempted from the patent system absent a statutory prohibition. Software-related technology should be treated under the U.S. patent laws as any other technology would be treated. Otherwise, investment in the software industry will be negatively impacted. The current patent system is vital to the protection of …

Whooping Crane Sightings During March-May 1996 Migration, Steven Anschutz

Nebraska Bird Review

A peak population of 158 whooping cranes (130 adult/subadult and 28 juvenile) was reported at the Aransas National wildlife Refuge in Texas during the winter of 1995-96. One juvenile was believed to have died between March 17 and 20, so 157 cranes began the spring migration, an increase of 24 birds over 133 in spring, 1995. By April 4, about 82 cranes had begun to migrate, and by April 25, only 9 cranes remained at Aransas. All but 2 of these had migrated by May 3. One of the two cranes migrated sometime after May 22, but the other bird …

Spring Field Report, March-May 1996, W. Ross Silcock

Nebraska Bird Review

This was an interesting spring season, with something for everyone. Interesting data in terms of numbers are being produced by the North American Migration Count (NAMC), especially this spring in Sarpy County; examples are 499 Swainson's Thrushes, 76 Gray-cheeked Thrushes, and 118 Black-and-white Warblers, and others. Some species appeared in large numbers such as 5,000 Western Grebes, 16 Clark's Grebes, 10,000 Wilson's Phalaropes, 300 each of Black-bellied Plover and Sanderling, 54 Whimbrels, and two flocks of over 100 Great-tailed Grackles.

Some interesting early and late dates are included in the species accounts, but several observers noted unexpected species such as …

Wanted: Information On Cliff Swallow Mortality, Charles R. Brown

Nebraska Bird Review

Cold and rainy weather during late May 1996 caused widespread mortality among Cliff Swallows (Hirundo pyrrhonota) in southwestern Nebraska. Thousands of birds died, and some local populations were reduced by at least half. I am trying to determine the geographic scope of the mortality event. I am also interested in determining how often kills like this occur. If you are aware of mortality among any hirundinids during spring 1996 in the central U.S. or ~ave recollections or records of other major Cliff Swallow die-offs ln any past years, please send details to me at the above address. Phone: …

Snowy Plovers In The Rainwater Basin, Stephen J. Dinsmore

Nebraska Bird Review

While conducting shorebird surveys in the Rainwater Basin of southcentral Nebraska in spring, 1995, I observed two Snowy Plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus). Both sightings were on 6 May, one at the Kissinger Basin Wildlife Management Area in Clay County, and the other at Ayr Lake in Adams County.

When I arrived at Kissinger Basin WMA, the weather was poor with steady rain and strong, northeast winds. At 8:15 a.m. I noticed a pale plover feeding on the far side of the wetland. I noted the black bill and legs, dark auricular patch, and slender appearance, and I identified the bird as …

1994 (Sixth) Report Of The Nou Records Committee, Joseph A. Gubanyi

Nebraska Bird Review

The functions and methods of the NOU Records Committee are described in its bylaws (NOU Records Committee 1986). The committee's purpose is to provide a procedure for documenting unusual bird sightings and to establish a list of all documented birds for Nebraska. The official list of birds was last published in 1988 (NOU Records Committee 1988) and has been appended three times (Mollhoff 1989, Grenon 1990 and Grenon 1991, Gubanyi 1996).

This report includes accounts submitted during the calendar year of 1994 covering records with accession numbers 359-395, 411, and 412. All records mentioned here will be available to interested …

Masthead From Nebraska Bird Review (June 1996) 64(2)

Nebraska Bird Review

The Nebraska Bird Review is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc., as its official journal, and is sent to members not in arrears for dues. Annual subscription rates (on a calendar-year basis only): $12.50 in the United States, $15.00 in Canada and Mexico, and $17.50 for all other countries, payable in advance. Single copies are $4.00 each, postpaid, in the United states, and $5.00 elsewhere. Send orders for back issues to Mary H. Pritchard, NOU Librarian, University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE 68588-0514.

Nebraska Bird Review (June 1996) 64(2), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Table of Contents

1994 (Sixth) Report of the NOU Records Committee ... 38

Spring Field Report, March-May 1996 ... 42

Whooping Crane Sightings during March-May 1996 Migration ... 68

Snowy Plovers in the Rainwater Basin ... 71

Wanted: Information on Cliff Swallow Mortality ... 71

The L-Word : June 1, 1996, The L-Word

The L-Word

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Woodland Birds In Three Different Forest Types In Eastern Texas, Clifford E. Shackelford, Richard N. Conner

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

Birds were censused along three routes through relatively mature forest in eastern Texas using the fixed circular plot technique. The routes sampled three forest types (based on tree species composition): (1) longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) savannah, (2) mixed pine-hardwood forest, and (3) bottomland hardwood forest. Each route consisted of 20 plots censused twice monthly for one year. Censusing began at sunrise, included all birds seen or heard during a 3-min period at each plot and was completed within three hours. This paper includes 78 species that are regularly associated with forests (woodland species). Nearctic-Neotropical migrant birds comprised two-thirds (52) of …

Recent Literature About Texas Birds: 1991 And 1992, Joe Ideker

Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society

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Ornithological Literature, Wilson Bulletin

Wilson Bulletin

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Breeding Biology Of The Brown Noddy On Tern Island, Hawaii, Jennifer L. Megyesi, Curtice R. Griffin

Wilson Bulletin

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Discrimination Between Regional Song Forms In The Northern Parula, Daniel J. Regelski, Ralph R. Moldenhauer

Wilson Bulletin

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Nest Adoption By Monk Parakeets, Jessica R. Eberhard

Wilson Bulletin

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Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre, Volume 4-1, June 1996

Canadian Cooperative Wildlife Health Centre: Newsletters and Publications

New Sponsors in 1996
New Agreements with Parks Canada
Wildlife Disease Surveillance Workshop in British Columbia
Surveillance of Wildlife Diseases
Giant Liver Fluke in Banff National Park, Alberta
Lungworm (Crenosoma vulpis) infection in wild canids on Prince Edward Island
Fatal infection with Elaphostrongylus rangiferi in Newfoundland caribou
Cnemidocoptic Mange in a Red-Winged Black Bird
Tumours in Fish from Quebec Rivers
Fatal trematode infection in migrating tundra swans
Overwintering mortality in Greater Scaup on the Niagara River
Strychnine Poisoning in a Gray Wolf
A mortality event in Northern Fulmars in the Pacific Northwest
Spongiform Encephalopathy in a Farmed Elk
Botulism at …

The Probe, Issue 166 – June 1996

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

Why NADCA? One Region Director's Opinion Peter H. Butchko, NADCA Region 9 Director,
The Turtle and the Hare (Wildlife Damage Version), by Robert H. Schmidt
Point of View: Mad Cow Disease
Dolomitic Hydrated Lime Feeding Deterrent to Birds
Booklet Review: A Homeowners Guide to North Eastern Bats and Bat Problems. By Lisa M. Williams-Whitmer and Margaret C. Brittingham. August, 1995 Penn State University. Pp. 1-22.

Private Lands: The New Frontier For Wildlife And Recreation Management, Delwin E. Benson

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Private lands are the new frontier for managing wildlife that covers two-thirds of the United States, provides habitat for 85% of wildlife, and offers opportunities for outdoor recreation. Wildlife and recreation are increasingly viewed as a product of agricultural and forest lands rather than by-products. The role of landowners to manage wildlife on private lands and the incentives to do so are unclear. Historical conflicts between governments and landowners make working together a new challenge. The "debris" of controversy erodes the building blocks for solutions; thus, debates about governmental controls over wildlife must be replaced with the pragmatic recognition that …

Exotic Aquatic Plants-Some Good; Some Bad, James T. Davis

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Aquatic plants, like all other plants, may be weeds in one location and a source of income and therefore coveted in another location. Introduction of exotic aquatic plants to the United States has always proceeded at a rapid rate. Many plants were brought in for horticultural or agricultural purposes. A greater number of aquatic species were brought in as aquarium plants and then accidentally or purposely introduced into the wild as a future source of income. A much lesser number have been introduced into natural waters from ballast pumpage. Most are of tropical or semi-tropical origin and initially were confined …

Plenary Session—Welcome And Opening Remarks, Edward J. Depuit

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

I vastly appreciate the opportunity of being with you all today to help launch what, I am certain, will prove an extraordinary workshop. I bring you specific greetings and words of welcome from colleagues in eastern Washington and elsewhere in the interior Pacific Northwest and particularly from the organization that John Munn and I work for, the College of Agriculture and Home Economics and Cooperative Extension, Washington State University. We are delighted indeed to have this meeting in our corner of the world this year.

Expectations And Opportunities-View From The Profession, Erik K. Fritzell

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Extension Specialists are in a unique position to address what may become the most significant issue in professional fisheries and wildlife management in the last 50 years—the erosion of public support and confidence in government agencies to manage natural resources.

The fisheries and wildlife fields comprise a diverse community of professionals—biologists, managers, decision-makers, consultants, researchers, educators, and others. In this country, the foundation of our field is based upon the Public Trust responsibilities for wild animals. State and federal governments share the role of trustees.

Rural America faces a crisis in natural resource management. Natural resource-based economies have suffered with …

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Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

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Multimedia Programs And New Computer Technologies: A Look At Texas 4-H Wildlife School Enrichment Programs, Billy Higginbotham

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

4-H multimedia school enrichment modules offer excellent wildlife educational opportunities for elementary students as we near the 21st century. Modules consisting of hands-on displays, interactive computer programs, videos, lesson plan activities, and pre/post-test components serve to reinforce information relative to topical issues in the wildlife arena. In Texas, modules have been developed entitled "The White-tailed Deer," "Wildlife Success Stories and Endangered Species," and "Something's Fishy." These modules and their duplicates are used as components of county 4-H programs and serve to deliver wildlife information to an ethnically and socio-economically diverse audience of third and fourth graders. Teacher committees are instrumental …

The American Farm Bureau Federation's Perspective, Herbert F. Manig

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

A fledgling Extension Service learned a lesson early in this century; a lesson that is perhaps more valid today than when it was learned, and a lesson that may be particularly useful to professionals in wildlife and fisheries.

As improvements in agricultural production techniques and procedures were developed by the university agricultural experiment stations, there was an obvious gap between those who possessed the new information and those who needed to adopt it. To meet that need, programs were developed that resulted in professional change agents residing among farmers and ranchers in order to extend the universities' influence by one-on-one, …

Managing Recreational Fish Ponds, Michael P. Masser

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Kentucky has over 135,000 farm ponds. These ponds are used for irrigation, watering livestock, and recreation. However, most ponds are under-utilized for recreation. Existing ponds can provide excellent recreational opportunities if properly managed.

The first step in recreational pond management is to determine the pond's purpose. Ponds can be managed for swimming, fishing, aesthetics, and to attract wildlife. It may be difficult to manage for all of these things simultaneously. The pond owner must decide about goals or what is most important. If fishing is the desired objective, the following should help.

A Perspective Of Past, Present, And Future Extension Wildlife And Fisheries Programs, James E. Miller

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

One of the most significant early references to the need for state and federal extension wildlife and fisheries programs was made by Smith (1936). Dr. C. B. Smith was the Assistant Director of Extension Service who spoke at the First North American Wildlife Conference. If you can locate a copy of the transactions from this conference, I encourage you to spend some time reviewing this and numerous other papers presented by some of our predecessors at this great conference. Other early references of extension wildlife and fisheries programs prior to 1950 included papers by Hill (1938), Gabrielson (1941 and 1945), …

Wildlife Damage Management: Innovative Programs, Thomas G. Barnes, Desley Whisson, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Scott Craven, James Pease, William Andelt

Triennial National Wildlife and Fisheries Extension Specialists Conference: 8th (1996)

Contents:

STATE AGENCY OVERSIGHT OF THE NUISANCE WILDLIFE CONTROL INDUSTRY
VERTEBRATE PEST MANAGEMENT AND ENDANGERED SPECIES IN CALIFORNIA
TACKLING FUTURE ISSUES-THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY'S WILDLIFE DAMAGE MANAGEMENT WORKING GROUP
USING REMOTE DELIVERY IN EXTENSION WILDLIFE PROGRAMS
COLORADO TRAPPING REGULATIONS: CAUGHT BETWEEN THE STEEL JAWS OF TRADITION AND PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS