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Canada Goose Population Management At The Minneapolis-St. Paul International And Downtown St. Paul Airports, James A. Cooper

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

A Canada goose (Branta canadensis) control program was initiated at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) in 1984, and at the Downtown St. Paul Airport (STP) in 1994. Flightless geese >16 km from these airports were trapped (MSP 1,734; STP 1,397), neck-banded (MSP 1,047; STP 502), and observed and counted weekly in fall at 22 and 6 locations >5 km from MSP and STP, respectively. Efficacy was also measured by observing fall goose flights through the operations airspace in 1984-1987 and 1998-2001 (MSP), and 1994-2001 (STP). Based on neckband origin of birds observed >2 km from the airfields, …

Monte-Carlo Simulation Of Birdstrike To Support Rule Making For Large Birds, Julian M. Reed

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

A clear need was established by the aero-engine manufacturers and the certifying authorities for a re-assessment of the published rules governing engine certification for large flocking birds. A task group was set up to address this need at the beginning of 2000. Early in this program, it was determined that a statistical approach to the rule making was required and the Monte-Carlo technique was proposed and accepted. This paper discusses the implementation of the Monte-Carlo technique to simulate bird strike events from the Rolls-Royce viewpoint and describes the various refinements that have been made in order to ensure an adequate …

Aircraft Engines And Large Flocking Birds, Richard Parker

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

This paper will present a summary of the results of the ARAC (engine) Bird Ingestion Phase II rule making effort. The effort was to evaluate the hazard to transport category aircraft, of large flocking birds, and to revise the engine certification requirements as appropriate. The paper will discuss the revision to engine certification requirements. It will also discuss the recommendation of the task group regarding the importance of continuing effort for bird control at the airport.

A Paradigm Shift In Bird Strike Prevention By The Israeli Air Force, Nicholas B. Carter, Eyal Cohen

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

Over the past 20 years, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has focused attention in bird strike prevention on collisions between aircraft and migrating birds during low-level flight operations. Only in the last 2 years has the IAF begun to tackle the problem of reducing bird-aircraft collisions at or near airfields. A dramatic shift in thinking has led the IAF to initiate complete wildlife control programs at its airbases, featuring the employment of border collies and wildlife control officers to help eliminate the risk of wildlife collisions within the control zone (CTR) of each airfield. As a crucial component of this …

Evaluation Of Electrobraid Fencing As A Deer Barrier, Thomas W. Seamans, Zachary J. Patton, Kurt .. Vercauteren

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

Increasing white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) populations in North America have lead to direct threats to public safety as well as agricultural losses. Fencing is often used to keep deer from causing damage at both airports and agricultural areas. Tall, chain-link fences have been used successfully but are often prohibitively expensive. Electric fences have potential to offer a less expensive alternative. We tested a new electric fence design marketed under the name ElectroBraid. This fence, comprised of 0.6-cm polyester rope with copper wire woven into it, is carried on frangible, fiberglass posts set at 15-m intervals. From January to …

Birdstrike Identification (Poster), Carla Dove

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

Identification of feather evidence retrieved from birdstrikes provides essential information that allows airfield managers, engineers, pilots and government agencies to work together to prevent damaging birdstrikes. Knowing the identity of the birds that are causing problems is the first step in formulating a plan to discourage birds from interfering with aviation safety. The feather identification process is complex and involves cleaning feather material, microscopic examination, and whole feather comparisons with specimens in a museum collection. This poster presents the feather identification technique and provides information to various agencies on how and where to send birdstrike remains for identification.

Status Of North American Canada Goose Populations (Poster), John L. Seubert

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

North American Canada goose (Branta canadensis) populations continue to increase, causing potentially greater hazard to aviation. There is greater interest by biologist and aviation interests in monitoring the status of these populations because of the increasing number of Canada goose strikes to aircraft. Waterfowl in North America are managed in four administrative flyways – the Atlantic, Mississippi, Central, and Pacific. Goose numbers in these flyways are based on mid-winter or breeding period counts. The Canada goose count for North America in 2000 was 5,728,000—61% were the large resident geese. The resident component of the population has increased more …

Proceedings Of 4th Bird Strike Committee Usa/Canada Annual Meeting 21-24 October 2002 Sacramento, California Usa

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

Abstracts

Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for October 24, 2002

Managing Nature In Today's World, Walter E. Howard

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

The objective of my talk is to help airport authorities better understand the turmoil they encounter when managing birds and other wildlife populations. Many are reluctant to manage birds and mammals because they know that it will inevitably stir up controversy. Especially this is true when the program includes lethal means. Many people think all problems can be resolved by using non-lethal frightening devices or by live-trapping offending animals and relocating them away from airports. There are some sound arguments as to why it is biologically, ecologically and ethically proper to even use lethal means to resolve some airport wildlife …

Even With Good Equipment, Experienced Manpower Is Necessary, Nigel Horton

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

Maximized efficiency and quality assurance of equipment is essential to both the manufacturer and the end-user. Quite uniquely, one UK manufacturer of bird control equipment sought the views of the aerodrome bird control staff who used it. A simple tick-box questionnaire, designed by an independent biologist, was sent to each aerodrome and 37 returned completed forms, representing about half of known users in the UK. A simple subjective analysis of these produced some unexpected results that are presented here. The survey was not dissimilar to the original trials of bird distress calls on RAF airfields undertaken during the 1960's, thus …

Avian Hazard Control In Brazil: Essential Role Of The Aeronautical Accidents Prevention And Investigation Center - Cenipa, Luiz Claudio Magalhaes Bastos

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

Brazil built one of the world’s largest aeronautical infrastructures. The airport net is distributed along its vast territory, which shows a tremendous ecosystem variety. Having a large civilian aircraft fleet and also running second after Venezuela in catalogued bird species, Brazil has had problems related to bird strikes. Nevertheless, Brazil is made up of 26 States plus the Federal District. Thus, besides the Union Government, each state holds its own government structure. The states are divided into counties that also have their own administrative structure. The jurisdiction of each level of government is established by the Federal Constitution, laws and …

Assessing Bird Strike Hazards In Coastal Wetlands Through Field Experiments, John Ledbetter, John Gray

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) is located in and adjacent to Goleta Slough, a large coastal salt marsh with limited tidal circulation. Various government and non-government agencies are pursuing a long-term project to restore the historic tidal circulation to the slough to improve ecological conditions. SBA recently completed a study to assess feasibility of conducting a controlled field experiment in the slough to evaluate the relationship between bird strike hazards and the presence of tidal and non-tidal wetlands near the airfield. The study indicated that a limited field experiment, in which new estuarine marsh areas are temporarily restored, would provide …

Automated Haze Systems With Methyl Anthranilate Eliminate Nuisance Birds In Aviation Hangars, Warehouses, Airports, Bruce E. Vergote

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

Automated haze systems (The BirdHazer) combined with Methyl Anthranilate (MA) is proven effective and cost efficient as an application method for eliminating nuisance birds in aviation hangars, warehouses, and airport facilities. Proper placement of the BirdHazer system which is based on air flow circulation allows to deliver a clean, dry haze, producing a mean droplet diameter size of 5 microns , which also eliminates the possibility of permeation and any settled residue. Three preliminary test studies were successfully completed at 2 dairy barn locations, and a salt storage warehouse. The fourth testing site was conducted at a maintenance hangar at …

Responses Of Captive Birds To Candidate Perching Deterrents On Faa Llwas Units, Michael L. Avery, Ann C. Genchi

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

Successful operation of the FAA’s Low-Level Windshear Alert System (LLWAS) depends largely on birds not perching on the wind-sensing units which are installed atop poles 40-45 m tall. Because new LLWAS units will be erected at airports throughout North America, anti- perching devices must deter numerous avian species ranging widely in body size and behavioral pattern. To determine the most promising devices, we conducted pen trials with brown-headed cowbirds, fish crows, barred owls, great horned-owls and black vultures. Birds were given free access to an unmodified sensor unit mounted on a tripod for 24 hours, during which the only alternative …

“Birdstrike” – What’S The Word? (Poster), Carla Dove

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

The word(s) “bird strike”, “bird-strike”, or “birdstrike” has been used inconsistently throughout the literature for as long as birds have been colliding with aircraft. A recent search of peer-reviewed articles in the Zoological Record and Biological Abstracts dating back to 1969 resulted in 52 articles that pertained to bird-aircraft collisions. Of those, 67% used two words (bird strike); 22% used a hyphenated word (bird-strike); 5.5% used one word (birdstrike), and 5.5% actually used both two words and the hyphenated version in the same paper! A brief glance through the proceedings and abstracts of recent Bird Strike Committee Meetings also exemplifies …

Attracting Arctic Foxes To Relocate A Gull Colony At Keflavik International Airport (Poster), Pall Hersteinsson, Gundmundur Orn Jonsson

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 4th (2002)

The Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) colony at Keflavik International Airport has grown from around 1,000 pairs in 1975 to over 20,000 pairs in the early 1990s and to around 30,000 pairs in 2000. The colony is considered a serious hazard to both military and civil air traffic. The population of arctic foxes (Alopex lagopus), the only predator in Iceland capable of preying on these gulls, was very small in this area from the late 1950s until the mid-1980s. A decade ago we noted that the location of the colony had shifted away from an arctic …

The Comment, October 24, 2002, Bridgewater State College

The Comment

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The Pan American (2002-10-24), Matt Lynch

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

51st Year, No. 9

October 24, 2002, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

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October 24, 2002, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the October 24, 2002, meeting of the University Senate. 15 pages

Montana Kaimin, October 24, 2002, Associated Students Of The University Of Montana

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

The Weekly Challenger, October 24, 2002, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The October 24, 2002, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Illinois State University Report, October 24, 2002, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

Daily Eastern News: October 24, 2002, Eastern Illinois University

October

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The Advocate, October 24, 2002, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

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The Missouri Miner, October 24, 2002

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

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The Grizzly, October 24, 2002, Anne Antanavage '04, Kelly Gray, Quinn Dinsmore, Blake Forrest, Cassie Stewart, Amy Beyer, Jessica Moore, Dean Edwards, Lauren Springer, Cara Nageli, Eileen Algeo, Jacqueline Jacobs, Fallon Szarko, Lisa Minardi, Kate Juliano, Johanna Nash, Noelle Bolletino, Jerel Smith, Dana Mazzenga, Nina Simoncavage, Lauren Denis, Sean Brennan, Meghan Jarrett

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Cloudy Weather Fails to Dampen Spirits for Homecoming 2002 • You Break it! You Buy it! • President Bush Warns of War as Situation in Iraq Intensifies • Psychology Department Welcomes Dr. DaCosta • Ursinus Awarded Gold Star for Excellence from DEEP Researchers • Career Services Offers Graduate Programs for Students • Student Profile: Ursinus Freshman a World Traveler • Opinions: Homecoming 2002 a Blast or a Bust?; Academic Dishonesty: Growing Wise to the Problem; Should our Newspaper Have a Sex Column? • Vandalism at Ursinus College • First Ever Ursinus Women's Magazine • Walter Annenberg Remembered • 70th Anniversary …

The Diamond, October 24, 2002, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: (incorrect date on front page) Community Dedicates Campus Center; English Department Visits Literary Legend's Home Studio; Nursing Program Gets a Shot in the Arm
• News: Student Movie Looms Closer; Panel Discusses Contemporary Religious Reformation; Iowa Right to Life Convention Approaches; Bike Stealing: A Craze at Dordt; Owings Performs in Steinway Dedication; Christian View Touches Everything from Soup to Nuts
• Opinion: Letters to the Editor; Humor Fell Flat; Worship in a Changing World
• Features: Parents Pleased; Apply It to My Account, Please
• A & E: Technically Perfect Film Abandons Good Storyline; Nothing Sacred: A Dramatic Dordt Success
• Sports: Memories …

Airrecu: Birth Of A Nation?, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

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