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Private Sector Involvement In Airport Wildlife Work, Jay Tischendorf

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 13th (2011)

Discussion

•FAA Guidance on WHAs
•FAA and USDA Relationship
•USDA Competition vs Private Sector
•Airport Wildlife - Canada vs USA
•Case Histories: Inconsistencies in WHA Contracting
•Questions and Comments

Thesis Statement

•USDA has long enjoyed a sole-source monopoly with the FAA for airport wildlife work, including WHAs and Control
•Despite guidelines ostensibly created to enhance opportunity for Private Sector, this USDA monopoly largely persists
•USDA WS functions as private enterprise and illegally competes for federal contract dollars

The FAA requires airfields handling commercial aircraft to address wildlife hazards if a real or potential wildlife problem is present (FAR Part …

Risk Species In 12 Asa Mexican Airports Under Tropical, Arid, Semideciduous And Urban Conditions, Arturo Ortiz, Jorge García-Burgos, Magdalena Colunga, Sergio López-Noriega

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 13th (2011)

1. Habitat management

• Fruit and seed removal
• Sanitary carcass burial with caustic lime (inside and outside the airport)
• Empty nest removal
• Gap fill in the jet ways
• Net placement and incorporation of a concrete base on the perimeter fencing

2. Rescue and relocation of wildlife

•The Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) does not allow to kill any wildlife
• ASA then requests a permit from SEMARNAT to relocate wildlife

3. Deterrence of wildlife

• Chasing and harassment of animals
• Audio repellents
• Visual repellents

4. Lethal control

• Eggs removal
• Nestlings …

Specific Endophyte-Infected Grasses For The Aviation Industry Now A Reality, Chris Pennell

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 13th (2011)

1. What are fungal endophytes?

Endophyte infected plants are symptomless

Fungal endophyte + Grass Plant

The green dots are the endophyte filaments

Endophyte life cycle

Diversity in endophytes

•Neotyphodium fungal endophytes are NOT all the same, there is considerable diversity in their biochemical profiles.
•Our selections have been made from wild-types world wide
•AgResearch has the largest collection of grass endophytes in the world
•New Zealand is the recognized world leader in grass endophyte technology and its commercialisation

Basic science

•Understanding the life cycle of Neotyphodium endophytes (1980)
•Isolation from grasses and growth ex plant (1990)
•Inoculations challenges – into …

Risk Fauna Management In Mexico: Accomplishments In Asa Airports, Magdalena Colunga, Jorge García-Burgos, Arturo Ortiz, Norma Fernández-Buces

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 13th (2011)

Introduction

Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares (ASA) is an independent government agency. The main functions of the organization are to design, build and operate airports, as well as 62 fuel farms.

Since 1965, ASA has contributed to the building of the airport industry in Mexico. ASA is responsible of providing a safe, secure, efficient service, and environmental concerns.

Airports

•Until 1998, ASA operated 63 airports in the Mexican Airport System.
•Currently, ASA operates 18 airports and participates as a partner in other five.
•15 airports have a Wildlife Hazard Management Program.

Reporting wildlife strikes in Mexico

• Increase in the number of …

Bird Strike Prevention Version 3.X, Arie Dekker, Hans Van Gasteren, Inge Both

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 13th (2011)

Bird strike prevention is dictated by 3 main aspects of human behaviour:

•Give the Black Jack (+ the bill) to someone else!
•Do something!
•Genesis 1:28

Genesis 1:28

God said to them: “….Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground…”

In Western society this statement has justified and contributed towards a human centered approach towards nature.

Bird strike prevention Version 1.x and 2.x are based on this assumption. “Birds have to make way for undisturbed aviation operations”

Players in the bird strike prevention

Bird Strike …

Psci 451e.01: Ancient And Medieval Political Philosophy, Ramona Grey

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

2010 Annual Report, Thomas F. Turner

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Icao Document 9137 New And Improved, Nicholas Carter

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 13th (2011)

Overview

Reviewed by 10 birdstrike experts from all parts of the world
(expanded to 16 for final draft)

Took about two years to complete review

Contains 39 pages

FAA manual – 362 pages

Transport Canada – 270 pages

National Committees

Composition

Roles/Responsibilities

Airport Committee

Bird strike Reporting

Importance
Mandatory Risk Assessment
Mandatory Forwarding to IBIS
But No Mandatory Reporting

Airport Birdstrike Program

Personnel
Logging of wildlife activity / strikes (DNA)

Airlines’ Pilots’ Perceptions Concerning Recommended Practices That Reduce The Risk Of Bird Strikes, Flavio Antonio Coimbra Mendonça

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 13th (2011)

Introduction

•Bird strike risk management is a defense in depth:
•Airplane certification;
•Actions by airport operators;
•Standard regulation by ICAO & National regulators;
•PROCEDURES BY CREWMEMBERS!

•Pilots are always in contact with all sort of hazards;

•Pilots play a big role in managing the risk of bird strikes;

•Pilots are usually the last persons who can avoid an accident;

PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH:

Assess the perceptions of a selected group of airlines pilots` in Brazil and their knowledge of recommended practices that could reduce the risk of accidents due to bird strikes.

Literature Review

• SMS – Safety risks that are …

Open Courseware And Stem Initiatives In Career And Technical Education, Paul A. Asunda

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

Going Virtual: Delivering Nanotechnology Safety Education On The Web, Dominick E. Fazarro, Heshium R. Lawrence, Rochell R. Mcwhorter

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

Creche Herald Vol. 15, No. 3, Rita B. Bocher

Creche Herald

The Fall 2011 publication features nativity sets and personal reflections from members in the organization; information about nativities and nativity exhibits; and information about the Friends of the Creche annual meeting.

Second Record Of Clapper Rail, David F. Vogt

The Migrant - Tennessee Ornithological Society

No abstract provided.

Changing Climate, Changing Business Practices : Lessons From Innovative Growers, David Gray, Nicole Baxter, Meredith Fairbanks, Geraldine Pasqual

Bulletins 4000 -

Climate change and increasing seasonal variability are challenging the production efforts of growers in lower rainfall environments of the Western Australian grain belt. Significantly less rainfall than the long-term average has fallen across southwest Western Australia during the past 30 years.

Seasonal rainfall has also become more variable with later starts to the growing season and a general shift to more summer and less winter rainfall. Day and night-time temperatures, particularly in winter and autumn, have gradually increased, while in some areas, the risk of frost in spring has increased.

Vocabulary Development In Greek Children: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison Using The Language Development Survey, Christina F. Papaeliou, Leslie Rescorla

Psychology Faculty Research and Scholarship

This study investigated vocabulary size and vocabulary composition in Greek children aged 1; 6 to 2; 11 using a Greek adaptation of Rescorla's Language Development Survey (LDS; Rescorla, 1989). Participants were 273 toddlers coming from monolingual Greek-speaking families. Greek LDS data were compared with US LDS data obtained from the instrument's normative sample (Achenbach & Rescorla, 2000). Vocabulary size increased markedly with age, but Greek toddlers appeared to get off to a slower start in early word learning than US children. The correlation between percentage word use scores in Greek and US samples was moderate in size, indicating considerable overlap …

Present Limits To Heat-Adaptability In Corals And Population-Level Responses To Climate Extremes, Bernhard Riegl, Samuel J. Purkis, Ashraf S. Al-Cibahy, Mohammed A. Abdel-Moati, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Climate change scenarios suggest an increase in tropical ocean temperature by 1–3°C by 2099, potentially killing many coral reefs. But Arabian/Persian Gulf corals already exist in this future thermal environment predicted for most tropical reefs and survived severe bleaching in 2010, one of the hottest years on record. Exposure to 33–35°C was on average twice as long as in non-bleaching years. Gulf corals bleached after exposure to temperatures above 34°C for a total of 8 weeks of which 3 weeks were above 35°C. This is more heat than any other corals can survive, providing an insight into the present limits …

Benchmarks 2011, September 9, The Rockefeller University

BenchMarks 2011

BenchMarks. Friday, September 9, 2011

The community newsletter of The Rockefeller University

BenchMarks is published monthly and is distributed on the campus of The Rockefeller University. It produced by the Office of Communications and Public Affairs

Considerations For Analyzing Colorado Ground Water: A Technical Perspective, Luke W. Harris, Christopher J. Sanchez

Water Law Review

No abstract provided.

Considerations For Analyzing Colorado Ground Water: A Technical Perspective, Christopher J. Sanchez

Water Law Review

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of Perennial Forage Legumes And Herbs In Six Mediterranean Environments, Daniel Real, Guangdi D. Li, Steve Clark, Tony Albertsen, Richard C. Hayes, Matt D. Denton, Mario F. D'Antuono, B S. Dear

Grain and Other Field Crops Research Articles

There is an absence of drought tolerant herbaceous perennial forage legume and herb options other than lucerne (Medicago sativa L.) for environments with Mediterranean-like climates common in extensive areas of Southern Australia, the Mediterranean basin, and Chile. Therefore, a collection of 174 forage perennial legume and herb entries from 103 species and 32 genera was evaluated for adaptation in a diverse range of Mediterranean climatic environments in Southern Australia. The seasonal rainfall distribution varied from moderately to highly winter dominant with long term average annual rainfall ranging from 318 to 655 mm. The entries were rated for productivity and …

John H. Gibbon, Jr., M.D.: Surgical Innovator, Pioneer, And Inspiration., Jordan P. Bloom, B.S., Charles J. Yeo, Md, Herbert E. Cohn, Md, Pinckney J. Maxwell, Iv, Md

Department of Surgery Gibbon Society Historical Profiles

Throughout history there have been many discoveries that have changed the world, including Albert Einstein’s theory of relativity, Alexander Graham Bell’s telephone, and Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce’s microchip. There are a few analogous contributions that have been made in medicine: Sir Alexander’s discovery of penicillin, Lister’s principles of antiseptic technique, Salk and Sabin’s vaccines for polio, as well as numerous others. These innovative thinkers all had two factors in common. First, they were pioneers who faced problems that had no solutions at the time and who refused to accept the status quo in the face of great scrutiny and …

Forage News [2011-09], Department Of Plant And Soil Sciences, University Of Kentucky

Forage News

• KFGC Awards and Forage Spokesman Nominations
• Kentucky Grazing School
• Kentucky Grazing Conference
• Heat Damage to Moist Hay
• Forage Quality, Ergot Alkaloid Concentrations, and Species Composition from Toxic Wild-Type and Non-Toxic, Novel Endophyte Infected Tall Fescue Pastures Grazed by Cow-Calf Pairs
• Yield Response of Summer-Dormant and Active Tall Fescue to Stockpiling
• Round-Bale Feeder Design Affects Hay Waste and Economics During Horse Feeding
• Determining Profitability is a Cost Thing

Unh: The Magazine Of The University Of New Hampshire, Fall 2011, Unh Magazine

UNH Magazine

Archived version of web content originally found at https://unhmagazine.unh.edu/pastissues.html

Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Fish For Your Health, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Fact sheet on omega fatty acids, their health benefits, and dietary sources. Focuses on benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. [This item is an outdated or superseded version and retained for historical purposes only. It may no longer reflect current information, policies, or practices.]

Sagp/Ssips 2011 Program, Anthony Preus

The Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Summer Field Report, June–July 2011, W. Ross Silcock

Nebraska Bird Review

The effects of major drought in the southwest United States on bird life in Nebraska has yet to be determined, as has the effect of the historic inundation of the Missouri River bottom lands from Gavins Point Dam to Rulo in eastern Nebraska. The water level at McConaughy is coincidentally at a maximum, ensuring that breeding habitat for Piping Plover and Least Tern was much reduced in the state overall. On the other hand, bottom lands wetlands above the flood level were expanded; Black-necked Stilts initiated a late nesting in Dakota Co in flooded fields that also attracted thousands of …

Subscription And Organization Information [September 2011]

Nebraska Bird Review

The Nebraska Bird Review is published quarterly by the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union, Inc., as its official journal, and is sent to members not in arrears of dues. Annual subscription rates (on a calendar-year basis only): $15 in the United States, $18 in Canada, and $30 in all other countries, payable in advance. Single copies are $4 each, postpaid, in the United States, $5 in Canada, and $8 elsewhere. Send orders for back issues to Anita Breckbill, NOU Librarian, c/o Music Library, WMB 30, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0101.

Memberships in the NOU (on a calendar-year basis only): Active Household …

Nebraska Bird Review (September 2011) 79(3), Whole Issue

Nebraska Bird Review

Summer Field Report, June–July 2011 ... 82

2010 (22nd) Report of the NOU Records Committee ... 99

2011 Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Statewide Nesting Survey ... 112

Subscription and Organization Information ... 115

2011 Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) Statewide Nesting Survey, Joel G. Jorgensen, Lisa Yager, Lauren R. Dinan

Nebraska Bird Review

The Bald Eagle (Halioeetus leucocephalus) was extirpated as a breeding species in Nebraska for most of the 20th Century. Nebraska's first active, successful, modern Bald Eagle nest was near Valley, Douglas County, in 1991 (Farrar 1991). Jorgensen et al. (2010) summarized modern Bald Eagle nesting records in Nebraska from 1950 to 2009. Jorgensen et al. (2010) noted the highest annual count of active nests was 54 in 2007. In this note we summarize the 2011 Bald Eagle nesting records in Nebraska.

2010 (22nd) Report Of The Nou Records Committee, Mark A. Brogie

Nebraska Bird Review

The functions and methods of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union Records Committee (NOURC) are described in its bylaws (NOURC 2010). 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. Accidental and casual species for which the NOURC seeks documentation (NOURC Review List) can be found at the NOU website www.NOUbirds.org.

All records mentioned here are available to interested persons at the NOU archives at the University of Nebraska State Museum (UNSM), Lincoln, NE. Interested parties should contact the current NOU Librarian, whose address can be found …