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Influence Of Egg Oiling On Colony Presence Of Ring-Billed Gulls, Travis L. Devault, Paige M. Schmidt, Fred E. Pogmore, John Gobeille, Jerrold L. Belant, Thomas W. Seamans

Human–Wildlife Interactions

Egg oiling is a form of management in which bird eggs are coated with mineral or corn oil, preventing gas exchange through the shell and killing embryos. Unlike other nest disturbance techniques, egg oiling reportedly precludes colony abandonment and, thus, can be advantageous when managers wish to limit dispersal within the breeding season to other locations while stabilizing the population or reducing productivity. However, unintended, indirect effects of egg oiling are not well-characterized. We evaluated the influence of egg oiling on ring-billed gulls (Larus delawarensis) within the Lake Champlain basin, Vermont, during the nesting season to determine whether egg oiling …

Financial Analysis Of Three Value-Added Dairy Enterprises In Vermont, Wisconsin, And New York, Kassidy Kampen

Dairy Science

Value-added agriculture has grown in recent years and is often promoted as a rural development or business survival strategy. For dairy operations, value-added often has meant adding a processing enterprise to an existing dairy farm. This case study examined whether it was profitable to transition to a value-added operation, comparing and contrasting the business characteristics and financial performance of three businesses of similar size in Vermont, Wisconsin, and New York.

The methods included the development of income statements, balance sheets, and economic costs and returns in order to evaluate the profitability of the farming and processing enterprises for each business. …

Slides: Next Evolutionary Steps In State Instream Flow Programs, Lawrence J. Macdonnell

Western Water Law, Policy and Management: Ripples, Currents, and New Channels for Inquiry (Martz Summer Conference, June 3-5)

Presenter: Lawrence J. MacDonnell, attorney and consultant, Boulder, CO

27 slides

Records Of The State Of Maine Department Of Sea And Shore Fisheries, Lobsters, 1880-1962, Maine Department Of Sea And Shore Fisheries

History of Maine Fisheries

List of Maine wholesale lobster dealers, 1952-1954; lobster fishery totals, including licenses issued and catch by number, pounds, dollar value, number of egg lobsters, number of pots set, and number of lobsters liberated, 1941-1946; totals of imports of fresh lobsters by pound and dollar value for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, and Canada, 1934-1495; comparative statistics of the lobster fishery in New England by pounds and number of pots, 1880-1938; poll of licensed lobster fishermen and wholesale lobster dealers concerning adjustments to the minimum legal size of Lobsters, 1953; total Maine lobster landings by month, including pounds and dollar value, …