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Vertebrate Pests Of Agriculture, Forestry And Public Lands Western Coordinating Committee - 95

Western Region Coordinating Committee for Vertebrate Pests of Agriculture, Forestry, and Public Lands (WCC-95)

To identify and evaluate research and educational needs including damage assessment, integrated management strategies and materials, new target-specific wildlife management practices, studies of relationships between wildlife pests and endangered species, development of new non-lethal approaches to wildlife damage management, and trends in social attitudes affecting the use of technologies. To coordinate cost-sharing efforts between governments, universities, and private companies for gathering data to register products for repelling, mitigating, or controlling wildlife damage. To disseminate information and educational materials to researchers, teachers, stakeholders, and other interested parties.

"Vertebrate Pests Of Agriculture, Forestry And Public Lands" 1999 Annual Meeting

Western Region Coordinating Committee for Vertebrate Pests of Agriculture, Forestry, and Public Lands (WCC-95)

Table of Contents . . i

1999 Officers. . .1

Minutes . . 2

Number and Title of the Regional Project . . 2

Location and Dates of the Meeting. . 2

Participants/Attendees . . 2

Adopted Agenda . .2

Convening of Sessions (Tuesday 16 November). .3

Prairie Dog Forum4

1999 Business Meeting (Wednesday 17 November) . .5

Presentations (Wednesday 17 November) . .10

Continued Presentations, Special Discussions and Individual Updates. . 12

(Thursday 18 November).

Completion of Sessions (Thursday 18 November). . 15

Participants/ Attendees names and addresses. .16

Abstracts . .20

S. Miller Prairie dogs: the case for …