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A Comprehensive Bison Management And Research Plan For The Crane Trust, Joshua D. Wiese

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The Great Plains were once a vast grassland ecosystem, but, due to agricultural and human development, are one of the most endangered ecosystems in North America. What remains is generally fragmented, threatened by invasive species, and lacks the natural ecosystem processes that shaped these grasslands such as periodic wildfire and bison grazing. Since 1978, the Platte River Whooping Crane Maintenance Trust, Inc. (dba “Crane Trust”) has worked to maintain the function of grassland and riparian habitats to benefit endangered Whooping Cranes, Sandhill Cranes, and other migratory bird species. They protect ~8,100 acres, including the largest contiguous portion of lowland tallgrass …

The State Of Canada’S Birds 2019, North American Bird Conservation Initiative Canada

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BIRDS TELL US ABOUT THE HEALTH OF OUR WATER, AIR, AND LAND WE NEED TO LISTEN AND ACT

THE STATE OF CANADA’S BIRDS: Shorebirds, grassland birds, and aerial insectivores are in steep decline.

WATERFOWL AND WETLAND BIRDS CONSERVATION PARTNERSHIPS WORK

GRASSLAND BIRDS ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME

SHOREBIRDS ARE LOSING GROUND

SEABIRDS A GLOBAL CONSERVATION CRISIS

FOREST BIRDS CONSERVATION WITHOUT BORDERS

BIRDS OF PREY AND AERIAL INSECTIVORES LEARNING FROM THE PAST

WHAT’S GOOD FOR BIRDS IS GOOD FOR US

CANADIANS ARE MONITORING THE STATE OF CANADA’S BIRDS

Working With Beaver For Better Habitat Naturally, Sherri Tippie, Mary O'Brien

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There are many reasons to encourage the return of beaver to their historical creeks and streams, including increased stream functioning, enhanced biodiversity, adaptation to climate change, and wetlands creation.

This publication teaches us how to respect and live with beaver; but if we insist on moving beaver, it provides information on how to do so with care.

Ha'shual Vehakerem: מּנּנּיִﬠתּ נּזּקּיִסּ שׁלּ יִוּנּקּיִסּ וּﬠוּפּוּתּ לּהּקּלּאּוּתּ הּשׁוּﬠלּ וּהּכּךּסּ, Simon C. Nemtzov

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"The Fox and the Vineyard: Preventing Damage to Agriculture from Birds and Mammals" The document is in Hebrew.

On preventing wildlife damage from the 9 major problematic groups in Israel, which are:
Indian crested porcupines
Brown hare
Canids (wolves, jackals and foxes)
Hyrax
Corvids (crows, jays, jackdaw)
Song birds (bulbul, larks, starlings, etc).
Syrian woodpecker
Rose-ringed parakeet

(The site administrator begs forgiveness for his goyische butchering of the Hebrew in the title.)

Waterfowl Habitat Management Handbook For The Lower Mississippi River Valley, Bronson K. Strickland, Richard M. Kaminski, Kevin Nelms, Adam Tullos, Andrew W. Ezell, Billy Hill, Kris Casscles Godwin, Joshua C. Chester, John D. Madsen

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To sustain waterfowl populations at levels of the 1970s, as prescribed by the North American Waterfowl Management Plan (1986), private landowners must continue to provide habitat for wetland wildlife. Private landowners oversee the majority of wetlands remaining in the United States, so their cooperation is essential to any major conservation effort to restore and sustain waterfowl populations in the Mississippi Flyway. Many groups have worked together since the 1980s to develop waterfowl habitat on private lands.Much progress has been made, and this publication helps guide continuing efforts. This publication is for private landowners in the Lower Mississippi Flyway who want …

The Efficacy Of Ovocontrol® P (Nicarbazin) As A Contraceptive For Pigeons In Urban Ipm, Alexander Macdonald, Erick Wolfe

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Pigeons are found in virtually all urban and developed areas of the United States. They are considered a pest species and provided no protection under federal or state laws that safeguard other birds. Pigeons cause extensive property damage and are a source of public health risk and disease.

Pigeons are commonly poisoned with non-selective toxicants. OvoControl (brand of nicarbazin) provides a non-toxic and humane alternative -- contraception or “birth control” for birds. Developed in collaboration with the USDA National Wildlife Research Center in Fort Collins, CO and Experiment Station in Gainesville, FL, OvoControl P for pigeons was registered by EPA …

A Landowner’S Guide To Common North American Predators Of Upland-Nesting Birds, Terry A. Messmer, Michael R. Conover, Raymond D. Dueser, Paul W. Klimack, Charles E. Dixon

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Predation has been identified as a key factor limiting upland-nesting bird reproductive success in many studies. These results suggest that the effects of predation could be reduced by establishing and maintaining suitable nesting habitats. In several studies, habitat management alone was able to maintain populations of upland-nesting birds at or slightly above threshold believed necessary to sustain populations. However, additional studies also have shown that avian populations increased substantially after predator populations were reduced or nesting birds were protected by restricting predator access through the use of electric fencing or creating nesting islands. These practices, however, need to be implemented …

Hybridization Among Three Native North American Canis Species In A Region Of Natural Sympatry, Frank Hailer, Jennifer A. Leonard

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Background: Population densities of many species throughout the world are changing due to direct persecution as well as anthropogenic habitat modification. These changes may induce or increase the frequency of hybridization among taxa. If extensive, hybridization can threaten the genetic integrity or survival of endangered species. Three native species of the genus Canis, coyote (C. latrans), Mexican wolf (C. lupus baileyi) and red wolf (C. rufus), were historically sympatric in Texas, United States. Human impacts caused the latter two to go extinct in the wild, although they survived in captive breeding programs. Morphological data …

Merrifield, Urban Wildlife Management Inc., And California Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators Association, V. Lockyer And California Structural Pest Control Board: United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit, Case No. 05-16613, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain,

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Maxine M. Chesney, District Judge, Presiding. Argued and Submitted August 16, 2007—San Francisco, California. Filed September 16, 2008, Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, Michael Daly Hawkins, and Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judges. Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Hawkins

Timothy Sandefur, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, argued the cause for the plaintiffs-appellants and filed briefs; Meriem L. Hubbard, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California, was on the briefs. Diann Sokoloff, Deputy Attorney General, Oakland, California, argued the cause for the defendants-appellees and filed a …

Midwestern Snakes Facts & Folklore, Dennis M. Ferraro, Dan Fogell, Stephen Vantassel, Rachel Wright

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Snakes are probably the most misunderstood members of the animal kingdom. Perhaps this is due largely to the misinformation, legends, and myths surround them, as well as to their nature. Most of these myths have been based upon pure exaggeration or total lack of knowledge. This presentation is designed to inform youth groups, adults and other interested parties about the facts of snakes found native to the United States. We hope that people will recognize that snakes are an important part of the ecosystem and some provide considerable benefits to mankind.

Survey Of Changes To Cable-Trap Regulations In The United States During 1980–2007, Stephen Vantassel, Kelly D. J. Powell, Tim L. Hiller

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Despite the anti-trapping initiatives that occurred during 1992–2000, the overall national trend has been less restrictive trapping regulations as they apply to cable-restraint devices. We believe this policy shift among state wildlife agencies has been influenced by two different events. The first relates to advances in trap technology and trapping methods. Nowhere has this change been more evident than in the liberalization of snaring regulations for the capture of beaver. Even land-based snaring has been expanded as development of break-away devices and setting strategies have increased snare performance to capture target-species, and do so without lethal effects. The second event …

Summary Of Trapping Regulations For Fur Harvesting In The United States, Gordon Batcheller, Furbearer Conservation Technical Work Group

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A “Summary of Trapping Regulations for Fur Harvesting in the United States and Canada” was originally conducted by the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Fur Resources Technical Subcommittee in 1995. Over the last decade trapping devices and methods, as well as the regulations that guide them have undergone changes. The summary data of furbearer trapping regulations contained in this report were gathered during the summer/fall of 2007 in an effort to capture those regulation changes and report the current conditions and restrictions within existing laws for the harvest of 26 species of furbearers by regulated trapping throughout the …

Should Wildlife Trapping Have A Place In A Christian Environmental Ethic?, Stephen Vantassel

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Animal protectionist groups lobby for the banning of wildlife trapping because of its perceived cruelty and harm to the environment. This paper evaluates those claims and suggests that Christians carefully consider all the data before adopting an anti-trapping stance.

Pest Risk Assessment For Feral Pigs In Oregon, Bruce Coblentz, Cassie Bouska

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Feral pigs, wild boars, and hybrids either currently inhabit, or have been successfully introduced to every continent except Antarctica, and many oceanic islands. There are thirteen current known localities of feral pigs in Oregon (see Appendix A), distributed in various locations in southern and central Oregon. The biology of feral pigs indicates that these animals are capable of inhabiting virtually all available habitat west of the Cascade mountains, and the majority of the habitat east of the Cascades, with preference for riparian regions. Reports of feral pig biology and ecology in other regions in the United States, as well as …

Brown Tree Snake Technical Meetings

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This is a preliminary announcement for the annual Brown Tree Snake working group Technical Meetings. These meetings are scheduled to occur between the 17th and 20th of April (a Tuesday through Friday). This meeting is open to the general public and interested parties.

The format of this meeting will be different from the previous brown tree snake working group technical meetings and participation is anticipated to be greater than the previous meetings. We currently have reserved space for up to 140 people at the Guam Hilton for the first day of the meeting. It is anticipated that attendance will be …

Sus Scrofa (Mammal)

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Pigs are large omnivorous mammals with powerful bodies and coarse hairy coats. Their thick necks, wedge-shaped heads and mobile snouts are used in feeding to uproot the ground and find prey or plant material. Ecological characteristics of feral pig activity, group size and home range size should be considered in any management strategy aimed to control pig numbers or reduce their negative impact. Feral pig activity varies between different habitats and climates. High activity has been reported to occur in early morning and late afternoon in tropical climates (Diong 1982). However, in India pigs have been reported to feed nocturnally …

Boiga Irregularis+ (Reptile)

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This night-loving and tree-loving, brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) is so secretive in its nature that it is frequently concealed on container ships and in aircraft cargo. It probably arrived on Guam after World War II in a cargo ship. Now the wetlands, coastlands and forests of Guam are bereft of nine out of twelve native bird species (and two out of eleven native lizards) due to the snakes voracious appetite. The brown tree snake is not a fussy feeder, stimulating the very real fear that it might drive yet more species to extinction.

Bufo Marinus (Amphibian)

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B. marinus is a heavily built toad with short legs. It can grow upto 15 cm long sometimes. Fingers lack webbing, but the toes are heavily webbed. Adults have a rough, warty skin, colored tan, brown or dark brown, dull green or black. The tympanum is distinct, about one half to two thirds the size of the eye. Venom glands are widely distributed around the surface of the skin, but can also be aggregated together to form large parotoid glands, found on each shoulder. these glands are able to ooze venom. (Gautherot, 2000) Eggs are laid in long strands. Tadpoles …

Disease Emergence And Resurgence: The Wildlife-Human Connection, Milton Friend

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Humans have been affected by and have contributed to the eruption and spread of disease since antiquity. This connectivity is such that disease in the Americas was one of the five Seeds of Change addressed by the National Museum of Natural History’s commemoration of the Columbus Quincentenary. As for the other Seeds of Change, diseases “…sent ripples around the globe, affecting the people as well as the flora and fauna of both the New World and the Old.” During recent decades, these ripples have become waves that are likely to intensify, swelled by human population growth, civil strife, and other …

Public Health Confronts The Chicken, The Hamster, And The Goat, W. John Pape

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John Pape is an Epidemiologist with the Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program, Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment. This slide-show presents facts and images relating to Zoonoses: diseases of animals transmissible to humans under natural conditions. The characteristics of Zoonoses are: common in natural reservoir, uncommon in people; rural exposure; serious diseases with high fatality rates; complex cycles; prevention achieved via “The Weakest Link.” Zoonotic diseases comprise the majority of potential bioterrorist agents and emerging infections.

Specific sections include:
Influenza, Avian Influenza,and Pandemic Influenza
Projected Pandemic Scenarios COLORADO
H5N1 Surveillance Strategy in US
Baylisascaris and Racoons
Q-fever Outbreak Associated …

Identification Of Turkey Breast Bones, David Oates

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Height and shape of keel differ in domestic and wild turkeys. Wild birds typically have a dip in the keel and no drastic slope change after the dip. The distance from the lip on the upper edge of the sternum to the tip of the cranial end of the keel is obviously greater in wild than domestic birds. Note that not only the distance between the arrows differs in the figure above, but also the curvature of the slope. Breadth of the keel is greater on domestic birds, but the height of the keel is greater on wild toms. The …

Impacts Of Feral And Free-Ranging Cats On Bird Species Of Conservation Concern, Linda Winter, George E. Wallace Ph.D.

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This report reviews cat predation impacts on rare birds in the states of New York, New Jersey, Flor¬ida, California, and Hawaii, reviews government-authorized programs and ordinances affecting feral and free-ranging cats and their management, and makes recommendations on better ways to manage cat overpopulation problems. Sites marked * are State Important Bird Areas (IBAs) and sites marked ** are Global IBAs as identified by American Bird Conservancy (ABC) in The American Bird Conservancy Guide to the 500 Most Important Bird Areas in The United States. These areas are considered high priorities for cat control to protect threatened bird species.

Invasive Species Definition Clarification And Guidance White Paper

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An invasive species is a non-native species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human, animal, or plant health. The National Invasive Species Management Plan indicates that NISC will focus on non-native organisms known to cause or likely to cause negative impacts and that do not provide an equivalent or greater benefit to society. In the technical sense, the term ‘invasion’ simply denotes the uncontrolled or unintended spread of an organism outside its native range with no specific reference about the environmental or economic consequences of such spread or their relationships to …

Feral Pigs In Queensland - Distribution, Ecology And Impact

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Domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) were introduced to Australia by early settlers. Subsequent accidental and deliberate releases resulted in the wild (feral) population establishing throughout Australia. Feral pigs damage crops, stock and property, spread weeds and transmit diseases such as Leptospirosis and Foot and Mouth. They also cause environmental damage, digging up large areas of native vegetation and spreading weeds.

Feral pigs are declared Class 2 pests under Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002. Declaration requires landholders to control declared pest on the land under their control. A local government may serve a notice …

Bat House Construction And Installation, Stephen Vantassel, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Ron J. Johnson, Dennis Ferraro

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Bat house construction and installation can be an environmentally friendly and rewarding activity. Putting up a bat house, however, does not guarantee that bats will use it. We don't know exactly why bats dwell in one house and not another, but by following a few recommendations you can increase the likelihood that bats will live in your bat house.

Some bats live in colonies that include tens of thousands of individuals. In Nebraska, the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) and little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus) live in colonies of 10 to 200 and are the most …

Mule Deer, Western Association Of Fish And Wildlife Agencies Mule Deer Working Grop

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Since 1922, the Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (WAFWA) has served as a leader promoting management and protection of fish and wildlife in the western United States and Canada. An organization represented by 17 states and four Canadian provinces, WAFWA has faced the difficult challenge of sifting through the ever-changing societal, economic, political and scientific issues that define natural resource management in a West that has undergone many changes.

WAFWA is particularly concerned about mule deer, a species that lives in every North American habitat except for the tropics, arctic and extreme deserts. Mule deer numbers and distribution …

Aid To The Identification Of Waterfowl Breastbones, Parts I & Ii, David Oates

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This document provides information on identifying the species of waterfowl by means of breastbone characteristics (i.e., in skeletal remains). It contains diagrams, measurements, and distinguishing characteristics for the following species: oldsquaw, ruddy duck, black scoter, surf scoter, white-winged scoter, common eider, king eider, harlequin duck, canvasback, greater scaup, lesser scaup, redhead duck, ring-necked duck, common merganser, red-breasted merganser, hooded merganser, common goldeneye, Barrow's goldeneye, bufflehead, Steller's eider, whistling duck, tree duck, black-bellied duck, fulvous duck, blue-winged teal, cinnamon teal, green-winged teal, black duck, gadwall, mallard, mottled duck, pintail, shoveler, bald pate widgeon, and wood duck. A useful document for forensic …

Bufo Marinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Marine toads are well adapted for living in urban areas and are quite common in suburban areas over their introduced range in Florida. They can frequently be seen hopping along sidewalks or resting near suburban canals (Wright and Wright, 1949; Krakauer, 1968; Ashton and Ashton, 1988). They are active mostly at night. During the day they hide under fallen trees, leaves, stones, debris, or any other objects in humid areas, or burrow into loose soil (Wright and Wright, 1949; Behler, 1979) Temperature Tolerance: Marine toads are sensitive to cold temperatures. Intolerance of cold temperatures was apparently the reason at least …

Sturnus Vulgaris (Linnaeus)

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European starlings are among the most successful of North American invaders. They are common throughout the United States and thrive in disturbed areas such as around farm lands and in suburban areas, where seasonally they form huge flocks (Burleigh, 1958; Kaufman, 1996). They are also common in coastal areas near salt water (Imhof, 1962) and have been reported to roost in large numbers in marshes (Forbush, 1955). They tend to be rare in undisturbed areas (Kaufman, 1996). They form large flocks, especially in the winter, and are frequently observed in association with blackbirds and grackles (Sprunt, 1954).

Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus Novemcinctus), Michael T. Mengak

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Scientists classify armadillos with anteaters and sloths which tells us immediately that they have poorly developed teeth and limited mobility. Armadillos have small, peg-like teeth that are useful for grinding their food but of little value for capturing prey. No other mammal in Georgia has bony skin plates which makes the armadillo easy to identify. Their common name, armadillo, is derived from a Spanish term meaning “little armored one”. The nine-banded part of their name refers to the nine flexible plates that comprise their shell. Just like a turtle, the shell is called a carapace.