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Green Roofs In The Airport Environment: Pleasant Dreams Or Nightmares?, Ryan M. Swearingin, Craig Pullins, Travis Guerrant, Brian E. Washburn

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Green roofs on buildings are becoming very popular in urban areas of the United States. Public benefits of green roof projects include stormwater runoff reduction, improved water quality, reduced urban heat island effects, and aesthetic values. Several green roofs have been constructed in downtown Chicago and large-scale green roofs are currently being planned and implemented at O’Hare International Airport (ORD). Similar to any airport landscaping, green roofs on buildings in the airport environment might attract wildlife hazardous to aviation and could increase the risk of bird-aircraft collisions. No information currently exists in regard to this potential problem. During 2007–2008, we …

Parameters Affecting Bird Use Of Stormwater Detention Ponds In The Southeastern United States: Implications For Bird-Aircraft Collisions, Brian J. Fox, James B. Armstrong, Bradley F. Blackwell, James B. Grand, Wesley B. Holland

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Stormwater impoundments within Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sighting criteria (10,000 foot line of sight around airport perimeter) increase the risk of bird-aircraft collisions by providing bird habitat, but the factors which influence this risk have only recently been investigated. Managers must find ways to reduce this risk, while still managing stormwater for environmental quality compliance. The FAA provides guidelines for stormwater management to reduce hazardous wildlife attraction (AC150/5200-33B). However, these guidelines do not quantify the role of pond and landscape characteristics in attracting birds to stormwater ponds. In a collaborative effort with the FAA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s …

A Population Of Wild Turkeys (Meleagris Gallapavo Sylvestris) In Relation To Air Traffic Hazards At Pease International Airport, Angelic Debutts, Marsha Barden, Peter Pekins, Mark Ellingwood

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

In 2003 a wild turkey (Meleagris gallapavo sylvestris) was ingested into the engine of a KC-135E military refueling tanker at Pease International Airport causing more than $3M in damages. USDA Wildlife Services initiated emergency harassment and removal of wild turkeys inside the airport fence. This incident prompted a 2-year research project to better understand the local wild turkey population, concentrating on size and status as well as seasonal use of the airport. A total of 72 turkeys was radio-collared and tracked from 2006 to 2008. Results suggest that there are between 125-185 birds using the study area, which …

Improving The Dna Identification Success Rate Of Birdstrike Remains Through Better Field Collecting Methods, Faridah Dahlan, Carla J. Dove, Marcy Heacker

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

DNA barcoding is one of the ‘tools’ used by the Smithsonian Feather Lab to identify birdstrike remains. In a study conducted during fall migration 2006, 48% of the birdstrike cases received for identification from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) were submitted for DNA analysis. Using DNA ‘barcoding’ techniques, we identified nearly 68% of those cases to species-level which included 128 species of birds from 14 different Orders, and 12 bats. In the cases where we failed to obtain DNA (approx. 32%), the primary cause was due to fungi growing on the collected samples. Therefore, …

Bird Strike Prevention: Bottom-Up, Top-Down And The Canadian Connection Between The Old And The New World, Luit Buurma

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Bird strike prevention has always shifted between a scientific and a practical approach. Bridging these two states of mind was often difficult but also fruitful. Even within science a hidden philosophical battle between curiosity-driven research and problem oriented work can be recognized. The way states and market parties deal with respect to the bird strike problem reflects cultural differences and emphasizes the need of international cooperation. Canada has played a decisive role in this respect. It is intriguing to follow the foot steps of Solman, Gunn, Kuhring, Blokpoel, Richardson and MacKinnon right from the end of World War II. This …

Bird Hazard Management On Wetlands At Uk Aerodromes, Andy Baxter

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

UK aerodromes suffer consistently wet conditions that often result in standing water on airfield grassland or a requirement for water run-off and containment facilities. Such areas routinely present an attraction to hazardous birds including ducks, geese, waders and swans. Where possible, such features are eliminated from the aerodrome environment at the design stage or through the implementation of additional drainage. Practicalities and expense, however, can limit these options. This paper discusses the types of design features that are used to reduce the attraction of a wetland site to birds, and reports on the effectiveness of wiring, netting and bird balls …

The Use Of Endophytic Turf Grass To Reduce Bird And Small Mammal Presence At Airports, Theresa Kissane, Jeff Brawn, Bruce Branham

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Opportunities exist to develop airport environments that are unsuitable for wildlife and assist in long-term management of aircraft strike hazards. As part of a multiple year cooperative effort between the University of Illinois Center of Excellence in Airport Technology and the O’Hare Modernization Program, efforts are underway to design a wildlife unfriendly airport. One of the project elements is to consider vegetation selection. Some grasses contain endophytic fungi that produce toxic alkaloids. These alkaloids make the grass less palatable to both birds and mammals. To assess the utility of several grasses for wildlife control, fifteen field plots were established at …

Aircraft Birdstrike Avoidance Radar Systems – Looking Forward: Next Generation Advancements In The Technology, T. Adam Kelly

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Over the past decade development of specialized avian radar systems for use as real-time aircraft birdstrike avoidance systems has moved from research and development into active deployment of the technology as an operational tool by airfield managers, bird control units and air traffic controllers. Today there are some 50+ known avian radar systems in operation worldwide supporting aviation safety and environmental applications with a number of systems being used daily by air traffic controllers for airfield flight safety. When manufacturers such as Geo-Marine and DeTect initially committed to developing production model systems for real-time operational use, market studies indicated that, …

The Florida Statewide Airport Stormwater Study, Abdul Hatim, John J. Sansalone, Scott T. Brady

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Florida is one of twelve or fewer states that regulate storm water quality on a statewide basis. The most commonly used design for water quality management is a vegetated, permanently wet pond that is presumed to meet water quality standards. Also, typical designs fully convey extreme rainfall events to the same wet ponds, which must then be sized for flood attenuation. These design features can and do attract birds and other wildlife that can be hazardous to flight. The Florida Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration fund the Florida Statewide Airport Stormwater Study to develop data and approaches …

Strategies For Mitigating Bird Strike Risk From Vulture Populations At Macdill Afb, John Gilbert, Karen Voltura

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Over the last 20 years, strikes with vultures have accounted for 1/3 of the total damage to aircraft at MacDill AFB in Tampa, FL. Locally, vulture populations increase in the fall as flocks migrate south and winter in the Tampa Bay area. Aerial surveys as well as ground surveys were used to identify vulture roost locations and data on daily movement patterns were collected. Black and Turkey vultures were roosting within one-half mile of the runway in adjacent mangroves and on nearby large fuel tanks for two oil distributors for the Port of Tampa. The vultures caused frequent increases in …

Storm-Water Retention, Grain Production, And Aviation In The Southern Great Plains, Philip Robinson, Alicia Bernard, Bradley F. Blackwell

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

How might grain-crop agriculture and stormwater-retention structures within FAA airport sighting criteria affect bird strike risk? We summarize over seven months of data (20 August 2007–31 March 2008) from an on-going wildlife hazard assessment at a General Aviation airport in north central Oklahoma, including concurrent observations at 10 stormwater-retention structures within the two-mile sighting criteria. The landscape within the 5-mile FAA sighting criteria is a mix of rural and suburban areas, but includes approximately 75% agriculture, 1,339 water bodies (315 km of shoreline) composing 617 ha of water held predominantly in private and municipal stormwater-retention structures. We conducted weekly, systematic …

A Decade Of United States Air Force Bat Strikes, Suzanne Peurach, Carla Dove, Laura Stepko

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

From 1997 to 2007, 821 bat strikes were reported to the United States Air Force (USAF). Many samples were identified by macroscopic and/or microscopic comparisons with bat specimens housed in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, and in recent years by using molecular techniques. We received bat strike reports from 20 countries and 40 of the United States during this time frame. Forty-six percent of the strikes were identified to order; 5% were identified to family or genus; and 49% were identified to the species level. Fiftyfive of the 101 bat strikes submitted for DNA analysis since 2006 resulted …

Teamwork By Regions In Large Countries Like Brazil — A Good Solution For Bird Strikes, Major Raul Moreira Neto

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Since Brazil is a large country, associated to a small number of people working in bird strikes prevention, it was decided to create regional groups, composed by public administrators, Air Force Officers, teachers from universities, professionals from Civil Aviation Agency, airport managers, Justice representatives (prosecutors), and any one that could help us in our tasks. After establishing the group, some researches were made to determine the factors that were attracting birds in the chose airport area, and a schedule of tasks that should be done by each member of the group was created, with deadlines that could be in short, …

Rapid Dispersal And Long Term Effect On Resident Canada Geese By On-Demand Use Alarm And Alert Call Playback Reinforced With Cracker/Banger Shells, Philip Whitford

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Increasing resident Canada geese create major crop loss problems, and increased air strike potential. There is a growing need for effective, non-lethal means to disperse resident Canada geese. Success in removing geese rapidly from any of the above situations should produce results that can be applied to all. From 16 May – 28 August, 2007, alarm/alert call playback from GOOSEBUSTER™ call units, Bird–X Inc., Chicago IL, was used with a one minute delayed reinforcement by firing cracker shells to assess efficacy at reducing goose numbers at a sewage treatment plant and several farms with past records of heavy summer crop …

Legislative Committee On Public Lands, Margaret N. Rees

Presentations (PLI)

The Public Lands Institute is dedicated to strengthening the national fabric that is essential for the protection, conservation, multiple use, and management of public lands.

Take Pride In America In Southern Nevada: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering April 6, 2008- July 5, 2008, Margaret N. Rees

Anti-littering Programs

• Take Pride in America in Southern Nevada wins national Take Pride in America Award for best state program

• Team is working to secure consulting firm for recycling plan project

• Don’t Trash Nevada Day event held on May 30, 2008

• Phase II media plan began June 1, 2008

• Formed new partnership with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful

• Total of 189 people signed the anti-litter pledge

• The Anti-Litter Team conducted nine volunteer clean up events

• The Anti-Litter Team participated in five community outreach events

• Don’t Trash Nevada featured in several newspaper and television news …

Grassland Songbird Survival And Recruitment In Agricultural Landscapes: Implications For Source-Sink Demography, Noah G. Perlut, Allan M. Strong, Therese M. Donovan, Neil J. Buckley

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

Population growth and decline are particularly sensitive to changes in three key life-history parameters: annual productivity, juvenile survival, and adult survival. However, for many species these parameters remain unknown. For example, although grassland songbirds are imperiled throughout North America, for this guild, only a small number of studies have assessed these parameters. From 2002 to 2006, in the agricultural landscape of the Champlain Valley of Vermont and New York, USA, we studied Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) and Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) demography on four grassland treatments: (1) early-hayed fields cut before 11 June and again in early- …

Bird Strike Risk Management – A Uk Caa Perspective, Nick Yearwood

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 10th (2008)

Mandatory bird strike reporting was introduced in the UK in January 2004, resulting in a 60% increase in reporting. Although reporting is mandated for aircrew only, currently the CAA has no procedure for ensuring compliance. Approximately 2,000 bird strikes are reported annually to the UK CAA (a 3 fold increase since 1990), of which approximately 1,400 are considered ‘confirmed’ strikes. Serious strike events, i.e. those causing damage or having an effect on flight, account for 55-60 occurrences per annum; this number has not increased in line with the increase in traffic levels, 2000-2007. The CAA, working with aviation stakeholders, published …

Nebraska Water Map

Nebraska Water Center: Administrative Materials

Nebraska Water is a full-color, 24"x36" poster, that is appropriate for educational use. The information presented on the maps is the best available as of July 2008. The content and level of detail of each map is based on available space and map scale.

Refuge Update – July/August 2008, Volume 5, Number 3

RefugeUpdate (USFWS-NWRS)

Table of Contents:
Protecting Borders and Wildlife, page 4
Scientists Puzzle over Great Lakes Die-Offs, page 6
Focus on. . . Strategic Habitat Conservation, pages 8-17
People Who Keep the Wheels Turning, page 22

Scwds Briefs: Volume 24, Number 2 (July 2008), Gary L. Doster , Editor, Scwds Briefs, Michael J. Yabsley

Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study: Publications

Table of Contents:

Brucellosis in MT and WY

Lead Fragments in Donated Venison

The Threat of Plague

Recent Cases of Plague in the U.S.

Raccoon Roundworm – Public Health Update 2008

Avian Pox in a Nestling Bald Eagle

A Note to Our Readers

Recent SCWDS Publications Available

「環保先鋒」之關懷長者計劃成效報告書, Office Of Service-Learning, Lingnan University 嶺南大學服務研習處, Cheung Ming, Alfred Chan, Hok Ka Carol Ma, Car Fung

OSL Research Report 研究報告

本計劃期望透過一系列的環保活動，讓青少年（中學生／大學生）深入了解自然生態的轉變和將會帶來的後果，以及認識如何在日常生活中實踐環保，減少污染環境。為加強長者的環保意識，嶺大會邀請長者參與有關的活動。過程中，青少年不僅可以向長者傳遞環保訊息；同時，亦可以向有需要的長者表達關懷，加強兩代之間的溝通和了解。
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本計劃的目的可歸納為以下五項：

--向青少年闡析環境保護的重要性，從而提升他們的環保意識及加強他們對環保議題的關注

--利用實際例子，教導青少年如何締造綠色生活，並鼓勵他們身體力行以支持環保

--在活動的過程中，鼓勵青少年主動與長者溝通以加深對長者的了解，從而改善彼此的觀感

--透過邀請長者參與環保活動／探訪長者，向他們傳遞環保訊息

--將環保活動與現有課程結合，協助老師通過一個整合的模式來進行日常課堂和環保教育

Alien Invaders! Pre-Visit Lesson: Introduced And Invasive Species (Grade 6), Discover Mojave: Forever Earth

Curriculum materials (FE)

In the “Alien Invaders!” program, students use the Forever Earth vessel to investigate how quagga mussels might affect Lake Mead. Students collect water quality data such as clarity, pH, and temperature to determine whether current habitat conditions would allow quagga mussels to survive and thrive. Students learn about the consequences the quagga mussels could have on the lake and its living and non-living resources. Using the knowledge they’ve gained, students create their own management plans to prevent the spread of quagga mussels to other waterways.

This activity involves students in the concepts of introduced and invasive species

Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Annual Progress Report, Period Covering July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008, Margaret N. Rees

Get Outdoors Nevada

• The Interagency Volunteer Program (IVP) completed a total of 25 volunteer events contributing a total of 7,270.5 volunteer hours.
• A total of 186 volunteers completed orientations and trainings with the IVP.
• In January, the database manager updated and archived records in the Volgistic data base.
• Since January, the Volgistic database has increased the number of records by 15% containing a total 5,171 records.
• The first annual IVP bus tour has been completed.
• The first event assistant training has been completed. A total of five event assistants have assisted event coordinators at six different volunteer events.
• Website activity this year averaged …

Nevada Interagency Volunteer Program: Helping Hands Across Public Lands – Phase Ii: Quarterly Progress Report, Period Covering April 1- June 30, 2008, Margaret N. Rees

Get Outdoors Nevada

• The number of records in the volunteer database increased 6% since January 1, 2008. The database now contains 5,171 records.
• Website activity decreased, recording an average of 67,180 hits per month, a decrease of 19% from last quarter, with an average of 6,618 pages viewed per month.
• Spring volunteer training has been completed • Fall events have been scheduled.
• The first Interagency Volunteer Program Bus Tour has been completed.
• The new seed collection events have been completed

Working Report On The Status Quo Of Nanomaterials Impact On Health And Environment, Harald Krug, Margarita Apostolova, Marite Arija Bake, Gordon Chambers, Horia Chiriac, Eva Herzog, Victoria Hand, Jürgen Höck, Peter Hoet, Nicoleta Lupu, Declan Mccormack, Maja Remskar, George Robillard, Jamila Smisterova, Jan Stetkiewicz, Speranta Tanasescu, Aris Tsatsakis, David Vaughn, Peter Wick, Jörg Wörle-Knirsch

Articles

Nanotechnology is regarded as one of the key technologies of the future and associated with high expectations by politics, science and economy. Artificially produced nanosized particles and nanoscale system components have new properties which are of importance for the development of new products and applications. Such new properties of materials and substances result from the special properties of surfaces and interfaces and in part, from the geometric shape of the material. In theory nanoparticles (NPs) can be produced from nearly any chemical; however, most NPs that are currently in use today have been made from transition metals, silicon, carbon (single-walled …

Slides: The Big Questions, Doug Kenney

Shifting Baselines and New Meridians: Water, Resources, Landscapes, and the Transformation of the American West (Summer Conference, June 4-6)

Presenter: Doug Kenney, Natural Resources Law Center, University of Colorado Law School

7 slides

Slides: The Urbanizing West: Limits To Water, Limits To Growth, Lora A. Lucero

Shifting Baselines and New Meridians: Water, Resources, Landscapes, and the Transformation of the American West (Summer Conference, June 4-6)

Presenter: Lora A. Lucero, AICP, American Planning Association

18 slides

Slides: Protecting Biodiversity Through Ecosystem Services, Barton "Buzz" Thompson

Shifting Baselines and New Meridians: Water, Resources, Landscapes, and the Transformation of the American West (Summer Conference, June 4-6)

Presenter: Barton “Buzz” Thompson, Perry L. McCarty Director, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University Law School

14 slides

Bridging The Governance Gap: Strategies To Integrate Water And Land Use Planning, Sarah Bates Van De Wetering, University Of Montana (Missoula). Public Policy Research Institute

Shifting Baselines and New Meridians: Water, Resources, Landscapes, and the Transformation of the American West (Summer Conference, June 4-6)

16 pages.

Includes bibliographical references

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