Preliminary Agenda of The Tenth Wildlife Damage Management Conference
Sunday, April 6, 2003 Evening: Welcome Reception
Monday, April 7, 2003 Morning: Opening Plenary Session
Monday Afternoon Symposia:
The Status and Management of Birds Impacting Aquaculture in the Southeastern US
Monday Evening Symposium: Perspectives of the Private Nuisance Wildlife Control Industry
Tuesday Morning Symposia:
Tuesday Afternoon Symposia:
Poster Session: Monday Afternoon through Tuesday Evening
Wednesday, April 9: Optional All Day Field Trip ($45)
Monday, April 7, 2003 Morning: Opening Plenary Session
Keynote Address: TWS and the Wildlife Damage Management Profession by Robert J. Warren, Daniel B. Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Wildlife Damage Management Education Needs: Survey of Georgia County Agents by Michael T. Mengak, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Developing a Curriculum for the Nuisance Wildlife Control Industry in New York by Paul D. Curtis, Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY., Jill Shultz and Lynn A. Braband, New York State Integrated Pest Management Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY., and Gordon Batcheller, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Bureau of Wildlife, Albany, NY.
Assessment of Economic Impacts from Deer in the Northeastern United States by David Drake and Joseph B. Paulin, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ., Paul D. Curtis and Dan J. Decker, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. and Gary San Julian, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA.
Effectiveness of a Perceived Solid Barrier as an Exclusion Fence to Prevent White-tailed Deer Damage by George R. Gallagher, Heidi A. Keen, and Robert H. Prince, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA.
Fencing Designs, Selection, and Strategies for Excluding Deer by Kurt VerCauteren and Michael Lavelle, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO.
Urban Deer Control-Applicable Technologies by Earl L. Hodnett, Fairfax County Police Department, Fairfax, VA.
Symposium: The Status and Management of Birds Impacting Aquaculture in the Southeastern US
Double-crested Cormorant Impacts to Commercial and Natural Resources by Jimmy D. Taylor II and Brian S. Dorr, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State, MS
Wading Bird Management and Research on North American Aquaculture Facilties by Brian S. Dorr and Jimmy D. Taylor II, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State, MS
Overview of American White Pelican Impacts to Southeastern Aquaculture by D. Tommy King, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State, MS
A Synopsis of the Final Environmental Impact Statement on Double-crested Cormorant Management by Shauna Hanisch, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Arlington, TX. and David Reinhold, USDA/APHIS/WS, Raleigh, NC.
Challenges of Implementing the Double-Crested Cormorant Environmental Impact Statement by Kristina C. Godwin and D. Tommy King, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State, MS, Peter Butchko, USDA/APHIS/WS, Okemos, MI., and Richard B. Chipman, USDA/APHIS/WS, Castleton, NY.
Building a Better Mouse Trap: Minimizing Double-crested Cormorants Phalacrocorax auritus from Landing on Aquaculture Ponds via an Effective Nonlethal Method by Andrew A. Radomski, Charles Collins, and Don Freeman, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Stuttgart, AR. and H. K. Dupree, National Aquaculture Research Center, Stuttgart, AR.
Management of Conflicts Associated with Double-crested Cormorants Relative to Nesting and Fall Migration in New York and Vermont-Eight Years of Lessons Learned by James F. Farquhar, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Waterton, NY., Richard B. Chipman, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services, Castleton, NY., William Crenshaw, Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, Essex, VT., and Dennis Slate, USDA/APHIS/WS, Concord, NH.
The Role of Research in a Flyway Approach to Managing Double-crested Cormorants by Scott C. Barras and D. Tommy King, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Mississippi State, MS, and Scott J. Warner and Mark E. Tobin, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO.
Bats in Buildings by Laura S. Finn, Fly by Night, Inc. and Bat Conservation International, Osteen, FL.
Municipal By-laws Against Hunting in Quebec: An Obstacle to Wildlife Management and Damage Control by Gaetan Roy, Federation quebecoise de la faune, Charlesbourg, Quebec, Canada.
Stakeholder Values Related to Black Bear Damage in Alabama by William V. Underwood and James B. Armstrong, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, AL.
Evaluation of GnRH Contraceptive Vaccine Using Domestic Swine as a Model for Feral Hogs by Lowell Miller, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO.
Jack Ryan, USDA/APHIS/Veterinary Services, Fort Collins, CO., and Gary Killian, Almquist Research Center, Penn State University, University Park, PA.
Evaluation of GnRH Contraceptive Vaccine in Captive Feral Swine in Florida by Gary Killian, Almquist Research Center, Penn State University, University Park, PA., Lowell Miller, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO., Jack Rhyan, USDA/WS/Veterinary Services, Fort Collins, CO., Tommy Dees, Bureau of Animal Disease Control, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville, FL., and Hank Doten, USDA/WS/APHIS/Veterinary Services, Gainesville, FL.
Home Range Characteristics of Coyotes in the Intensively Farmed Landscape of East Central Illinois by Sandra M. Vistine, and Richard E. Warner, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL., Todd E. Gosselink, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Chariton, IA., and T. R. Van Deelen, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Rhinelander, WI.
Efficacy of Coyote-activated Frightening Devices for Reducing Sheep Predation by Kurt VerCauteren, Michael LaVelle, and Meg McLachlan, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO.
The Prevalence and Incidence of Dog Heartworm in a Red Fox Population by Jennifer Chesnut, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL., Todd Gosselink, Chariton Research Station, Chariton, IA, Richard E. Warner, Department of Natural Resources and Enviromental Sciences, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL. and Robert Novak, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL.
Monday Evening: Symposium: Perspectives of the Private Nuisance Wildlife Control Industry
Tuesday, April 8, 2003 Morning:
Symposium: Wildlife Damage Curricula in Colleges and Universities
Teaching Wildlife Damage Management through Service Learning by Greg Yarrow, Clemson University, Clemson, SC.
Role of the Jack H. Berryman Institute in College Education by Michael R. Conover, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Berryman Institute, Utah State University, Logan, UT.
Wildlife Damage Management Class and Curriculum at the University of Georgia by Michael T. Mengak, Warnell School of Forest Resources, University of Georgia, Athens, GA., and Douglas I. Hall, USDA/APHIS/WS, Athens, GA.
Charismatic Megafauna to Vermin Vertebrates by Gary San Julien, Penn State University, University Park, PA.
Educating Students about Wildlife Damage Management: A Cooperative Venture Between Academics and Extension at the Land Grant University by James B. Armstrong, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, AL.
Attitudes of University Students about Wildlife Damage Management-Effects of Gender, Residence, and Classroom Experience by Scott E. Hygnstrom, School of Natural Resource Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. and Robert M. Timm, Hopland Research and Extension Center, University of California, Hopland, CA.
Incorporating Experimental Design in Education on Managing Human-Wildlife Conflicts at Colorado State University by William F. Andelt, Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO.
Some Techniques and Considerations in Developing Web-based Education Modules in Wildlife Damage Management by Dallas R. Virchow and Scott E. Hygnstrom, School of Natural Resource Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE.
Agricultural Bird Control: The Evolution of the Tools of the Trade by Michael R. Taber, Wildlife Control Technology, Inc., Fresno, CA.
Roost Site Selection of Spring and Fall Migrating Blackbirds in the Northern Great Plains by George M. Linz and H. Jeff Homan, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Bismarck, ND. and Richard A Sawin, Mark W. Lutman, and William J. Bleier, North Dakota State University, Bismarck, ND.
Efficacy of Integrated Bird Management Strategies at UK Landfill Sites by A. Baxter, Central Science Laboratory, UK.
Stakeholder Attitudes Concerning Resident Canada Goose Management in Alabama by Tom Bidrowski and James B. Armstrong, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, AL.
Non-lethal Harassment to Disperse Canada Geese in New Jersey Winter Wheat Fields by David Drake and Amy Villano, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
American Crows in East-central Illinois-Ecology and West Nile Virus Epidemiology by Sarah A. Yaremych, Richard E. Warner, P.C. Mankin, and A Raim, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. and Robert J. Novak, Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL.
A Comparison of Lethal and Non-lethal Management Approaches to Reduce Damage Associated with Urban Crow Roosts in New York and Virginia by Richard B. Chipman, Kenneth Preusser, and Allen Gosser, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services, Castleton, NY.
Vultures: Soaring to New Heights or Flapping in the Breeze-A Texas Perspective by Denise M. Ruffino, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services, San Antonio, TX.
Tuesday, April 8, 2003 Afternoon:
Symposium: An Overview of Wildlife Disease Issues in North America
The Role of Wildlife in Human and Domestic Animal Disease by John R. Fischer, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, University of Georgia, Athens, GA.
Oral Rabies Vaccination: Debating Points by Dennis Slate, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services, Concord, NH. and Thomas Decker, Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department, Waterbury, VT.
The Ecology of Rodent-borne Hemorrhagic Fevers by Darin S. Carroll and James N. Mills, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
The Emergence of Major Avian Diseases in North America: West Nile Virus and More by Robert McClean, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO.
Chronic Wasting Disease of Cervids: Implications for Wildlife Management by Michael W. Miller, Colorado Division of Wildlife, Fort Collins, CO. and Elizabeth S. Williams, Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
Mycobacterium Infections in Wildlife by Thomas J. DeLiberto and Gary W. Witmer, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO.
Feral Swine: Are They a Disease Threat to Domestic Swine in the United States? By Arnold Taft, USDA/APHIS/Veterinary Services, Riverdale, MD.
Canada Goose Feces and Human Health Concerns by Larry Clark, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO.
Efficacy of Zinc Phosphide for Controlling Norway Rats, Roof Rats, House Mice, Peromyscus Species, Prairie Dogs, and Ground Squirrels: A Literature Review (1942-1998) by John D. Eisemann, Rebecca Talley, and Kathleen A. Fagerstone, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO.
Management of Rodent Populations at Airports by Gary W. Witmer, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO. and Jessica W. Dewey, USDA/APHIS/WS, Riverdale, MD.
The Use of Toxicants in Prairie Dog Management by Kathleen A. Fagerstone and Gary W. Witmer, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO.
Relative Consumption of Oat Grain by California Ground Squirrels with In-Burrow Burrow Baiting and Surface Baiting by Ursula H. Mahl and Terrell P. Salmon, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, CA.
Development and Field Evaluation of a Bait Station for Control of Deer Mice in Almonds by W. Paul Gorenzel and Terrell P. Salmon, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, CA.
Better Mouse Traps: The Histor of Their Development in the USA by David Drummond (Retired), UK Ministry of Agriculture, Surrey, England.
Beaver Population Size Estimation in Mississippi by Seth R. Swafford and Charles A. Sloan, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services, Stoneville, MS., Dale L. Nolte, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Olympia, WA. and Kris Godwin and Jeanne Jones, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS.
Solving Beaver Problems Using Water Flow Control Devices by Laura J. Simon, The Fund for Animals, New Haven, CT.
Poster Session: Monday Afternoon through Tuesday Evening
Establishing Rodent and Ectoparasite Colonies for Zoonotic Disease Study by J.N. Borchert and J.A. Baroch, Genesis Laboratories, Inc., Wellington, CO.
Correlates of Success for On-site Releases of Nuisance Black Bears in Great Smoky Mountains National Park by Jay E. Clark, Frank T. van Manen, and Michael R. Pelton, Department of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
Development of a Synthetic Materials Mimic for Vulture Olfaction Research by Richard E. Mauldin, Bruce A. Kimball, John J. Johnston, and Jerome C. Hurley, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Gainesville, FL. and Michael L. Avery, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO.
Training Deer to Avoid Sites through Negative Reinforcement by Dale L. Nolte and Kelly R. Perry, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Olympia, WA. and Kurt VerCauteren, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO.
Managing Common Nighthawks at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, to Reduce Aircraft Strikes by John L. Cummings, Patricia A. Pipas, James E. Davis, and Darryl L. York, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO.
Successful Use of Alarm/Alert Call Playback to End Canada Goose Problems at an Ohio Business Park by Philip C. Whitford, Capital University, Columbus, OH.
Benefit-cost Analysis of Reproduction-monitoring and Predator-removal Variables Associated with Protection of the Endangered California Least Tern by Stephanie A. Shwiff and Ray T. Sterner, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO., John W. Turman, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services, El Cajon, CA., and Brian D. Foster, San Diego Zoological Society, San Diego, CA.
Oral Rabies Vaccination: Reducing Economic Uncertainty Via Response Surface Analysis by Ray T. Sterner, USDA/APHIS/WS/National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO.