PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND EASTERN WILDILFE DAMAGE CONTROL CONFERENCE

Edited by Peter T. Bromley

September 22-25, 1985
North Carolina State University
Jane S. McKimmon Center
Raleigh, North Carolina

Sponsored by
Departments of Extension Forest Resources and Zoology, the Division of Lifelong Education, and the Agricultural Extension Service of North Carolina State University
North Carolina Wildilfe Resources Commission
USDA Extension Service
USDI Fish and Wildlife Service
USDA Forest Service
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service and Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

In Cooperation with
International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies
North Carolina Chapter of the Wildlife Society
Society of American Foresters
The Wild!Ife Society

1985

Frontmatter and Contents

Participants

Session Moderators

THE EFFECTS OF CANADA GOOSE GRAZING ON WINTER WHEAT: AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH, Hubert A. Allen Jr., David Sammons, and Russell Brinsfield

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES FOR WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL, Hal S. Atkinson Jr.

REFORMULATED 4-AMINOPYRIDINE BAITS COST-EFFECTIVELY REDUCE BLACKBIRD DAMAGE TO RIPENING CORNFIELDS, Jerome F. Besser and John W. DeGrazio

BIRDS IN HANGARS - A MESSY PROBLEM, Albert E. Bivings IV

USDA FOREST SERVICE ROLE IN WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL, Hugh C. Black

FUTURE OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL AND THE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICE, Peter T. Bromley

PROCEEDINGS OF THE SECOND EASTERN WILDILFE DAMAGE CONTROL CONFERENCE (Complete volume), Peter T. Bromley (Edited by)

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEASONAL CHANGES IN FORAGE QUALITY AND FEEDING PATTERNS IN MEADOW VOLES (MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS), Ronald J. Brooks and Stephen A. Struger

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF STATE COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SERVICES FOR WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL, James L. Byford

MANAGEMENT OF NUISANCE CANADA GOOSE FLOCKS, Michael R. Conover

DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT DAMAGE TO A COMMERCIAL FISHERY IN THE APOSTLE ISLANDS, WISCONSIN, Scott R. Craven and Esther Lev

PREPARATION AND ANALYSIS OF ALTERNATIVE 4-AP BAITS FOR BLACKBIRDS, J.E. Davis

ESTIMATING COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF CONTROLLING ANIMAL DAMAGE TO CONIFER SEEDLINGS, David S. deCalesta

PUBLIC TOLERANCE OF A SUBURBAN DEER HERD: IMPLICATIONS FOR CONTROL, Daniel J. Decker and Thomas A. Gavin

THE WHOOPING CRANE CROSS-FOSTERING EXPERIMENT: THE ROLE OF ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL, Roderick C. Drewien, Stephen H. Bouffard, Desmond D. Call, and Richard A. Wonacott

AN INVESTIGATION OF TECHNIQUES USED TO DISCOURAGE REBUILDING OF BEAVER DAMS DEMOLISHED BY EXPLOSIVES, James M. Dyer and Charles E. Rowell

CURRENT STATUS OF DEER FENCING IN THE NORTHEAST, Mark R. Ellingwood, Jay B. McAninch, and Michael J. Fargione

WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL AND THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY, Thomas M. Franklin

MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS DERIVED FROM BIRD DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS IN NORTH DAKOTA SUNFLOWER, Joseph L. Guarino and John L. Cummings

DISPERSAL OF A HERON-EGRET ROOKERY, Douglas I. Hall

REMOVAL OF NESTING STARLINGS WITH DRC-1339, Douglas I. Hall

CLOSING REMARKS, F. Eugene Hester

COMPARISONS OF STRYCHNINE AND ZINC PHOSPHIDE IN PRAIRIE DOG CONTROL, H. Todd Holbrook and Robert M. Timm

MINIMUM EFFECTIVE LEVEL OF METHIOCARB FOR PROTECTING SPROUTING RICE IN LOUISIANA FROM BLACKBIRD DAMAGE, N.R. Holler, P.W. Lefebvre, A. Wilson, R.E. Matteson, and G.R. Gutknecht

PREVENTIVE CONTROL OF PEST RODENTS, Walter E. Howard

STATE FUNDED WILDLIFE DAMAGE PROGRAMS: THE WISCONSIN EXPERIENCE, Scott E. Hygnstrom and Scott R. Craven

ROLE OF THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IN WILDIFE DAMAGE CONTROL, William W. Jacobs

REPELLENTS FOR RODENTS IN CONSERVATION-TILLAGE AGRICULTURE, Ron J. Johnson

THE ROLE OF STATE AND WILDLIFE AGENCIES IN WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL, Charles D. Kelly

THE ROLE OF THE INDIANA DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE IN WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL, Glenn Lange

ASSESSING DEER DAMAGE IN YOUNG FRUIT ORCHARDS, Jay B. McAninch, Mark R. Ellingwood, Michael J. Fargione, and Peter Picone

ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES FOR WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL, James E. Miller

DISPERSING BLACKBIRD-STARLING ROOSTS WITH HELIUM-FILLED BALLOONS, Donald F. Mott

ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL AND THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, Warren T. Parker

VOLE CONTROL IN THE EASTERN UNITED STATES, Richard M. Poche and Robert Sharp

LANDOWNER TOLERANCE OF BEAVERS: IMPLICATIONS FOR DAMAGE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL, Ken G. Purdy, Daniel J. Decker, Richard A. Malecki, and John C. Proud

AN EVALUATION OF VISUAL AND AUDITORY ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO REPEL DEER, R. Blake Roper and Edward P. Hill

COMPUTER ASSISTED EXTENSION PROGRAM ON GROUND SQUIRREL CONTROL, Terrell P. Salmon, Donald L. Lancaster, and Leanne Lasarow

WHAT YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT ALL YOU EVER HEARD CONCERNING SNAKE REPELLENTS, Gary J. San Julian

DEER DAMAGE AND DAMAGE CONTROL IN OHIO'S NURSERIES, ORCHARDS AND CHRISTMAS TREE PLANTINGS: THE GROWER'S VIEW, Joel D. Scott and Thomas W. Townsend

WILDLIFE DAMAGE CONTROL - THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE, LeRoy W. Sowl

HISTOPLASMOSIS AND ITS IMPACT ON BLACKBIRD/STARLING ROOST MANAGEMENT, A.R. Stickley Jr. and R.J. Weeks

UTILIZING A COMPUTERIZED FISH AND WILDLIFE INFORMATION SYSTEM TO SOLVE ANIMAL DAMAGE CONTROL PROBLEMS, Jefferson L. Waldon, Charles T. Cushwa, and Peter T. Bromley

APPARENT EFFICACY OF BIRD AIRCRAFT STRIKE HAZARD PROGRAMS AT FOUR NAVAL AIR STATIONS, Thomas C. Walker and C. Willard Bennett

COMMERCIAL WILDLIFE PEST CONTROL PERMITS
—An Alternative Approach—
, Gerard W. Wendt

AIR FORCE PROBLEMS WITH BIRDS IN HANGARS, Timothy J. Will

ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF BEAVERS IN NORTH CAROLINA, David K. Woodward, Robert B. Hazel, and Brian P. Gaffney