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Title

APPROACHES TO COOT MANAGEMENT IN CALIFORNIA

Authors

Valerie Van Way, Medical Toxicology Branch, Pest Management Division, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

March 1986

Coot depredations have been documented in California since 1886, and shooting has been relied on as the principal means of mitigating damage. Immobilizing agents continue to offer promise as useful nonlethal tools for population reduction programs. Exploration of the use of tribromoethanol in coot capture is described, and the potential for other bird management techniques is discussed.