"VERTEBRATE PESTS OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND PUBLIC LANDS" 1997 ANNUAL MEETING

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Date of this Version

1997

Document Type

Article

Citation

Annual Meeting WCC-95

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Reno NV, November 18-20, 1997

Abstract

Table of Contents . I

1997 Officers . . 1

Proposed Agenda . 2

Minutes . 4

Number and title of the regional project . 4

Location and dates of the meeting . 4

Participants/attendees • 4

Adopted agenda . 5

Action items/assigned responsibilities/deadlines/target dates . 8

Summary of the discussions . . 8

Convening of sessions . 8

Business meeting . 9

Final activities. . 13

General discussions . . 13

Participants/Attendees. . 15

Abstracts . 19

Sterner, Ray et al . 19

New approaches to reducing gnawing and digging behaviors in the northern pocket gopher

Sullins, Monty . 20

A comparison of zinc phosphide and strychnine oat baits for the control of the northern pocket gopher

Askham, Leonard . 21

Efficacy of Turf Shield® Repellent to reduce goose and duck use of grass areas adjacent to ponds, lakes and rivers

Nolte, Dale . 22

Efficacy of selected commercial repellents to inhibit deer browsing

Witmer, Gary & Brian Moser. . . 24

The effects of wild and domestic ungulate grazing on the vegetation, birds, and small mammals on Bridge Creek Wildlife Area, northeastern Oregon

Van Deelen, Timothy . . 26

Deer-northern white cedar interactions and implications for management in conifer swamp deeryards of the Great Lakes Region

Wiggers, Ernie et al. . . 27

Use of sharpshooting, firearms hunting, and hunting to reduce deer overabundance in urban areas

Virchow, Dallas . 29

Teaching with drama, Making wildlife damage management come alive

Simmons, Gary & John Steuber . 31

California trap initiative - status and strategies

Chandler, Monte . 33

Tools and techniques use in wildlife damage management

Giusti, Greg . . 35

Dusky-footed woodrats and redwoods: Habitat relationships, responses to silvicultural prescriptions and damage impacts

McCann, Geraldine & George Matschke . 36

Chlorophacinone and diphacinone standard mouse laboratory tests

Supplementary Materials: Status of USDA/APHISreregistrationslregistrations (K. Fagerstone)· ... 2 pp. . 38