The Probe, Issue 195 – December 1998

Rabies -- Mike Dwyer, NADCA Director, Great Lakes Region Position Available: Wildlife Biologist, JFK Airport NWCO Organization Forms in Calif. Update on Idaho Wolf Damage Wildlife Wins in UT, OH, MN, Loses in CA Schmidt to be Appointed NADCA President Rabies in Bats: The following article was authored by Kate Lewandowski and is reprinted with permission from SCWDS Briefs, the quarterly newsletter of the Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Bird-Strike Committee -USA Abstracts CANADA GEESE AND SNOW GEESE – REASSESSING TRADITIONAL PARADIGMS FOR MANAGEMENT -- Robert Blohm, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Migratory Bird Management Office, Arlington, VA HAMILTON HARBOUR RING-BILLED GULL CONTROL PROJECT, 1997-1998 -- Ulrich Watermann, Bird Control International Inc., Georgetown, Ontario, Canada DEMONSTRATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TRAINED FALCONS AS PART Of THE BASH PROGRAM AT SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, ILLINOIS AND TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA -- Michael R. Cooke, World Bird Sanctuary, St. Louis, MO USE OF FALCONRY AS PRIMARY BIRD HARASSMENT TOOL AT TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, CALIFORNIA -- Dennis Palmer, Travis AFB, CA, Steve Wicklund, Wing Flying Safety Office, Travis AFB, CA TESTING OF THE AUDIBLE MICROWAVE BIRD STRIKE REDUCTION SYSTEM -- James Genova, Raven, Inc., Alexandria, VA, Raven, Incorporated (with the support of the Air Force Research AVOIDANCE OF LOW FREQUENCY VIBRATION BY WATERFOWL -- Martin Lenhardt, Biomedical Engineering, Virginia, Commonwealth University and Sound Techniques Systems, Richmond, VA EVALUATION OF AN INTEGRATED BIRD HAZING SYSTEM AT THE JIM BRIDGER POWER PLANT, ROCK SPRINGS, WYOMING -- Gwen R. Stevens, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, Larry Clark, USDA-WS, National Wildlife Research Center, Fort Collins, CO, Richard A. Weber, Knight Piesold LLC, Elko, NV EFFECTS OF HARASSMENT ON GULLS AT THE LEBANON SOLID WAST LANDFILL IN LEBANON, NEW HAMPSHIRE -- Cheryl Allen, and Dennis Slate, USD A, APHIS, Wildlife Services, Concord, NH THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE STRIKE DATABASE FOR CIVIL AVIATION IN TH UNITED STATES, 1991-1997 -- Edward Cleary, Federal Aviation Administration, Washington, DC; Sandra Wright and Richard Dolbeer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Wildlife Research Center, Sandusky, OH U.S. AIR FORCE BIRD STRIKE UPDATE, 1997 -- Leah Fry, U.S. Air Force BASH Team, HQ AFSC/SEFW, Kirtland AFB. N