Ninth Great Plains wildlife damage control workshop proceedings, April 17-20, 1989, Fort Collins, Colorado

Abstract

The proceedings consist of 43 papers on damage caused by many different animals, and programmes and solutions to control these problems. After an overview section, papers were presented in 5 sessions: carnivore damage, including mountain lion Felis concolor predation on domestic sheep, trophy game damage, coyote Canis latrans control, livestock guarding by dogs, and black-footed ferret Mustela nigripes recovery; urban wildlife damage involving particularly beaver Castor canadensis, deer and raccoon Procyon lotor; big game damage, particularly deer and elk Cervus elephus damage to livestock forage, private rangelands, orchards and tree nurseries, and means of control; bird damage by American robin Turdus migratorius, great-tailed grackle Quiscalus mexicanus (and effects of control techniques on non-target birds), double-crested cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus, black-bellied whistling duck Dendrocygna autumnalis and herring gull Larus argentatus; rodents and lagomorph damage, ie by rabbits, pocket gophers and prairie dogs (and effects of prairie dog rodenticides on ground-dwelling invertebrates, and of black-tailed prairie dogs Cynomys ludovicianus on plant composition). Many of the papers are concerned with attitudes of the public and the influence of this on work being done. -J.W.Cooper