USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services

Jennifer Cromwell Assistant State Director

USDA, APHIS, WILDLIFE SERVICES

Managing human-wildlife conflicts that impact: Agriculture Human health and safety Natural resources Public and private

property

Health and Safety Aggression Bird strikes Bacterial/slipping

Agricultural Property

Erosion Droppings

Natural Resources Habitat Restoration plantings

Appropriate scale Goose ecology and

behavior Limitations of tools and

techniques Legal considerations Cost of different

approaches

Integrated approach for site or community Year-round management with seasonal

components Components may include:

Education/communication/enforcement Non-lethal dispersal/lethal re-enforcement Repellents Habitat management/modification Population management

Stop feeding activities Signs prohibiting feeding Educational materials

Legislation for localities Enforcement

Feeding ordinances Follow-up on signed

messages

Permits not required for harassment Local ordinances may prohibit some tools Accidental take is not legal Examples:

15mm Pyrotechnics Paintballs Dogs R/C vehicles Chemical Repellants Propane Cannons

Hazing Use a combination of tools Vary timing and frequency of tools Unrelenting pressure Occasional lethal re-enforcement to maintain

potency of harassment

Flight Control (Anthraquinone) Expensive Lawn-care companies can apply it Geese must eat it

Rejex-it (Methyl Anthranilate) Strong grape smell Fogger and other applications

Habitat requirements = Grass + Water + Peace Limit access to feeding areas, water, loafing areas Vegetation management and predator avoidance

Grass/shrub management

Fencing Wire grids Rip rap

Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Provides USFWS with regulatory authority to manage migratory birds Makes it illegal to take, possess… any migratory bird, nest, eggs

Take includes kill, injure, or capture Authorizes USFWS to issue permits for the taking of damage-causing migratory birds

Nest/egg treatments or removal

Hunting Permitted take

Permits Depredation orders

Shooting Capture and removal

Issued to the Property

Owner Intended to supplement

non-lethal efforts WS assists in application

process by completing WS Form 37 Document bird damage Document attempts to

solve problem using non-lethal methods

Recommend permit Issued by USFWS

Nest and Egg Airports Agricultural Damage

Resident Canada Goose Nest and Egg Depredation Order

Allows egg/nest destruction March 1 – June 30 Must register online with USFWS Landowner can ID another party to conduct work

USDA, APHIS, Wildlife Services

April 1 – 15 September

Airport may use lethal control within 3 miles of airport

Airport must report take annually to USFWS

Permit authority delegated to the states

Agricultural damage only May 1 – August 31 USDA/WS documents

damage State (DGIF) issues permit

(no fee) Reports required

Round-ups Molt and flightless period Corral traps Large groups of geese

Chemical immobilization Alpha Chlorolose

Disposition of geese Euthanasia No Relocation

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