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Canine Scent Tracking For Illicit
Discharges
Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference
April 2013
517.231.6389
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The Nose Knows!
Narcotics
Evidence (guns, knifes, money,etc.)
Live human search (air scentand tracking)
Human remains search
Drowning victims search
Explosives
Arson
Avalanche Toxic Molds
DVDs
Mercury- 1mg
Fruits, vegetables, meats
Fox scat
Grizzly Bear scat
Whale feces
Bedbugs and termites
Gas leaks Water leaks
Abalone
Truffles
VOCs
Cancer
Diabetic alert
Cooling fluid forunderground
power lines
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Best Breed?
Preferred
Sporting and working
High drive
Stamina Mud, water, long distance
Not Ideal
Sight-hounds
Smooshed Faced
Boxers, pugs, etc.
Hot weather
Keeping an open mind, we have been surprised before!
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There Are A Few Exceptions . . .
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Environmental Canine Services LLC2009
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Karen, Logan, & Bella
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Dan & Sky
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Scott, Sable, & Jack
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ECS Training Grounds
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Multiple Structures and Setups
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RESEARCH
The Science Behind It.
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Santa Barbara, CA 2010
WERF Funded Research Study
-UCSB and City of Santa Barbara
Creeks Division
Blind study-ECS RV investigations
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Canine Scent and Microbial Source
Tracking in Santa Barbara, CA.
26 samples collected
beside K9s
Fecal Indicator Bacteria Human specific waste
markers
Bacteroidales
Methanobrevibacter
smithii nifH gene
Caffeine & Cotinine
Potassium
Fluoride
NH3
Surfactants
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Results
SAMPLES
11 samples positive for atleast 1 human-specific
waste marker Strong result of correlation
study was small # of false
negatives
www.santabarbaraca.gov/resident/community/
creeks/reports_and_stu
dies.htm
CANINES
K9 responses significantlyassociated with several of
the human-specific wastemarkers
Logan 100%
Sample locations were bothdogs responded negative
there were 0 human-
specific markers detected
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Benefits of Canine Field Work
Real time responses
Lead to locating twounmarked discharges
Canine responsesnarrowed zone of
interest from many
blocks to a single
Canines peaked interestand generated more
cooperation than usual
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Highlight
Hope Drain Diversion
Arroyo Burro Beach
AKA Hendrys Beach
Real time resultspositive results from
K9s led urgency to
situation leading
research team and city
workers to uncover a
leaking sanitary sewer
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Outstanding Stormwater
Research Project 2011California Stormwater Quality Association
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MDEQ QUALITY ASSURANCEPROJECT PLAN (QAPP)
CLEAN MICHIGAN INITIATIVE
GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE
A Big Step- Beach Monitoring
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QAPP Components
10% field replicates
Return to 10% ofrandom selected sites
Or use two canines ateach site
Following labprocedures for sampling
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QAPP Sniffing Options
Bucket Samples
Collected at roadstream crossings
Collected in deep orwide areas
Bracketing
Coded Blind to handler
Taken to neutral scentarea
Field blanks distilled
water
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PAWS ON THE GROUND
In the Field
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THE CONSERVATION FUND
Peg Kohring Midwest Director
Berrien County
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TMDL
303d Impairment WQSexceedances for E. coli,
pathogens
2001 MGM ranged from266 CFU/100 ml 4300
CFU/100 ml
Potential sources
Agriculture inputs
Illicit lateral connections
Failed/no existent septicleach fields
SSO sewer pumpstations
Source MDEQ : TMDL for E. Coli in the Galien River, Berrien County 2002
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Three Oaks, MI
Walking roadsideditches
Checking all input pipes,
catch basins, and seeps Ditches flow to
tributaries of Galien
River
Facing south- flows south
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Village of Glendora, MI
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It Smelled Bad..
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Final Count -16 hours
Three residential septicsconfirmed by BCHD
One illicit discharge to
Village of Glendora Seven additional sites
requiring further
investigation w/I
watershed
And one bag of methmaterials TOT MSP
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Peg Kohring
The Conservation Fund
You were able to accomplish what
no other program we tried so far wasable to.
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East Coast
FB Environmental
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Coast Lines
Coast line seeps at lowtide
Lead to discovery of old
outhouse with drainpipes
A bathhouse showerdraining to beach
Rub-a-dub
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Bucket Samples
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Septic to Storm
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Environmental Canine Services LLC
2012 and Beyond
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Share the Knowledge
Western Region Team
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Western Region Team
Sonoma County, CA
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The Doggie Bag
Rapid ScreeningMethod- Real Time
Results
Saves Time and Money Reduces Focus Areas to
a Manageable Area
Invites Public Interestand Cooperation
QAPP approved!
Logan showers after a long day.
Anybody seen my conditioner?
Q ti ?
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Questions?
Is that mine?
Environmental Canine
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Environmental Canine
Services LLC
@ecsk9s