Proceedings of the Sixteenth Wildlife Damage Management Conference

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L. Mike Conner
Mark D. Smith

Park Vista Hotel and Conference Center, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Integrated Wild Pig Control Results from the EPD Pennahatchee Creek Project

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Rod Pinkston
William D. Gulsby

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Examining the Risk and Rewards for the Anthropogenic Spread of Wild Hogs

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Joe N. Caudell
Emily Dowell
Katelyn Welch

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Federal Collaboration in Science for Invasive Mammal Management in U.S. National Parks and Wildlife Refuges of the Pacific Islands

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Steven C. Hess
Darcy Hu
Rhonda Loh
Paul C. Banko

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Are Humane Traps "Humane"? An Animal Welfare Perspective

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John Hadidian
John Griffin
David Pauli

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Design of a Self-Resetting, Low-Maintenance, Long-Term Bait Station for Rodent Control

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Gary W. Witmer
Rachael S. Moulton

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Evaluation of a Food Bait Block for Potential Chemical Delivery to Black-tailed Prairie Dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)

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Gary W. Witmer
Rachael S. Moulton
Jenna L. Swartz

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Review of Wildlife Hazard Mitigation Techniques on General Aviation Airports

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Robert J. Lewis
Joe N. Caudell

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Speed Kills : Effects of Vehicle Speed on Avian Escape Behavior

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Travis L. DeVault
Bradley F. Blackwell
Thomas W. Seamans
Steven L. Lima
Esteban Fernandez-Juricic

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Habituation of White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in an Urban / Suburban Environment to an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Quad Copter

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George R. Gallagher
Rebecca J. Mclarty
Sunday O. Peters
Emily J. Barton
Addison J. Lalumondier
Naomi E. Kramer
Katryn M. Paryzek

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Efficient Method of Capture and Field Euthanasia of Flightless Mute Swans

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Larry J. Hindman
William F. Harvey IV
Hutchison R. Walbridge
Mark Hooper
Cindy P. Driscoll

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Description of Lethal and Nonlethal Predator Management at Two Piping Plower (Charadrius melodus) Nesting Colonies in Michigan

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Patrick J. Ryan
Vincent S. Cavalieri
Peter H. Butchko

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Blackbird Damage is an Important Agronomic Factor Influencing Sunflower Production

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Hans Kandel
George M. Linz

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Consumption of Metallic Lead and its Effects on Tissue Lead Levels of Urban Eastern Gray Squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)

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Robert J. Lewis
Joe N. Caudell
Stephen B. White
Robin B. Doss
Michelle A. Lasher
Ramesh C. Gupta

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Sterilization, Hunting and Culling : Combining Management Approaches for Mitigating Suburban Deer Impacts

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J.R. Boulanger
P.D. Curtis
M.L. Ashdown

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Distinguishing Between Eurasian Wild Boar Hybrids and Feral Swine Using Molecular Analyses

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J.A. Matthews
J.N. Caudell
C. Trzepacz
B. McCann

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Efficacy of Milorganite as a Repellent for Domestic Mice

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C.E. Martin
L.B. Wood
G.R. Gallagher

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Nonlethal Approaches to Wildlife Damage Management

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Charlotte Conley

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

GSM - Based Telemetry to Define Turkey Vulture Movements at Key West Naval Air Station

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A.G. Duffiney
J.S. Humphrey
E.A. Tillman
M.P. Milleson
M.L. Avery

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM