Connolly, Guy E. (1938-)
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Connolly, Guy, 2004 - 2010
Sub-Series — Box 1: [Barcode: NWRC0005-S1-001], Folder: 4
Abstract
Guy Connolly reminisces about his career as a wildlife research biologist working for the the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), Range Surveys, the University of California at Davis-Hopland Field Station and the USDA's, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services, Denver Wildlife Research Center (DWRC). He discusses his work in wildlife and range management and depredation control research, including different methods he used such as trapping, M-44, and...
Dates:
2004 - 2010
Depredations Control Image Collection
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0026
Scope and Contents
The Depredations Control Image Collection (NWRC 0026) consists of slides, photos, and negatives dated 1928 to 1994 that document research activities related to predator contol by the Animal Damage Control (ADC) unit. Included are images of aerial control, coyotes, sheep, frightening devices, traps, sheep necropsy, lures, repellents, telemetry studies, and toxic sheep collars.
Dates:
1928 - 1994
Guy Connolly Papers --
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0002
Abstract
Wildlife Research Biologist Guy Connolly served in numerous capacities during his more than 20 years with the Animal Damage Control (ADC) Program’s Denver Wildlife Research Center (DWRC). He worked in ID, CA, TX, MT, and OR as a field researcher and biologist, and in Denver and Washington D.C. as a wildlife specialist and as DWRC’s principal research liaison with ADC operations. Chemical and lethal coyote control methods, aerial shooting, sodium cyanide ejectors, toxic and nontoxic baits,...
Dates:
1915-2014, Bulk dates 1970-1997
Jackrabbit Research Station Records --
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0016
Abstract
The Jackrabbit Research Station opened in 1963 in Twin Falls, Idaho. In 1972 the station’s research moved to predators, which remained the station’s main focus until it closed in 1992. The records in this collection were not all created at the Jackrabbit Research Station, but the records were maintained by scientists working at the site. For example, records pertaining to nutria were created during research in Houma, Louisiana by scientists who later transferred to the Jackrabbit...
Dates:
1929-1998, bulk dates 1960-1975
Series III: Legal – Congressional Hearings and Lawsuits, 1979 - 1994
Series
Scope and Contents
Series III contains two boxes of records pertaining to lawsuits and Congressional hearings related to the animal damage control program as well as its use of Compound 1080 in Wyoming. Records in this series are dated 1979 to 1994.
Dates:
1979 - 1994
Shoemaker, Shorty (Jerald Roy), 2005 - 2010
Sub-Series — Box 3: [Barcode: NWRC0005-S1-003], Folder: 4
Abstract
Jerald (Shorty) R. Shoemaker reminisces about his past work for Wildlife Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). He talks about his experiences as a wildlife specialist and government trapper in animal damage and predator control (primarily coyotes) and the different methods used including poisons and toxicants such as M-44, strychnine, and compound 1080, aerial gunning, game calling, traps, lures, hazing, snares,...
Dates:
2005 - 2010
Trapping Oral History Initiative Records --
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0005
Abstract
In 2005, the USDA/APHIS Wildlife Services program (Wildlife Services) began work on the Trapping Oral History Initiative. Dr. John Shivik approached Nancy Freeman, NWRC Archivist/Records Manager, in July 2004 with an idea for capturing the experiences and knowledge of Wildlife Services trappers. The goal of the Initiative was to capture the personal stories of retired and semi-retired federal government trappers. Together Shivik and Freeman planned the Trapper Oral History Initiative,...
Dates:
1999-2011 (Bulk 2004-2008)
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Compound 1080 4
- Coyotes 3
- Livestock Protection Collar 3
- M-44 3
- Strychnine 2
- Aerial hunting 1
- Beavers 1
- Beef cattle 1
- Biologists 1
- Blackbirds 1
- Colorado, USA 1
- Coyote Lure Operative Device 1
- Depredation 1
- EPA hearings 1
- Foxes 1
- Frightening Devices 1
- Game calling 1
- Geese 1
- Hazing 1
- Hearings 1
- Hunting 1
- Idaho, USA 1
- Jackrabbits 1
- Livestock protection dogs 1
- Lures 1
- Nutria 1
- Poultry farms 1
- Predators 1
- Predatory animals 1
- Raccoons 1
- Rodents 1
- Sheep 1
- Sheep farming 1
- Single dose bait (SDB) 1
- Sodium fluoroacetate 1
- Swine 1
- Toxic baits 1
- Toxicants 1
- Trappers 1
- Trapping equipment 1
- Traps 1
- Wildlife damage 1
- Wildlife damage management 1
- Zinc Phosphide 1