Dixon, CA, Field Station Records --
Scope and Contents
Series I of this collection contains administrative records from the station dated 1969 to 1985. Included are lists of bird damage research projects conducted at the station, as well as work unit and narrative reports.
Series II consists of research reports dated 1972 to 1985. Included are reports on research related to frightening devices (kite-balloon), chemical repellents, and other means to alleviate bird damage to wine grapes, ripening fruit and vegetables, sunflowers, and rice.
Series III includes data reports and maps from the study “Bird Damage to Sunflower in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota, 1979-1981” by Roger Hothem and Richard DeHaven. This study resulted in USFWS Technical Report 15 (1988).
Dates
- 1969 - 1985
Creator
- Otis, David L. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
The Dixon, California, Field Station was established by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Animal Damage Control program in the 1960s to conduct research on blackbirds damaging wine grapes in California. Throughout the years, research at the field station expanded to finding solutions to alleviate bird damage to other fruit crops such as cherries, as well as vegetable crops, sunflower, and rice.
Staff at the field station included two full-time wildlife biologists and a part-time clerk-typist. Station personnel also collaborated with graduate students (Mark Tobin and Mike Avery) at the University of California-Davis. The field station shared space with the USFWS Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center and the Columbia National Fisheries Research Laboratory. The facility occupied by the three groups was located on 1 acre in a rural area about 3 miles northeast of Dixon, CA, and included offices, a laboratory, shop and storage areas, various aviaries, test cages, and a parking lot, all within a fenced compound.
The Dixon Field Station closed in the mid-1980s when the Animal Damage Control program was moved from USDI/FWS to USDA/APHIS.
Extent
5 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Dixon, CA, Field Station Records (NWRC 0055) consists of 5 LF of records created by staff at the station between 1969 and 1985. Included are administrative records, research reports related to bird damage to wine grapes and other agricultural crops in California, as well as research records related to a survey of bird damage to sunflower in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota conducted during 1979-1981.
Arrangement
The Dixon, CA, Field Station Records are arranged into three series:
Series I: Administrative Records, 1969-1985
Series II: Research Reports, 1972-1985
Series III: Research Records for Study on Bird Damage to Sunflower in North Dakota, South Dakota, and Minnesota, 1979-1981
Folders in each series are arranged alphabetically.
Legal Status
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Creator
- Otis, David L. (Person)
- Tobin, Mark E. (Person)
- Avery, Michael L. (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the National Wildlife Research Center Archives Repository