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Bureau of Biological Survey Field Reports and Maps ---
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: NWRC 0030
Abstract
The predecessor of the Bureau of Biological Survey (BBS) was established under the Department of Agriculture in 1885 to study the economic relation of birds to agriculture. The mission of the division evolved over the years to include the study of mammals, as well as to include predator and rodent control activities. In 1905, the division became known as the Bureau of Biological Survey. In 1940, the Bureau of Fisheries merged with the BBS to form the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under...
Dates:
1900 - 1955; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1920
Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Records --
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0017
Abstract
Established in 1895, the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association shares a long and collaborative history with federal wildlife control agencies working to control damage caused by rodents in Hawaiian sugarcane fields. The NWRC Hilo Field Station was established to further this purpose and continues to offer wildlife research assistance in Hawaii today. This collection contains reports, news clippings, and correspondence that highlight the history of federally supported rodent control...
Dates:
1935-1996
Indiana USFWS Image Collection --
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: NWRC 0023
Abstract
This collection contains approximately 1000 photographs and 20 posters pertaining to USFWS animal control activities, primarily in the Midwest from the 1920s up to 1966. Much of the focus of the collection is on rat control, but many other species are represented as well.
Dates:
1921-1966
Philippines Field Station Records--
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0040
Scope and Contents
The Philippines Field Station Records contains documents dated 1968-1980. This collection consists primarily of research records pertaining to rodent control efforts in the Philippines. These records are related to the International Programs Research Unit (IPRU) of the DWRC (predecessor to the NWRC) who worked cooperatively with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) during the late 1960s through the mid-1990s. Included in this collection are study plans, raw data,...
Dates:
1968 - 1980
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- Subject: Rats X
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- Rats 3
- Rodent control 3
- Rodent damage 2
- American bison 1
- Animal damage control 1
- Anticoagulant rodenticides 1
- Bears 1
- Beavers 1
- Burrowing animals 1
- Coconuts 1
- Corn 1
- Coyotes 1
- Demonstration farms 1
- Demonstration forests 1
- Depredation 1
- Electric fences 1
- Field experiments 1
- Ground squirrels 1
- Hawaii, USA 1
- Indian reservations 1
- Jackrabbits 1
- Mice 1
- Muskrats 1
- National forests 1
- Norway rats 1
- Pocket gophers 1
- Poisons 1
- Polynesian rats 1
- Prairie dogs 1
- Predatory animals 1
- Public lands 1
- Reforestation 1
- Rice 1
- Rodents 1
- Strychnine 1
- Sugarcane 1
- Trapping 1
- Western United States 1
- Wolves 1
- Yellowstone National Park 1
- Zinc Phosphide 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- Philippines Field Station 1
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1
- United States. Bureau of Biological Survey (BBS) 1
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