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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
George Matschke Records--
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0052
Abstract
George Matschke worked as researcher at the Wildlife Research Center from 1968 until his retirement in 1999. This collection contains records (dated 1955-1999) that were collected by Matschke. Included are administrative records, Bird Unit work reports, research records mostly pertaining to rodent control, as well as numerous images of research projects conducted by Matschke and other scientists at the Center.
Dates:
1955 - 1999; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1990
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
Kathy Fagerstone Records --
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0035
Abstract
Kathy Fagerstone began her career with the Center in 1971, becoming the first female physical science technician at the Research Center. During her 40 year career with the Center, Kathy advanced from a technician, to a wildlife biologist, to a research wildlife biologist, to project leader, and finally to a program manager. Her research interests included risk assessment and small mammal ecology of prairie dogs, ground squirrels and black-footed ferrets. However, the focus of her work...
Dates:
1968 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000
Olympia Field Station Records--
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0038
Abstract
The Olympia Field Station was established in the late 1950s in cooperation with public agencies and private companies concerned with reforestation losses caused by wildlife. The Olympia, WA, Field Station and its satellite, the Bend, OR, Field Station (established in 1970), formed the Forest-Animal Research Project of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, and after 1985, of the USDA’s APHIS Animal Damage Control program. Initial studies focused on seed coatings and repellents to reduce losses...
Dates:
1961 - 2008
Paul Hegdal Records--
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0050
Abstract
Paul L. Hegdal worked as a wildlife biologist at the Denver Wildlife Research Center from the 1959 to 1991. This group of records contains materials related to studies on hazards to nontarget wildlife associated with the use of rodenticides, rodent resistant cable materials, and rodent problems in Latin America.
Dates:
1944 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1980
WS Pesticide Coordinating Subcommittee Records --
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0012
Abstract
This collection contains bi-weekly committee meeting minutes from each unit involved in the Wildlife Services (WS) Pesticide Coordinating Subcommittee. The four units include the Environmental and Risk Analysis Services (ERAS), the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC), Operational Support Staff (OSS), and the Pocatello Supply Depot (PSD). These units have changed names and organizational structure but still continue to meet. ERAS was known as the Data Support Team (DST) from 1997 to...
Dates:
1987-
Filtered By
- Subject: Strychnine X
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- Subject
- Compound 1080 5
- Pocket gophers 5
- Zinc Phosphide 5
- Ground squirrels 3
- Jackrabbits 3
- Pesticide registration 3
- Rodent control 3
- Bears 2
- Beavers 2
- Cables 2
- Coyotes 2
- Nutria 2
- Prairie dogs 2
- Radio Telemetry 2
- Reforestation 2
- Acetaminophen 1
- Alphachloralose 1
- American bison 1
- Animal vocalization 1
- Bird damage 1
- Black-footed ferrets 1
- Black-tailed jackrabbits 1
- Black-tailed prairie dogs 1
- Brodifacoum 1
- Brodifacoum--Secondary hazards 1
- Brown tree snakes 1
- Burrowing animals 1
- Chemical compounds 1
- Contraception 1
- DRC-1339 1
- Deer 1
- Demonstration farms 1
- Demonstration forests 1
- Depredation 1
- Diazacon 1
- Diphacinone 1
- Elk 1
- Endangered species 1
- Field experiments 1
- Forest damage 1
- Hares 1
- Immunocontraception 1
- Indian reservations 1
- International programs 1
- Invasive species 1
- M-44 1
- Mice 1
- Microtus 1
- Moose 1
- Mountain beavers 1
- Muskrats 1
- National forests 1
- Nicarbazin 1
- Owls 1
- Pikas 1
- Pocatello Supply Depot 1
- Poisons 1
- Porcupines 1
- Predatory animals 1
- Public lands 1
- Rats 1
- Repellents 1
- Richardson's ground squirrels 1
- Rodenticides 1
- Rodents 1
- Squirrels 1
- Tranquilizer trap devices 1
- Trapping 1
- Voles 1
- Weasels 1
- Western United States 1
- Wildlife damage 1
- Wildlife food habits 1
- Wolves 1
- Woodpecker damage 1
- Yellowstone National Park 1
- Zinc Phosphide--nontarget poisoning 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- Connolly, Guy E. (1938-) 1
- Data Support Team (DST) 1
- Denver Wildlife Research Center (DWRC) 1
- Dodge, Wendell E. 1
- Environmental and Risk Analysis Services (ERAS) 1
- Fagerstone, Kathleen A. 1
- Kalmbach, E. R. 1
- Matschke, George H. 1
- National Wildlife Research Center (U.S.) (NWRC) 1
- Nolte, Dale L. 1
- Operational Support Staff (OSS) 1
- Pesticide Coordinating Committee 1
- Pesticide Coordinating Subcommittee 1
- Pocatello Supply Depot (PSD) 1
- Taylor, Jimmy D. 1
- Technical and Scientific Services (TSS) 1
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1
- United States. Bureau of Biological Survey (BBS) 1 + ∧ less
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