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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
Donald Hawthorne Animal Damage Control History Collection --
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: NWRC 0033
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of documents and photographs dated 1884 to 2004, with the bulk falling from 1915 to 1995. Records in this collection were collected by Hawthorne and document the history of federally sponsored Animal Damage Control (ADC) programs in the United States. Working files related to Hawthorne’s work with the ADC program are minimal. This collection is arranged into two series based on material type.
Series I consists of two boxes of documents including...
Dates:
1884 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1995
Hawaii Field Station Records --
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0024
Scope and Contents
The Hawaii Field Station Records consists of three boxes of materials dated from the mid-1930s through early 2000s. Materials in this collection document many of the research activities at the station including rodent control efforts and efforts to control invasive species such as coqui frogs and brown tree snakes. In addition to documents, this collection also includes hundreds of slides and photographs of personnel conducting lab and field work in Hawaii and Guam.
Series I...
Dates:
1935 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1980 - 2000
Investigations in Economic Mammalogy and Ornithology Collection --
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0009
Abstract
The Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammalogy was established by Dr. C. Hart Merriam and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1886. Along with Dr. A.K. Fisher, he pioneered research on methods for controlling damage to agriculture by wildlife. The Investigations in Economic Mammalogy and Ornithology contains collection data from bird collections, mammal trapping, and baiting in several western states. Each volume was pre-printed with catalog numbers and bound at the...
Dates:
1930 - 1961
Sam Linhart Records--
Collection — Container: NWRC 0049
Identifier: NWRC 0049
Abstract
Sam Linhart worked as a biologist in the predator control research section at the Denver Wildlife Research Center from 1964 to 1990. This collection contains materials from his studies related to predator control. Research records on electric fencing, leghold traps, the electronic guard, the 1080 toxic collar, livestock protection dogs, the M-44, and tranquilizer tabs for wild carnivore traps are included. This collection also contains images related to Linhart’s research.
Dates:
1953 - 1992
Wildlife Services Wyoming State Office Records --
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0028
Abstract
The Wildlife Services Wyoming State Office Records document activities at the State Office in Casper from the early 1900s through 2003. The Wyoming WS program's mission is to protect domestic livestock from predators such as coyotes, red fox, mountain lions, black bears, and threatened or endangered species, such as grizzly bears and wolves. The Wyoming Wildlife Services office works with a diverse set of cooperators, including airports, businesses, cities, counties, and individuals to...
Dates:
1915 - 2003
WS Idaho State Office Records --
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0031
Scope and Contents
This collection includes five series and consists of eleven boxes of materials, including documents, slides, photographs, and artifacts that document the history of bird, predator, and rodent control in the state of Idaho from 1915 to 1990. Materials from several federal agencies and programs such as the BBS, WPA, CCC, USFWS, ADC, USDA, USDI, and Wildlife Services are included.
Series I of this collection includes 75 years (1915-1990) of annual reports highlighting predator and...
Dates:
1915 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1980
WS Nebraska and Texas State Office Slides --
Collection
Identifier: NWRC 0056
Scope and Contents
The WS Nebraska and Texas State Office Slides Collection consists of two series of 35mm slides that are arranged alphabetically across seven boxes. The slides date from 1959 to 1996, with the bulk between 1980 and 1990. They document rodents, birds, predators, livestock, dogs, wildlife damage, animal damage control projects, and people.
Dates:
1959-1996; Majority of material found within 1980-1990
Filtered By
- Subject: Trapping X
Filter Results
Additional filters:
- Subject
- Rodent control 6
- Trapping 5
- Predator control 4
- Aerial hunting 3
- Coyotes 3
- M-44 3
- Antelope 2
- Birds 2
- Compound 1080 2
- Coyote getter 2
- Coyote trapping 2
- Mammals 2
- Public lands 2
- Rodent damage 2
- Wolves 2
- Agriculture 1
- American bison 1
- Animal Damage Control Program (U.S.) 1
- Animal damage control 1
- Annual reports 1
- Aquaculture 1
- Attractants 1
- Bait stations 1
- Baiting 1
- Baits 1
- Bears 1
- Beavers 1
- Bighorn sheep 1
- Bird control 1
- Bird damage 1
- Birds--predation 1
- Brown tree snakes 1
- Burrowing animals 1
- Cane sugar 1
- Coqui frogs 1
- Coyote hunting 1
- Crop damage 1
- Crops 1
- DRC-1339 1
- Demonstration farms 1
- Demonstration forests 1
- Depredation 1
- Diphacinone 1
- Eagles 1
- Electric fences 1
- Feral swine 1
- Field experiments 1
- Fields 1
- Frightening Devices 1
- Fur 1
- Grizzly bears 1
- Ground squirrels 1
- Guam 1
- Indian reservations 1
- Jackrabbits 1
- Leghold traps 1
- Legislation 1
- Livestock 1
- Livestock Protection Collar 1
- Livestock guarding dogs 1
- Livestock predation 1
- Macadamia nuts 1
- Mice 1
- Mountain lions 1
- Muskrats 1
- National forests 1
- National parks 1
- Orchards 1
- People 1
- Pocatello Supply Depot 1
- Pocket gophers 1
- Poisons 1
- Prairie dogs 1
- Predation 1
- Predator damage 1
- Predators 1
- Predatory animals 1
- Radio Telemetry 1
- Rats 1
- Reforestation 1
- Repellents 1
- Rodenticides 1
- Rodents 1
- Starlings 1
- Strychnine 1
- Toxicants 1
- Tranquilizer trap devices 1
- Trappers 1
- Trapping equipment 1
- Western United States 1
- Wildlife habitats 1
- Wyoming, USA 1
- Yellowstone National Park 1
- Zinc Phosphide 1 + ∧ less
- Names
- Animal Damage Control Program (U.S.) (ADC) 2
- United States. Bureau of Biological Survey (BBS) 2
- Wildlife Services (U.S.) 2
- Denver Wildlife Research Center (DWRC) 1
- Evans, Benjamin L. 1
- Goldman, Luther J. 1
- Hawthorne, Donald W. 1
- Hilo, Hawaii Field Station 1
- Linhart, Samuel B. (1932-2019) 1
- Twitchell, Leo S. 1
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 1
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Branch of Predator and Rodent Control 1
- United States. Department of Agriculture. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Wildlife Services 1 + ∧ less
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