Hawaii, USA

Abstract The Bureau of Biological Survey began research in Hawaii in 1935. By 1967 an official field station was built and staffed with DWRC researchers to conduct rodent control work in Hilo, Hawaii. In 1982, all federal funding for the Hilo Field Station was cut, which led to its closure in 1983. But in 1988 Congress appropriated funds to re-open and renovate the Hilo Hawaii Field Station. This collection consists of photographs and documentation that highlights the renovations and re-opening...

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...

Abstract

Weldon Robinson reminisces about his career as a wildlife research biologist working for the U.S. Forest Service, Biological Survey, Denver Wildlife Research Center (DWRC), and USDA's, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife Services. He discusses his work in wildlife damage control where he worked to control coyotes and rats by using trapping and toxicants. Robinson talks about field research, his work overseas, and his dislike of toxicant research.

Scope and Contents

This series includes digital files, transcripts of retiree oral history interviews and release forms for interviews conducted in 2017.