Tag: wildlife services

February 22, 2017

Red-necked grebe gets lift from Wildlife Services

Staff of the Wildlife Services-Massachusetts program arrived at their Amherst headquarters one November morning to discover a red-necked grebe floundering on the lawn. Tim Cozine, CWB® and a staff wildlife...

February 3, 2017

The rise of double-crested cormorants: Too much of a good thing?

For centuries, people have viewed cormorants negatively. In classical literature, the word cormorant represented greed and gluttony. However, natural resource professionals have long recognized the ecological value of all wildlife,...

January 23, 2017

Tagging vultures for safety’s sake

Since 2001, MacDill Air Force Base has housed the 6th Air Mobility Wing, which provides air refueling and airlift operations in the southeastern United States and to military operations in...

January 3, 2017

Working with TN Universities to offer field experiences

Over the past 14 years, the Wildlife Services program in Tennessee/Kentucky has provided a full semester field-based wildlife damage management course at the University of Tennessee – Martin, one part...

December 16, 2016

Close encounters of a raptor kind

In mid-November, the Wildlife Services-Missouri program gave Jefferson City Boys and Girls Club an up-close and personal experience with common raptors.  With assistance from the Wildlife Club of Lincoln University,...

November 28, 2016

New study to track Cook County turtles and habitat use

Future generations of turtles in the Chicago area have new hope thanks to Forest Preserves of Cook County, Friends of the Chicago River, and USDA Wildlife Services.  For many aquatic...

November 10, 2016

Successful 2016 oral rabies vaccination campaign completed

2016 marks the 21st year that the USDA Wildlife Services (WS) National Rabies Management Program (NRMP) has participated in the distribution of oral rabies vaccine (ORV) baits in the U.S.,...

October 14, 2016

Wildlife Services to cease predator damage management in NV

A settlement agreement has ordered United States Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services (WS) to cease all predator damage management actions in certain areas of Nevada until the program can prove...

September 15, 2016

Like catching lightning — global campaign to end rabies now

The time has come to “end rabies now” and we have the tools and strategies to do it, according to a growing coalition of global rabies experts. After close to...

September 7, 2016

Health checks for continent’s condors

Twice a year biologists, staff and volunteers at the Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge live-capture California condors, part of a remarkable effort to recover North America’s largest, highest-flying, and most...