What Birds Tell us About Bird-Strikes
Just like a page out of a detective novel or the next episode of CSI, USDA-APHIS researchers at the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) are using forensic science to help unravel the mystery...
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Improving Agriculture Production through Rodent Damage Management
Rodents cause millions of dollars in damages to field crops, stored grain and farm equipment each year. In addition, they are the major carrier for more than 60 diseases that are transmissible to...
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USDA Tests New Bird Detection Technology
Recently, USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) scientists at the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) tested two new scare devices developed by private companies that include...
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APHIS Veterinarians, Protecting our Nation’s Wildlife Populations
Dr. Jack Rhyan, APHIS Wildlife Pathologist, Fort Collins, CO I’m Dr. Jack Rhyan and I’m a wildlife pathologist for USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Veterinary Services. I’ve...
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Tapping Renewable Energy Potential at Airports
Converting airport grasslands to biofuel, solar or wind production may not only provide more environmentally sound alternative energy sources, but also increase revenue for airports and reduce the...
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Technology Transfer to Private Sector Focus of USDA Event
On August 7, 2012, USDA-APHIS National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) experts and representatives from other Federal research laboratories in northern Colorado will host a free, 1-day technology...
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Thurgood Marshall College Fund Students Gain Experience with APHIS Wildlife...
Thurgood Marshall College Fund interns Joseph Williams (left) and Aaron Thomas. For Joseph Williams and Aaron Thomas, the experience couldn’t have been better. “I’m from Tuskegee University in Alabama,...
View ArticleBlack Bear Cubs Find Temporary Home at APHIS Wildlife Research Facility
For the first time in its 40-year history, the USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services (WS) National Wildlife Research Center’s (NWRC) field station in Millville, UT, is home to more than just coyotes....
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USDA Serving Montana Ranchers, Farmers
Ben Hofer, Rockport Colony Secretary, with a Kangal. NWRC researchers are studying the potential of these livestock guard animals for use where large predators include wolves and grizzly bear. The...
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Rehabilitated Bear Cubs Return Home to the Wild
Earlier this year (see July 31 blog), the USDA-APHIS Wildlife Services National Wildlife Research Center’s (NWRC) field station in Millville, Utah, agreed to house two orphaned black bear cubs as part...
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APHIS Reaches Out to Tribal Extension Agents
FRTEP extension agents and a Colville Confederated Tribe representative in Washington State with invasive Scotch thistle. Infestations of this noxious weed can reduce forage production and land use by...
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American Farmers Benefit from APHIS Bird Repellent Research
A captive horned lark is offered lettuce seedlings treated with a bird repellent. Photo by USDA Wildlife Services California is the “bread basket” of American agriculture. In 2012, California’s 80,500...
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APHIS Geneticist Finds New Way to Track Invasive Pythons
Can you find the snake? A Burmese python peeks out from its hiding place in Florida. APHIS Wildlife Services experts are developing new tools to help track and remove this invasive species. Photo by...
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Helping Businesses Grow: NWRC Wins 2015 Award for Excellence in Technology...
Engineers from Applied Design Corporation in Colorado test the delivery of aerial bait cartridges from a helicopter. Photo by USDA. John Eisemann spends much of his time on the phone or in meetings...
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Rabies Research and Prevention Subject of Student’s Winning Logo
Colorado State University graphics design student Katie Clonan with her winning logo. Photo by USDA. Come this October, Katie Clonan is looking forward to seeing the fruits of her labor all over Fort...
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Events Highlight the Impact of Rabies on People, Pets and Wildlife
USDA is honored to host the 26th Rabies in the Americas conference in Fort Collin, Colorado, beginning Sunday, Oct. 4. What do raccoons, vampire bats, and mongooses have in common? All are wildlife...
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USDA Helps Bring Bison Back to Colorado’s Prairies
A surrogate mother bison stands guard over her new baby. The young bison is part of the Laramie Foothills Bison Conservation Herd – a group of genetically-pure and disease-free bison established by...
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Bison are back and here to stay at the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie
Bison on the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie. Photo credit: Gary Chancey, US Forest Service. Guest Post by Hannah Ettema of the National Forest Foundation. It was like stepping back through time on...
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Brown Tree Snake Research Wins DoD’s 2015 Resource Conservation Project of...
USDA Wildlife Services research has led to the development of an aerial bait to control invasive brown tree snakes on Guam. The effort was awarded the Department of Defense’s 2015 Project of the Year...
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The Little-Known Threat to Wild Turkeys
Turkeys in Texas engaging in courting before laying eggs, which are increasingly at risk from feral swine. Image: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Spring brings new life to the fields and forests and...
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