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Wildlife Damage Management
Plan Goals
To make farmers, ranchers, and the general public aware of contemporary practices utilized to reduce or eliminate animal damage problems. To develop innovative and cost effective methods to cope with wildlife damage problems.
Impact Reports
THE HIGH COST OF CONTROLING PRARIE DOGS AND SOME PEOPLE NOT WANTING TO CONTROL THEM ON THEIR PROPERTY MAKES IT VERY DIFFUCLT TO CONTROL THESE PESTS. SOME AREAS IN THE COUNTY ARE INFESTED. THE HAY FIELDS ARE NOT PRODUCING. EIGHT PRODUCERS USED VERYOUS METHODS TO TRY AND CONTROL THE PRARIE DOGS.
WILD LIFE CONTINUE TO CREATE PROBLEMS IN THE COUNTY. OUR BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE PRARIE DOG POPULATION CONSUMING OUR HAY CROPS AND DISTROYING MANY FIELDS. ELK ARE ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE CROPS.
WE USE BAITS AND THE RODEX 5000 TO CONTROL PRARIE DOGS.FIFTEEN PRODUCERS HAVE USED THESE TWO METHODS WITH SUCESS ON THE DOGS. I DO ON SITE DEMOS FOR THE PRODUCERS WHEN NEEDED.
WE USE BAITS AND THE RODEX 5000 TO CONTROL PRARIE DOGS.FIFTEEN PRODUCERS HAVE USED THESE TWO METHODS WITH SUCESS ON THE DOGS. I DO ON SITE DEMOS FOR THE PRODUCERS WHEN NEEDED.
PRARIE DOGS ARE A PROBLEM IN THE VALLEYS WHERE HAY IS HARVESTED. THREE PRODUCERS USED THE RODEX 5000 TO ELEMINATE THE DOGS FROM THE PASTURES. EIGHT OTHER PRODUCES USED BAIT FOR CONTROL. THE PRODUCERS BNEFIT BY INCREASED HAY PRODUCTION. THE AGENT DOES ON SITE DEMOS FOR PRODUCERS WITH EITHER THE RODEX OR BAIT AP0PLICATIONS.
Ornamental, Turf, and Agricultural CEU Workshop 2008: Wildlife Damage Control was one of topics presented. There is an annual requirement to provide Continuing Education Unit (CEU) training and NMDA certification to Ornamental, Turf and Agricultural pesticide license holders. The training was directed to serve 150 license holders whose licenses expire December 31st each year. This year, the license year changed to start January 1st, and all renewals will be due by December 31st each year for all categories.
Planning was accomplished by telephone with Valencia and Sandoval County Extension Agents and an Albuquerque NMDA Pesticide staff member. The agent coordinated the rental and use of the 4-H Center facility, advertising brochures, promoted via mail and e-mail. Also contacted NMSU specialists and speakers to present topics and identify AV and handout needs. Contacted NMDA to award CEU’s from the program. We collected the pre-registrations and registrations at this office utilizing the secretarial staff. This secretarial staff coordinated the collection of purchase orders and payments since this was a fee workshop.
The workshop had 60 participants who qualified to re-certify their NMDA pesticide licenses.
Formal evaluation revealed that 79% of the participants considered the information and methods of presentation to be above average. The evaluation instrument was a scale of 5 with 5 being the highest. (5 received 50% of the rating).
Topics requested for 2009 were Safe Pesticides around aquatic environments, more IPM techniques, Target (spot) spraying, pruning and watering, more about beneficial insects and backflow devices.
Agencies and businesses who participated were: NMSU Specialist / Ag Science Centers, BIA, USDA Forest Service, City of Portales, City of Albuquerque Parks & Recreation, UNM Physical Plant, City of Clovis, Gallup-McKinley County School District, and Albuquerque Bio Park & Botanic Gardens.
Planning was accomplished by telephone with Valencia and Sandoval County Extension Agents and an Albuquerque NMDA Pesticide staff member. The agent coordinated the rental and use of the 4-H Center facility, advertising brochures, promoted via mail and e-mail. Also contacted NMSU specialists and speakers to present topics and identify AV and handout needs. Contacted NMDA to award CEU’s from the program. We collected the pre-registrations and registrations at this office utilizing the secretarial staff. This secretarial staff coordinated the collection of purchase orders and payments since this was a fee workshop.
The workshop had 60 participants who qualified to re-certify their NMDA pesticide licenses.
Formal evaluation revealed that 79% of the participants considered the information and methods of presentation to be above average. The evaluation instrument was a scale of 5 with 5 being the highest. (5 received 50% of the rating).
Topics requested for 2009 were Safe Pesticides around aquatic environments, more IPM techniques, Target (spot) spraying, pruning and watering, more about beneficial insects and backflow devices.
Agencies and businesses who participated were: NMSU Specialist / Ag Science Centers, BIA, USDA Forest Service, City of Portales, City of Albuquerque Parks & Recreation, UNM Physical Plant, City of Clovis, Gallup-McKinley County School District, and Albuquerque Bio Park & Botanic Gardens.
Many of the clientele telephone the office and consult this agent on a number of topics, including wildlife damage. Usual protocol is to ask many questions to determine if they have in fact enough data to make a valid recommendation. If not, then often times a site or home visit will be made to help solve the problem. Most questions were very basic in nature and can be solved over the telephone. There were 1344 questions asked of this agent this year, with 192 concerning 4-H and Youth programs. The rest were agriculture, horticulture and livestock related concerning Termites, Bees, Ticks, Ants, Insects in general, Bed bugs, Plant diseases, Weeds, Insecticides, Herbicides, Pigeons, Swallows, Migratory and protected species birds, Cats, Dogs, Gophers, Pack Rats, Squirrels, Pastures, Ponds & pond scum, Alfalfa, Bats & Bat houses and many more. Resource based information and NMSU or other approved literature was provided to the clientele by mail. Most of the clientele were receptive to the information and I am fairly certain that at least 80% used the information in their particular situations.