{"id":18133,"date":"2021-04-05T13:53:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T13:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=18133"},"modified":"2021-04-05T13:57:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-05T13:57:51","slug":"usda-and-partners-work-to-identify-best-management-practices-for-wildlife-repellents-at-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/usda-and-partners-work-to-identify-best-management-practices-for-wildlife-repellents-at-airports\/%20","title":{"rendered":"USDA and Partners Work to Identify Best Management Practices for Wildlife Repellents at Airports"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A variety of wildlife species\u2014from birds to rodents and rabbits\u2014often visit airport environments leading to safety concerns for both wildlife and airline passengers. Collisions between wildlife and aircraft have increased in the past 30 years because of an increase in both hazardous wildlife species populations and aircraft movements. To help reduce the risk of these potentially dangerous interactions, USDA-APHIS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/aphis\/ourfocus\/wildlifedamage\">Wildlife Services<\/a> (WS) biologists provide airport operators across the Nation with advice and recommendations on how to keep runways and flight paths clear of wildlife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs part of an effort to help guide recommendations on the use of a naturally occurring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/aphis\/ourfocus\/wildlifedamage\/programs\/nwrc\/sa_research\/CT-Research-by-Topic?p=Repellent_Applications\">wildlife repellent<\/a> at airports, WS is planning a series of trials at airports in several states,\u201d states WS research wildlife biologist Dr. Scott Werner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, WS researchers and airport biologists from eight\nstates are partnering with Arkion Life Sciences, LLC to identify best\nmanagement practices for applying an anthraquinone-based repellent called\nFlight Control\u00ae Max. Anthraquinone is a naturally occurring compound that is\nfound in more than 200 plant species in North America. When eaten,\nanthraquinone has a repellency effect in many wild birds and some wild rodents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cArkion is providing their wildlife repellent for use in\nfield trials at approximately 12 military, civil and joint-use airports\nnationwide,\u201d continues Werner. \u201cThe repellent will be applied at various\nlocations on our cooperating airports. WS airport biologists will then survey\nand compare the wildlife on treated and nearby untreated locations. Results\nwill help us identify what worked and what didn\u2019t work and will be the basis\nfor recommended best management practices for use of the repellent at\nairports.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WS plans to make its findings known later this year. For more information, please visit the WS National Wildlife Research Center\u2019s Repellents Research Project and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphis.usda.gov\/aphis\/ourfocus\/wildlifedamage\/programs\/sa_airport\/ct_airport_hazards\">WS National Airport Wildlife Hazards Program<\/a> websites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A variety of wildlife species\u2014from birds to rodents and rabbits\u2014often visit airport environments leading to safety concerns for both wildlife and airline passengers. Collisions between wildlife and aircraft have increased in the past 30 years because of an increase in both hazardous wildlife species populations and aircraft movements. 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