Wildlife in Airport Environments: Preventing Animal–Aircraft Collisions through Science-Based Management

Acknowledgments

Chapter Reviewers James Armstrong Auburn University Ken Ballinger Arkion Life Sciences Tara Baranowski U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services Thomas Barnes University of Kentucky Scott Barras U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services Scott Beckerman U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services Jason Boulanger Cornell University Frank Boyd U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services Peter Coates U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center Richard Dolbeer U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services (retired) Joelle Gehring Michigan State University Allen Gosser U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services Robert Kennamer University of Georgia Tommy King U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center Matt Klope U.S. Navy Martin Lowney U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services James Martin Mississippi State University Mark McConnell Mississippi State University Acknowledgments The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC); U.S. Department of Transportation , Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); U.S. Department of Defense (DoD); and numerous representatives from private industry provided funding for much of the research reported herein. However, opinions expressed in this book do not necessarily reflect current FAA or DoD policy decisions governing the control of wildlife at or near airports. The FAA and NWRC also provided funding support for the preparation of this book, and NWRC and Mississippi State University provided salary support for the editors. We thank Elizabeth Poggiali (NWRC) for spending many hours proofing chapters, Vincent Burke (The Johns Hopkins University Press) for his editorial assistance, Ashleigh McKown for copyediting the manuscript, The Wildlife Society for its support of this book, and the many airport biologists around the world for their work that keeps us safe. We are also pleased to recognize the time and comments offered by the chapter reviewers listed below. Our intent in obtaining reviews was to select at least two referees for each chapter, including a research biologist or professor and a wildlife manager. We thank all the reviewers for sharing their expertise. xiv acknowledgments Terri Pope Utah Division of Wildlife Resources Craig Pullins U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services Russ Reidinger Lincoln University Gene Rhodes University of Georgia Sam Riffell Mississippi State University Laurence Schafer U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services Peter Scott Indiana State University Thomas Seamans U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center Jason Suckow U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services Mark Tobin U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center Guiming Wang Mississippi State University Brian Washburn U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center Scott Werner U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center Gary Witmer U.S. Department of Agriculture, Wildlife Services, National Wildlife Research Center WILDLIFE IN AIRPORT ENVIRONMENTS This page intentionally left blank ...