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Bowers Field Wildlife Hazard Management Plan <br /> TABLE OF CONTENTS <br /> EXECUTIVESUMMARY.................................................................................................H <br /> IBACKGROUND...........................................................................................................1-1 <br /> 1.0 Scope...................................................................Error! Bookmark not defined. <br /> 1.1 Locational Aspects............................................................................................1-1 <br /> 1.2 Objectives.......................................................................................................... 1-2 <br /> 1.3 Strike History.................................................................................................... 1-3 <br /> 2 WILDLIFE HAZARD EVALUATION.............................................................................2-1 <br /> 2.1 Methods.............................................................................................................2-1 <br /> 2.1.1 Hazardous Guilds.......................................................................................2-4 <br /> 2.1.2 Habitats and Attractants.............................................................................2-9 <br /> 2.2 WHE Conclusion and Recommendations.......................................................2-10 <br /> 2.2.1 Blackbirds................................................................................................2-11 <br /> 2.2.2 Corvids.....................................................................................................2-12 <br /> 2.2.3 Raptors.....................................................................................................2-12 <br /> 3 A UTHORITYAND RESPONSIBILITIES.........................................................................3-1 <br /> 3.1 Airport Manager................................................................................................3-1 <br /> 3.2 Airport Maintenance Personnel.........................................................................3-1 <br /> 3.3 USDA Wildlife Services...................................................................................3-2 <br /> 4 LOCAL,STATE,AND FEDERAL WILDLIFE REGULATIONS AND PERMITS.....................4-1 <br /> 4.1 Wildlife Categories ...........................................................................................4-1 <br /> 4.2 Washington Wildlife Regulations.....................................................................4-3 <br /> 4.3 Federal Wildlife Regulations ............................................................................4-1 <br /> 4.4 Birds..................................................................................................................4-3 <br /> 4.4.1 European Starlings,House Sparrows, and Eurasian Collared Dove .........4-3 <br /> 4.4.2 Feral Birds..................................................................................................4-3 <br /> 4.4.3 Migratory Birds..........................................................................................4-3 <br /> 4.4.4 Blackbirds, Cowbirds, Crows, and Magpies..............................................4-4 <br /> 4.5 Mammals...........................................................................................................4-4 <br /> 4.5.1 Game Mammals.........................................................................................4-4 <br /> 4.5.2 Furbearers ..................................................................................................4-4 <br /> 4.5.3 Non-game Mammals..................................................................................4-5 <br /> 4.6 Reptiles &Amphibians.....................................................................................4-5 <br /> 4.7 Threatened and Endangered Species.................................................................4-5 <br /> 4.7.1 Federal and State Threatened and Endangered Species.............................4-5 <br /> 4.7.2 Avoiding Impacts to Threatened and Endangered Species........................4-6 <br /> 4.7.3 Habitat Conservation .................................................................................4-7 <br /> 4.8 FAA Advisory Circulars and CertAlerts...........................................................4-7 <br /> 4.8.1 Advisory Circulars.....................................................................................4-7 <br /> 4.8.2 CertAlerts...................................................................................................4-8 <br /> S HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND LAND USE...................................................................5-1 <br /> 5.1 Habitat Management.........................................................................................5-1 <br /> 5.1.1 Open Water................................................................................................5-1 <br /> 5.1.2 Woodlands .................................................................................................5-1 <br /> 5.1.3 Grasslands..................................................................................................5-1 <br /> iv <br /> 31 December 2024 <br />