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Bowers Field Wildlife Hazard Management Plan <br />TABLE OF CONTENTS <br />EXECUTIVESUMMARY................................................................................................. It <br />IBACKGROUND...........................................................................................................1-1 <br />1.0 Scope...............................................................................................................1-1 <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............................................................................. <br />2-9 <br />2.2 WHE Conclusion and Recommendations........................................................ <br />2-10 <br />2.2.1 Blackbirds................................................................................................ <br />2-11 <br />2.2.2 Corvids.....................................................................................................2-12 <br />2.2.3 Raptors..................................................................................................... <br />2-12 <br />3 A UTHORITYAND RESPONSIBILITIES......................................................................... 3-1 <br />3.1 Airport Manager................................................................................................ <br />3-1 <br />3.2 Airport Maintenance Personnel......................................................................... <br />3-1 <br />3.3 USDA Wildlife Services................................................................................... <br />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..................................................................... <br />4-3 <br />4.3 Federal Wildlife Regulations............................................................................4-1 <br />4.4 Birds.................................................................................................................. <br />4-3 <br />4.4.1 European Starlings, House Sparrows, and Eurasian Collared Dove ......... <br />4-3 <br />4.4.2 Feral Birds.................................................................................................. <br />4-3 <br />4.4.3 Migratory Birds.......................................................................................... <br />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......................................................................................... <br />4-4 <br />4.5.2 Furbearers.................................................................................................. <br />4-4 <br />4.5.3 Non -game Mammals..................................................................................4-5 <br />4.6 Reptiles & Amphibians..................................................................................... <br />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 ........................ <br />4-6 <br />4.7.3 Habitat Conservation................................................................................. <br />4-7 <br />4.8 FAA Advisory Circulars and CertAlerts...........................................................4-7 <br />4.8.1 Advisory Circulars..................................................................................... <br />4-7 <br />4.8.2 CertAlerts................................................................................................... <br />4-8 <br />S HABITAT MANAGEMENT AND LAND USE................................................................... 5-1 <br />5.1 Habitat Management......................................................................................... <br />5-1 <br />5.1.1 Open Water................................................................................................5-1 <br />5.1.2 Woodlands................................................................................................. <br />5-1 <br />5.1.3 Grasslands..................................................................................................5-1 <br />iv <br />31 December 2024 <br />