Summary and evaluation of the coyote control program, Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1, Kern County, California, 1986

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:6851858

Scrivner, J H; Harris, C E

For the second consecutive year (1986) the US Department of Energy funded a coyote (Canis latrans) control program in an attempt to reduce predation of the endangered San Joaquin kit fox (Vulpes macrotis mutica) on Naval Petroleum Reserve No. 1 in Kern County, California. A total of 46 adult and 18 pups were taken. Trapping was the most productive control method. Data were gathered on standard measurements, weights, ages, and reproductive condition of the coyotes. No kit foxes were trapped. Recommendations were made to begin the 1986/1987 control program in December 1986, and to use helicopters for aerial gunning and to locate coyote dens.

• Research Organization: EG and G Energy Measurements, Inc., Goleta, CA (USA). Santa Barbara Operations
• DOE Contract Number: AC08-83NV10282
• OSTI ID: 6851858
• Report Number(s): EGG-10282-2125; ON: DE87004457
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ANIMALS
CALIFORNIA
CONTROL
COYOTES
ENDANGERED SPECIES
FEDERAL REGION IX
FOXES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
MAMMALS
MINERAL RESOURCES
NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVE
NORTH AMERICA
PEST CONTROL
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
POPULATION DYNAMICS
RESERVES
RESOURCES
USA
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