ATTACHMENT A
WORK PLAN
For the Conduct of an Integrated Wildlife Harassment and Monitoring Project
under a Cooperative Service Agreement between The City of Nashua and USDA,
APHIS, Wildlife Services (WS)
Introduction
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is authorized to protect American
agriculture and other resources from damage associated with wildlife. The primary
authority for Wildlife Services (WS) is the Act of March 2, 1931 (46 Stat. 1468; 7
U.S.C.426-426b) as amended, and the Act of December 22, 1987 (101Stat. 1329-331, 7
U.S.C. 426c). Wildlife Services activities are conducted in cooperation with other
Federal, State and local agencies; private organizations and individuals.
The WS program uses an Integrated Wildlife Damage Management (IWDM) approach
(sometimes referred to as IPM or “Integrated Pest Management”) in which a series of
methods may be used or recommended to reduce wildlife damage. IWDM is described
in Chapter 1, 1-7 of the Animal Damage Control Program Final Environmental Impact
Statement (USDA, 1994). These methods include the alteration of cultural practices as
well as habitat and behavioral modification to prevent damage. However, controlling
wildlife damage may require that the offending animal(s) are killed or that the
populations of the offending species be reduced.
Purpose
To reduce on and off-site conflicts associated with large concentrations of gulls, turkey
vultures, starlings and woodchucks attracted to the Four Hills Municipal Landfill,
Nashua, New Hampshire through the conduct of an integrated wildlife harassment and
monitoring project.
Planned USDA, APHIS. Wildlife Services Activities
1. Wildlife Services will staff the integrated bird damage management and monitoring
program five working days (8-9 hours) from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 (52
consecutive weeks) except government holidays, mandatory scheduled training days and
under extreme weather conditions .
2. Wildlife Services completed an Environmental Assessment (EA) “Reducing Bird
Damage Through an Integrated Wildlife Damage Management Program in the State of
New Hampshire”.
