WORK PLAN
In accordance with the Cooperative Service Agreement between the Cooperator and the United States
Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Wildlife
Services (WS), this Work Plan sets forth the objectives, activities and budget of this project during the
period of this agreement.
The APHIS WS program uses an Integrated Wildlife Damage Management approach (referred to as
IPM or “Integrated Pest Management”) in which a series of methods may be used or recommended to
reduce wildlife damage. 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.
Description of Damage:
Four Hills Landfill-City of Nashua, NH. Accumulation of food waste at the landfill is an attractant for
gulls and turkey vultures. Birds attracted to the landfill have caused conflicts in neighborhoods
adjacent to and nearby the landfill.
Program Objective
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.
Plan of Action
1. Wildlife Services will staff the integrated bird damage management and monitoring program
five working days (8 hours) from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025 except government
holidays, mandatory scheduled training days, accrued annual leave, and under extreme
weather conditions.
2. Wildlife Services will provide bird harassment training as required of landfill personnel.
3. Wildlife Services will assist the City in obtaining a USFWS depredation permit for 2022-
2025. Wildlife Services will assume responsibility for processing the USFWS permit
application for the City’s signature.
4. Wildlife Services will continue monitoring efforts of wildlife activity and presence at the
nearby Ledgewood Hills condominiums and other surrounding areas deemed to be of concern
to the City and impacted by gulls, starlings or other birds associated with Four Hills Landfill
activities to assess the effectiveness of the integrated gull harassment program. Wildlife
Services will also conduct harassment activities at the Ledgewood Hills condominiums and
other identified nearby properties as necessary and agreed upon, to reduce gull activity and
associated damage to property.
5. Wildlife Services will conduct woodchuck control activities on landfill property to reduce
burrowing activity and potential damage to landfill property as requested.
6. Wildlife Services will conduct starling, pigeon, and house sparrow control activities on
landfill property, as requested, to reduce damage to buildings and equipment.
7. Wildlife Services will provide the City and other interested parties a summary report including
recommendations of integrated harassment activities, as requested.
