Rodent Control Aided by Emergency Conservation Work

By Stanley Paul Young

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Dec 12, 2019
• ISBN: 4064066181970

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Stanley Paul Young

Rodent Control Aided by Emergency Conservation Work

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4064066181970

Table of Contents

Need for Rodent Control

Federal, State, and Local Cooperation

Training of E.C.W. Crews

Timeliness of Emergency Aid

Forest and Forage Protection

Aid in Erosion Control

Examples of Benefits Derived

Safeguarding Harmless Species

Control Work Illustrated

PRAIRIE DOGS

GROUND SQUIRRELS

POCKET GOPHERS

KANGAROO RATS

RABBITS AND HARES

PORCUPINES

A TYPICAL E.C.W. CREW

Need for Rodent Control

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The Emergency Conservation Work Program has been of inestimable value in the control of prairie dogs, ground squirrels, pocket gophers, kangaroo rats, rabbits, and porcupines. The citizens of the West have been forced to carry on campaigns for the control of these rodents since the settlers first staked out claims on the prairies. To the agricultural interests of the West the control of rodents is as vital as is the proper spraying of trees throughout the East to prevent damage by insects. These small mammals cover the western ranges by countless thousands, and control is necessary if crops are to be grown.

Rodent control is nothing new. Records indicate that as early as 1808, strychnine was shipped by