NWCO loosing about 70K a year in western NY. and free advertising for USDA.

http://www.wgrz.com/news/article/175248/37/What-Towns-Are-Doing--And-Not-Doing--To-Control-Geese

Anyone know how to apply for the grant?

http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/241698/group/homepage/

Some free advertising for USDA Wildlife Services in ND,

By the way; NWCOs in ND you missed out on over 200 jobs in your state.

USDA WS gets more funding!

http://www.lagrandeobserver.com/News/Local-News/County-approves-budget-amid-uncertainty

Is USDA trying to expand their power in Virginia?

Here is an EA that may lead to more control, and more competioin with the private sector. Please review and comment.

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/regulations/pdfs/nepa/VA-Vulture%20EA%20supplement_Website%20%20DRAFT.pdf

or

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/regulations/ws/ws_nepa_public_notice_VA_2.shtml

USDA wildlife services
Signing 5 year contracts in NE

http://www.co.lincoln.ne.us/index.php?op...s&Itemid=33

Anyone need beaver work in NC?

http://www.ncwildlife.org/Portals/0/Trapping/Documents/BMAP_Obtaining_Service.pdf

And yet another

http://www.vernoncounty.org/lwcd/wildlifeDamage.htm

Another 20k to USDA wildlife services

http://www.hillsboroughcounty.org/DocumentCenter/Home/View/3998

Interesting

http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:6_rHfOteEhUJ:www.aphis.usda.gov/foia/foia_logs/2012/May.xls+%22usda+wildlife+services%22+contract&cd=81&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari

2500 in WA

Once USDA knows the price of the bidders they then come in at half the price
This is proof that USDA undercuts private companies. Keep in mind they have charged over 200k for the same services.
This link will take you to a video player
jump to item 21

http://stcloudmn.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=2&clip_id=397

We had our atate beekeepers meeting this past weekend and one of our speakers spoke about their efforts to set up an independant non profit bee lab in NC. It was interesting to hear the issues he faced with resistance from acedemics (universities and the whole grant processs) and the USDA (Beltsville lab). We ain't the only ones that have issues with the USDA. On that side of the house the universities and Beltsville are locked into the grant process and it is incestuous. The short term grant programs and the rush to get published actually impede long term research. I really hadn't spotted it until this speaker mentioned it but almost all of these "studies" are designed around the short term to obtain the grant (which the universities bleed off more than half for "overhead") and then get the results published. So almost all of the so called studies reflect only one or two variables over the course of a single season instead of over several seasons to determine sustainability.
Interesting to me to see the system so rigged to keep the tax dollars flowing.

David, I love reading your posts. Your mom did a great job!

We are drowning in our own beuracracy!

Free advertising for USDA
http://www.the-dispatch.com/article/20120912/News/309129985

Wonder who is funding this in NY.
I guess nwcos are not qualified to do the work?

http://blog.syracuse.com/outdoors/2012/09/operation_pig-out_usda_works_w.html


How many nwcos are doing hog control?

http://www.pressconnects.com/assets/pdf/CB172981412.PDF

The above link pertaining to USDA wild hog work in New York State. This speaks for itself. This was a 8 month operation and netting a grand total of 27 wild hogs.

I received the official word from the MS Dept of Wildlife fisheries and Parks Furbearer Manager, after he and the law enforcement divison was adivsed of the 4 state trapping violations that the USDA Beaver Trappers were violating he has advised me that a AGREEMENT exsist to allow this to occur. No state statues exist excempting the USDA from violating 4 state trapping laws, except this unpublished AGREEMENT. And the agreement I susptect a memorandum of understanding between the federal and state agency remains unpublished and unavailable at this time.