Notice of Hearing on the Application to Use Sodium Fluoroacetate ...

an error.
1C2. Mr. Noman i. Johnson, an ASC 'ilildlife 3ialogist employed by :he FHi
in A1 buquerque, ilen Mexico and a wi ti;ess for 'dyomi ng , et a1 . ,
considered 1080 rneac-baits a neariy perfect control ~301, in
<strong>of</strong> environmen~al safety 2nd cost efficiency, for the r2ducsion <strong>of</strong> ccyoEes
local areas. ,de cestifi2d :hai Compound 1080 bait trztions ?rovide
the capability sf selectively reducing concen~rations cf csyoces
livestock production areas prior to lambing and calving seasans ai
minimum costs in terns <strong>of</strong> manoower and ather opera~i anal expenses.
He ccntended that this ";reven~ive control ' in 1 ives tack procucti an
areas allowed dDC field 2ersonnel to devote nore ti~e
problem coyotes, ~hich had eluded the baits or moved in from adjacsnt
areas.. This testimony was based on extensive e.x:eriencs Yr. Jonnson
acquired as a District and State Supervisor <strong>of</strong> ACC speraiions in
1959-64 and 1568-71 in North and South Dakota, l?4ebraska and Colorado,
during which 1080 impregnatad meai-baits were used far control <strong>of</strong>
coyotes and red foxes. He acknowledged that, lr/hile the need for a
bait station in a particular area was based on the presence <strong>of</strong>
coyotes, there was no attempt to determine coyoce numbers or a
particular level <strong>of</strong> coyote population in an area ;he baits were
intended to achieve. He also acknowledged that the number <strong>of</strong>
coyotes taken by the baits was not known, because very few poisoned
coyotes wet e founa.