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

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;usper.sizn <strong>of</strong> ;oe ragi i;ra;i3n 2; ;oi~pcu,~; ICaC) rr-g~r:::; ibr;e-
bai t s~az-ians )was thaC :he ni n ihum number Fecessary co achieve
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effective cayote managenent ras f3 be glac~d. ~ n i i Lvas jenerally
interyreted as requiring or penizting the pliicemerlt <strong>of</strong> not more
than one stazion per township. %i:h the approval <strong>of</strong> the Siate
Supervisor, up to tuo stations per cownship could be ?laced wner.
cerrain required adai~ionai pl3cementi in orcer i3 achieve needed
controi. Guidelines issued by tne 3urzau further stazed tnac :he
use <strong>of</strong> 1020 large 3ai ts was a technique r5served for ar5as here
other con~rol methods had not been eifecti~e in r~duclng cayoie
populatjon to a desired level and where such use would have a
minimum efiecz on oon-carget wildlife and domestic animal:.
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selectsd size did net meet mess r?quirerneni;, 1580 ,das not :s be
used. Hr. Randa 1 1 (if ndi no i 25) , nowever, :escizi2d iha: l n jr?ccl ce
the number <strong>of</strong> bait staiions pldced each year djd not vary signifiianrly
and thai the stations were placed in nore or less rhe same loc~xions
each year. The tesiimony that bajii ~ers placed in aoproxinateiy
the same locations each year was confined by Mr. Gene Chaoel, a
Montana cattle rancher, a former ADC employee <strong>of</strong> the N S and a witness
. for the AFBF. The theory <strong>of</strong> not nore than one large-bait station
per township was, <strong>of</strong> course, that coyotes being more rnobilo and
having larger home ranges would be more apt to come in contact with
and feed on the station while smaller, less mobile animals with
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asserted that thrre..~lras no place where only coyotes lived. He