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

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znd notzd that sne icss rat2 declined substzntia'l;/ a~nder irnpmv?d
35 Included in Or. Grsndy's testimony is a table shol~ing losses za
poisonous plants and predators 07 sheep and goats grazed on U.S.
Forest Servica lands ir~m 4940 to 1976. ihe table shows predation .
losses 2s a percent sr" anixals grazed during the period <strong>of</strong> IG8C ?is2
ranged from a low <strong>of</strong> 0.79 percent in 130 to a hign <strong>of</strong> 2.39 percent
in 1972. L~ss5s jn :he ?cst-iG8C years as 3 percsnt cf 3nicais
grazed vier? 2 .OT percent in 1973, 2.60 percen?: in 1974, 2. i 7 eerc2nc
in 1975 and 7.88 pert~ntiin 1976. ihes2 loss ratzs at-: basd on
producer estiflaces <strong>of</strong> t9e cause <strong>of</strong> loss. Actual percent2ges <strong>of</strong>
loss~s to pr2dators are spproximat2ly one-half <strong>of</strong> losses in
the table, because the number grazed includes only adults (a ewe 3r
nanny with a lcmb or kid bei3g countzd as one), while gredation