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UK Study Shows Mandatory ReportingIncreases Strike ReportsA recent studycommissionedby the UK’sCAA has determinedthat the2004 change inregulations requiringreportingof all bird strikesto aircraft ratherthan those strikescausing‘significant’damage orthought to pose asafety threat hasincreased thenumber of reports submitted by airports and aircraft operators.The CAA had been concerned that the reporting level was deteriorating and that the new mandatewould assure a proper and more accurate level of reporting.The report makes a number of recommendations to improve the completeness and accuracy ofreporting of birdstrikes, including improved communication and the sharing of informationwith Industry; improvements to the reporting system; clarification of the objectives of the reportingsystem and the interpretation of reports; and the obligations on Industry.The entire report can be viewed online at: www.caa.co.uk/docs/33/2006_05.pdf.Aviation Week & Space Technology
Bald Eagle Delisted!On June 28, 2007, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorneannounced the removal of the bald eagle from the list ofthreatened and endangered species. After nearly disappearingfrom most of the United States decades ago, the bald eagle isnow flourishing across the nation and no longer needs the protectionof the Endangered Species Act.However, bald eagles are still protected by the Bald and Golden Eagle Act and the MigratoryBird Treaty Act. The Eagle Act (16 U.S.C. 668-668c), enacted in 1940, and amended severaltimes since then, prohibits anyone, without a permit issued by the Secretary of the Interior,from "taking” bald eagles, including their parts, nests, or eggs.Bald eagles may now be treated like other protected birds. USF&WS permits, along with applicablestate permits, will be necessary prior to harassing or taking eagles.NEXT WILDLIFE HAZARD TRAINING SESSIONEmbry-Riddle has scheduled its next Airport Wildlife Management seminar in Seattle on October17-19, 2007. This is a change from the previously announced date.This seminar is acceptable to the <strong>FAA</strong> Administrator to fulfill the <strong>FAA</strong>’s training requirementsfor airport personnel supervising wildlife control on airports, airport personnel’s annual trainingrequirement and the training requirement for biologists who wish to conduct airport wildlifeassessments or write airport mitigation plans.The seminar is three days in length. The first two days consist of classroom sessions led byfour of the nation’s top wildlife management experts. These sessions allow for plenty of interactionwith the instructors, opportunities for questions and networking with fellow participants.Day three features a field trip to the host airport, during which hands-on wildlife mitigation exerciseswill be performed and mitigation techniques discussed.Participants who successfully complete the seminar will receive a certificate of completion andcontinuing education units (CEU) from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.You may register online at Embry-Riddle’s website http://www.erau.edu/ec/soctapd/wildlifeseattle.html or call 866-574-9125 for more information. Hotel reservations may bemade at the Holiday Inn SEATAC, 206-248-1000, ask for the Embry Riddle Airport WildlifeSeminar rate.
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