Ground Squirrel Control, Fort Ord Complex Fort Ord, California.
Abstract
It is proposed to significantly reduce ground squirrel populations occupying large areas of grassland and woodland-grassland upon Fort Ord, Fort Hunter Liggett and Camp Roberts located in the counties of Monterey and San Luis Obispo in the central coastal area of California. Significant ground squirrel control formerly in effect upon these areas was last applied in 1971, and has not been resumed since Executive Order no.18870 prohibited the use of secondary poisons for pest control upon federal lands. Present ground squirrel control measures are limited to anticoagulants and zinc phosphide applied only within 200 yards of occupied structures. Large-scale ground squirrel control measures using 1080 (a secondary poison) have been used on private lands adjacent to the military lands for many years, but squirrels from the military lands are claimed to reinfest the treated private lands, causing crop damage and rendering the ground squirrel control program on private lands ineffective.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1977
- Accession Number
- ADA071160
Entities
People
- Charles L. Mcneill