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Laws and Regulations pertinent to vertebrate management - ans -CA Dept. of Fish
and Game Code, Migratory Bird Act, Endangered Species Act, CA Dept. of Food
and Ag. Administrative Code, County Interim Measures Bulletins, and local
ordinances
The agencies that enforce laws and regulations pertinent to vertebrate pest
management - ans -US EPA, US Fish and Wildlife Service, CA Dept. of Fish and
Game, CA Dept. of Food and Ag, CA DPR, County Ag Commissioner, CA Dept. of
Public Health, State Highway Patrol
Characteristics that make an animal a pest - ans -high reproductive rate, high
density-congregating behavior, propensity for feeding on crops, overabundance,
value of crop being damaged, nuisance behaviors, vectors or reservoirs for
disease
Identify the major mammal pests in CA Ag - ans -eastern fox squirrels, deer,
ground squirrels, jackrabbits, meadow voles, Norway rats, pocket gophers, rats,
wild pigs
Identify the major bird pests in CA Ag - ans -blackbirds, crows, crowned sparrows,
gold finches, house sparrows, horned larks, house finches, jays, magpies, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with alfalfa - ans -CA and belding's ground
squirrels, jackrabbits, meadow voles, pocket gophers
Vertebrate pests most associated with citrus - ans -ground squirrels, meadow
voles, roof rats
Vertebrate pests most associated with fruit trees - ans -ground squirrels, house
finches, meadow voles, pocket gophers, starlings
, Vertebrate pests most associated with forage crops - ans -ground squirrels,
meadow voles, pigs, pocket gophers
Vertebrate pests most associated with grapes - ans -meadow voles, pocket voles,
starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with lettuce - ans -horned larks
Vertebrate pests most associated with nut trees - ans -crows, ground squirrels,
jays, magpies, pocket gophers, tree squirrels
Vertebrate pests most associated with rice - ans -blackbirds, muskrats, norway
rats
Vertebrate pests most associated with strawberries - ans -gold finches, ground
squirrels, meadow voles
Vertebrate pests most associated with sugarbeets - ans -ground squirrels,
meadow voles
Vertebrate pests most associated with tomatoes - ans -meadow voles
Vertebrate pests most associated with forestry - ans -deer, mountain beaver,
pocket gophers, porcupines, rabbits, tree squirrels
Vertebrate pests most associated with cattle feedlots, dairies, and poultry and
pork producing facilities - ans -blackbirds, house mice, house sparrows, norway
rats, roof rats, pigeons, starlings
Vertebrate pests most associated with public health - ans -bats, deer mice,
ground squirrels, raccoons, norway & roof rats, skunks
Vertebrate pests most associated with stored commodities and food processing
facilities - ans -house mice, house sparrows, pigeons, norway & roof rats