Wild Animal Damage Control

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Wild Animal Damage Control
Colville Confederated Tribes
Rick Desautel
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YEAR ROUND BEAR COMPLAINTS
Black Bear Ursus americanus
Culvert bear trap
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Trapping Procedures and Priorities

• Prioritizing bear complaints
• Bait collection and trap set-up
• Selecting a release site
• Alternative options

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Spring Trapping

• Females with young
• Juveniles
• Displaced males

Mother bears are trapped and the young are
tranquilized. They are then transported and
released as a group.
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Fall Trapping and Release
Increase in bear encounters, movement and
scavenging.
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Beaver Complaints
American Beaver, Castor canadensis

• DAM CONSTRUCTION FLOODING
• Flooding of private and public lands
• Depredation on trees and shrubs
• Rechanneling of streams

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• Trap placement and set-up
• Trapping individual beavers
• Transport and relocation

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• Prioritizing areas for release
• Addressing repeat offenders
• Tracking post release movement

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Small Mammal Problems
Striped Skunk Mephitis, mephitis
Northern Raccoon Procyon Lotor
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Bushy-tailed Woodrat, Neotoma cinerea
Owls, Strix spp.

• Small Animal Complaints
• Human conflicts
• Property damage
• Risk to animals

Bats, Myotis spp.
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Cougar Issues
Decrease in travel corridors Loss of household
pets Hound tracking No relocation
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Crop and Property Depredation
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