Nebraska Trappers\u27 Guide: A Handbook on the Taking of Muskrat, Mink, Beaver, and Coyote and the Handling of Pelts

Management of any game or fur animal is an effort to insure an annual harvestable surplus. Much of this effort must be placed upon the land. The development and maintenance of habitat--the place where the animals can live--constitutes a large portion of this effort. The objective of habitat development is the increase and improvement of homes for wildlife and thereby the increase in numbers and improvement of the quality of the animals produced. Another important and continuous job of game management. is the annual check on populations--their ups and downs. Information on the numbers of animals is necessary if only the harvestable surplus is to be taken and a seed crop left on the land. The development and maintenance of wildlife habitat is largely in the hands of land owners and operators, and, in most instances--is a part of good land management. The trapper has an important job in regulating the take of fur. The maintenance of seed stock is his contribution to the management of fur bearers--and it is a good investment

The Goss Lemming Mouse, \u3ci\u3eSynaptomys cooperi gossii\u3c/i\u3e (Goues), in Nebraska

In the course of studies on the cestode parasites of microtine rodents by one of the authors (Hansen), specimens of mice were sent to the United State National Museum where they were identified by Dr. David H. Johnson. Two of these microtines proved to be Synaptomys cooperi gossii (Coues). These specimens of Synaptomys (U.S.N.M. Nos. 282343 and 282344), collected at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, on September 16, 1946 (male) and November 20, 1946 (female), respectively, are the first ones to be identified from Nebraska

Management of Native Deer in Nebraska

Deer are on the increase in Nebraska. Reports of deer seen, of deer killed on highways, and of localized cases of damage to crops by deer have become increasingly frequent during the last ten years. Since Nebraska is not primarily a land of forests nor of great repute as a deer state, the presence of these mammals in more than rare occurrences arouses considerable interest-and creates new problems in wildlife management. It is the purpose of these notes to answer some of the questions most commonly asked about deer in Nebraska, and to point out certain misunderstandings which have led to popular attitudes. that are not in keeping with the best interests of the land, the people, or the deer themselves. Answers to the problems of deer management in Nebraska must, however, at this time be more general than specific, tentative and progressive rather than final

The Goss Lemming Mouse, \u3ci\u3eSynaptomys cooperi gossii\u3c/i\u3e (Goues), in Nebraska

In the course of studies on the cestode parasites of microtine rodents by one of the authors (Hansen), specimens of mice were sent to the United State National Museum where they were identified by Dr. David H. Johnson. Two of these microtines proved to be Synaptomys cooperi gossii (Coues). These specimens of Synaptomys (U.S.N.M. Nos. 282343 and 282344), collected at Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, on September 16, 1946 (male) and November 20, 1946 (female), respectively, are the first ones to be identified from Nebraska

Phalangids of Central America

21 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Includes bibliographical references