PROJECT GOALS:To develop and evaluate methods and technologies for reducing the risks of wildlife strikes to civil aviation and to provide scientifically valid methods and techniques to be used on airfields to manage hazardous wildlife.

Objective 1: Analyze wildlife food, water, and cover attractants on and near airfields to determine which characteristics of vegetation, trash disposal facilities, water management facilities, and other habitats attract or repel hazardous wildlife.

Objective 2: Develop and evaluate wildlife control methods such as electric mats, razorwire, and avian effigies that might be effective in repelling and dispersing wildlife from airfields and locations near airfields.

Objective 3: Investigate features of avian sensory perception that can be used to develop new wildlife deterrents and enhance existing systems.