Meeting in Salt Lake City, 2022
TUESDAY, July 19
8:45 a.m. Keynote Address
Jack Gartner, Aviation Consultant
TECHNICAL SESSION #1
10:30 a.m. TS1 – P1 – FAA Update. John Weller and Amy Anderson, Federal Aviation Administration
11 a.m. TS1 – P2 – Pelican Movements and Management at the Great Salt Lake. Russ Norvell, Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
11:30 a.m. TS1 – P3 – Bird Strike Threats and Mitigation Measures for Urban Air Mobility/Advanced Air Mobility Aircraft Operations. Dr. Richard Dolbeer, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
TECHNICAL SESSION #2
1 p.m. TS2 – P4 – Spillover Delay Effects of Damaging Wildlife Strike Events at U.S. Airports. Levi Altringer, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
1:30 p.m. TS2 – P5 – Enhanced Management of Airport Wildlife Hazards Using Geospatial Technology. Jason Kougher and Phil Roberts, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
2 p.m. TS2 – P6 – A Federal Partnership to Ensure theHumane Trapping, Handling, and Disposition of Migratory Birds. Brian Washburn, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
TECHNICAL SESSION #3
3 p.m. TS3 – P7 – The FAA National Wildlife Strike Database “Soaring to New Heights”. Carla Dove, Shawn Hershman and Phyllis Rose Miller, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
Wednesday, July 20
CONCURRENT SESSION #1A
9 a.m. CS1A – P8 – Insecticide use to Increase Aviation Safety. Tyler Beckerman, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
9:30 a.m. CS1A – P9 – Applying UAS to Support the Safety Management of Wildlife Hazards to Aviation. Flavio Mendonca, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University – Worldwide
CONCURRENT SESSION #1B
9 a.m. CS1B – P12 – Assessing Canada Goose Avoidance Behavior to Lights of Different Color and Frequency. Ryan Lunn, Purdue University
9:30 a.m. CS1B – P13 – Home Ranges and Resource Selection of Black Vultures in the Southeastern United States. Betsy Evans, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
CONCURRENT SESSION #2A
10:30 a.m. CS2A – P10 – Response of Birds to UAS Approach: Implications for Hazing Applications. Morgan Drabik-Hamshare, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
11 a.m. CS2A – P11 – “A320NEO vs A320CEO”: Effect of Latest and Quieter Engines on Bird Strikes Rates. Antoine Pilon, Airbus Commercial Aircraft, Airbus Industries
CONCURRENT SESSION #2B
10:30 a.m. CS2B – P14 – Monitoring Raptor Movements with Satellite Telemetry and Aviation Radar Systems: An Evaluation for Synchronicity. Brian Washburn, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
11 a.m. CS2B – P15 – Artificial Intelligence for Detection and Classification of Wildlife from sUAS Imagery. Santy Boopalan, Mississippi State University
Thursday, July 21
TECHNICAL SESSION #4
9 a.m. TS4 – P16 – Estimating Wildlife-Aircraft Collision Risk: Next Steps. Brad Blackwell, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
9:30 a.m. TS4 – P17 – MOTUS Wildlife Tracking System: A Vehicle for Informing Flight Safety. Michael Jungen, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
TECHNICAL SESSION #5
10:30 a.m. TS5 – P18 – Wildlife Services Trials of Flight Control® Max Repellent at Cooperating Airports. Scott Werner, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
11 a.m. TS5 – P19 – DNA Tools for Vulture Management. Antoinette Piaggio, USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
11:30 a.m. TS5 – P20 – Controllable Factors Affecting Accuracy of Human Identification of Animals in Images Obtained During UAS Surveys. Landon Jones, Mississippi State University
TECHNICAL SESSION #6
1 p.m. TS6 – P21 – A Systematic Map of Utilizing Small Unoccupied Aircraft Systems (sUAS) to Monitor Wildlife. Jared Elmore, Mississippi State University
1:30 p.m. TS6 – P22 – Why Should We, and Can We, Develop a Bird Strike Risk Model for Military Aircraft?, Ray Iglay, Mississippi State University
2 p.m. TS6 – P23 – Investigating the Predictors of Damaging Wildlife Strikes at Part 139 Airports. Ross Dickinson, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University -Worldwide