Wildlife Hazard Management Workshops
Wildlife Hazard Management Workshops are offered as part of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Worldwide's Professional Education programs. The workshops will be hosted at several locations over the next few years.
The workshops are acceptable by the FAA Administrator for complying with part of the wildlife hazard management requirements of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 139. They are suitable for those who train airport personnel involved in implementing FAA approved wildlife hazard management plans, as well as anyone directly involved in controlling wildlife hazards on airports.
Schedule
January 20-22, 2010
Orlando, FL
Venue and Hotel in Orlando:
Holiday Inn
Orlando International Airport
5750 T.G. Lee Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32822
407-851-6400
Workshop attendees should make reservations directly with the hotel, ask for the ERAU Wildlife Seminar rate of $99/night including breakfast. This rate is good only until December 30th so please book early!
March 2010
Athens, Greece
Registration
You can now register online for one of our workshops.
Format
Instructor Richard Dolbeer giving a fauna lecture at the 2007 Charlotte workshop.
The workshops are three days in length. The first two days consist of intense classroom sessions led by four of the nation's premier wildlife management experts. These laid-back sessions allow for plenty of interaction with the instructors, opportunities to ask questions, and networking with fellow workshop participants. Day three features a field trip to the host airport, during which hands-on wildlife mitigation exercises are performed and Wildlife Hazard Assessment (WHA) techniques are discussed.
Highlights include discussions on wildlife population management and dispersal techniques, endangered species act compliance, strike reporting, wetlands mitigation, pesticides usage, drafting and implementation of integrated wildlife hazard management programs, and an overview of applicable local, state, and federal laws, regulations, and ordinances.
View the Wildlife Hazard Management Workshop Newsletter.
Visit the Airport Wildlife Biologist Listing website.
Instructors
Dr. Russell Defusco a consultant for BASH, Inc., he is a retired US Air Force Academy associate professor, formerly head of the USAF BASH team, developer of the very successful USAF BAM model.
Dr. Archie Dickey an associate professor at Embry Riddle's Prescott campus, he teaches an undergraduate course on airport wildlife control and administers the FAA's Wildlife Mitigation Website; he is head of ERAU's new Center for Aviation and Wildlife Risk Mitigation.
Dr. Richard Dolbeer a retired USDA research biologist, he was the USDA's airports coordinator, managed the FAA birdstrike database and was the chairman of BSCUSA for a number of years.
Capt. Paul Eschenfelder is the lead instructor for ERAU's airport wildlife mitigation course; a 30 year aviation safety advocate he has participated in a variety of safety endeavors worldwide such as jet engine certification, ICAO SARPS development, the Secretary of Agriculture's Advisory Committee and other endeavors.
