Blackbirds coming to roost in a thicket near Slovac, Arkansas. Fifty major roosts have been located in a nation- 

 wide survey. Studies of blackbird populations and blackbird production in relation to depredation areas are part 

 of the research directed toward solution of the crop damage problem in grain growing areas through the United 

 States. (Photo by F.C. Schmid.) 



The leader of the coyote control methods research project at the Denver Center is shown here with two of the 

 devices used in handling the animals. (Photo by the Etenver Wildlife Research Center.) 



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