Iii 1963, important improvements were made in 

 the equipment used by the Processing T'nit. An 

 082 card sorter was exchanged for an ,|S -"> sorter. 

 substantially increasing t lie rate of operation. 



The station also exchanged the "' u s interpreter, 

 limited to only 60 cards per minute with 2 lines 

 of print, for a 557 interpreter handling I'm cards 



per minute on any one of -J."> line-. 



Also, the tabulating and printing capacity of 

 the T'nit was greatly increased by the exchange of 

 the 4ns accounting machine for a 1004. This 

 exchange increased the printing output from 150 



to 360 lines per minute, and the summary punch- 

 ing operation from •_'."> to 200 cards per minute, 

 cutting down operating time on routine jobs by as 

 much as 80 percent. Lastly, the L004 has the 

 ability to make computations which should 

 greatly expedite the work of research biologists. 



New laboratory at Denver Center 



The Denver Center has long had need for a 

 major laboratory building designed specifically to 

 meet the Bureau's needs for research in the West- 

 ern States. In fiscal year 1964 the Congress 

 alloted $50,000 to develop plans for such a facility 

 at a contemplated cost of $600,000. It is to be 

 constructed at the Denver Federal Center on a 

 location that will provide for a greater consolida- 

 tion of activities than is now possible. When 

 completed, the Chemical-Wildlife Evaluation 

 Laboratory, as it will be called, will provide space 

 for much of the Center's control-methods research 

 and similar facilities for pesticide-wildlife work. 

 It is planned also to house t lie administrative 

 oflices of the Outer in the new building. 



Control methods research facility 



On July is the unit concerned with bird-control 

 research moved into new quarters at the Denver 

 Center. The new facilities consist of a 33- by 70- 

 foot office and laboratory building, the upper floor 

 of which is devoted to chemical laboratories and 

 oflices, and the lower floor to an electronic labora- 

 tory and office. A 30- by 50-foot aviary adjoins 

 t lie main building, and has a top floor designed for 

 holding experimental birds and a basement for 

 Storage and work-hop. This new facility will 

 greatly enhance the development of techniques for 

 alleviat ing bird damage. 



New pesticide laboratory equipment 



Procurement at the Denver ('enter of a gas 

 chromatograph, equipped wit h an elect ron capl ure 



detector, will allow detection of extremely small 

 quantities of chlorinated hydrocarbon pesticides. 



Bear River Station improvements 



A Hi- by 20-foot addition to the animal quarters 

 at the Hear River Research Station was completed 

 and equipped during the summer of 1963. The 

 addition is divided into two rooms of equal size, 

 one of which is used as an insectary for the study 

 and propagation of invertebrates suspected of 

 being involved in naturally occurring avian 

 botulism. The other room is used for the clean- 

 ing and sterilization of laboratory animal cages. 



Two 12- by 16-foot screened, flyproof enclosures, 

 each containing a 0- by 12-foot concrete basin, 

 were constructed during the summer They will 

 be used for ciilturing aquatic invertebrates and 

 studying experimentally induced botulism out- 

 breaks. 



Among the major pieces of equipment acquired 

 by the Bear River Station were a freeze-dry unit 

 for preserving bacteria and viruses, a large steam 

 sterilizer for animal cages, and an electrically 

 operated steam generator for the sterilizer. 



NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS 



One of the distinctive wildlife publications of 

 L963 was the "grouse issue" of the Journal of Wild- 

 life Management (vol. -27, No. 4). In this 370- 

 page number. Bureau employees are authors of 4 

 of the 30-odd main articles. They are: 



John W. Aldrich. "Geographic Orientation of 

 American Tetraonidae," p. 529—545. 



Gardiner Hump. "History and Analysis of 

 Tetraonid Introductions into North America," p. 

 855 867. 



Paul D. Dalke (and 4 coauthors). "Ecology, 

 Productivity, and Management of Sage Grouse in 

 Idaho." p. 811 841. 



Carlton M. Herman, "Disease and Infection in 

 the Tetraonidae," p. 850 855. 



Two books by Bureau employees were published 

 in 1 DC.:;: 



John J. Craighead ( and t wo coauthors). . 1 Fii l<l 

 Guide to Rocky Mountain Flowers, Houghton- 

 Mifflin Company, Boston, 227 p. 



Arnold (). Haugen (and one coauthor). Field 

 Archery mid Bowhunting. Ronald Press, New 

 York, 213 p. 



Another book, scheduled for publication in 1964, 

 is Marsh Wealth; .1 Study in fin Ecology of the 

 Fresh and Salt Marshes of tin United States, by 



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