ADC continued to monitor the growth of white pelican 
populations and the resulting damage the birds cause to 
aquaculture in the Southeast. During the summer months, 
ADC biologists captured, banded, and radio-collared more 
than 1,000 pelicans on their nesting grounds in North 
Dakota. The pelicans’ movements and migration patterns 
are now being monitored. 
During the year, in cooperation with FWS and the Montana 
Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, ADC removed 
coyotes from a site in Montana where black-footed ferrets 
were to be released. The coyote control program was 
designed to provide protection for the ferrets in the 2-week 
period immediately following their release into the wild. In 
the previous reintroduction, coyotes killed 40 percent of the 
released ferrets within 4 weeks of their release. To prevent 
a similar occurrence, FWS requested a coyote control 
program and also constructed an electric fence around the 
release site. As a result of these activities, only 3 of the 40 
ferrets were killed by coyotes within the first 90 days 
following release. 
10/ADC Program Highlights, 1996 
