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Bird-Aircraft Collisions Are High Concerns of Airport Managers

Last Updated: August 11, 2009 Related resource areas: Wildlife Damage Management

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A K-State wildlife specialist looks at the extent of the problem and what’s being done to curb it.

Released August 6, 2009

MANHATTAN, Kan. -- The number of aircraft collisions with birds and other wildlife is on the rise, and airport managers are working to address the situation. There’s an elaborate effort to come up with solutions, part of which would include habitat modification at and near airport runways. This week, K-State wildlife specialist Charlie Lee looks at the extent of the problem, and what’s being done to curb it.

Five minute audio file, http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/news/Audio_filesWK/OUT-080609.mp3

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