Boy Scouts of Ventura Install Hand Built Owl Boxes with Hopes to Save Local Wildlife
Summary
Earlier this month, VCWPA presented data from its Raptor Study for Levee Protection on using hawks and owls to control rodents, showing that raptor-friendly habitats reduce ground squirrel burrowing damage by 50 percent when compared to using anticoagulant rodenticides.The VCPWA study marks the first time any agency has quantified the impact of birds of prey on rodents in public works projects.They were joined by VCPWA Watershed Protection District Director, Karl Novak and Linda Parks, Supervisor of Ventura County, to install the boxes needed to attract the necessary wildlife to eradicate the use of harmful poisons formally used to control rodent damage.The Raptor Pilot Study for Levee Protection is the first to quantify the impact of raptors on ground squirrel damage at a levee.Earlier this month, VCWPA presented data from its Raptor Study for Levee Protection on using hawks and owls to control rodents, showing that raptor-friendly habitats reduce ground squirrel burrowing damage by 50 percent when compared to using anticoagulant rodenticides.The VCPWA study marks the first time any agency has quantified the impact of birds of prey on rodents in public works projects.