Samples of public service duties include:

A survey regarding Bubonic Plague for the Federal Department of Public Health conducted on one of our Nation’s largest military bases.

• Extensive predator depredation work to protect a Least Tern nesting area on a federally protected wildlife refuge.

• A Bobcat population survey for the California State Department of Fish and Game.
• Another survey regarding Bubonic Plague authorized by the California State Department of Public Health Vector Biology and Control Section conducted in Northeast San Diego County.
• Participation in a program installing wildlife watering devices in semi-arid regions throughout southern California.

• The depredation of coyotes responsible for extensive damage to drip irrigation systems on a large Southern California agricultural ranch.
• The depredation of coyotes responsible for thousands of dollars in losses to laying hens on the largest poultry ranch in California, as well as on several smaller poultry ranches.
• The depredation of coyotes responsible for the loss of livestock during the calving period on several local cattle ranches.
• The depredation of coyotes responsible for substantial losses in avocados and grapes on several large and small agricultural farms.
• The depredation of coyotes responsible for substantial losses to re-introduced upland game birds, hindering the efforts of State authorized wildlife groups.

“Conservation Of Wildlife Through The Control Of Predators”