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1.1.Scope 4

1.1.1.Manual 4

1.1.2.Applicability 4

1.1.3.Precedence 4

1.1.4.References 4

1.1.5.Legislation 5

1.2.Policy 5

1.2.1.Executive Orders (EO) 5

2.Awareness 5

2.1.Overview 5

2.1.1.BASH Prevention and Awareness Training 6

2.1.2.Safety Stand Downs 6

2.1.3.CECOS BASH Training Module 6

2.1.4. BASH USA/Canada Meetings 6

2.1.4.International Bird Strike Committee 7

2.1.5. Installation Bird/Animal Aircraft Strike Hazard Working Groups (BWG) 7

2.1.6.Aircraft Maintenance Personnel Training 7

2.1.7.Installation Safety Officer’s Meeting 8

2.1.8.Airfield Vehicle Operators Course (AVOC) 8

3.Reporting Bird and Wildlife Strike Events 8

3.1.Overview 8

3.2.Naval Safety Center Reporting 9

3.3.Why Report Bird and Wildlife Strikes? 9

3.4.Who Should Report Wildlife Strikes to the Navy Safety Center? 10

3.4.1.Transient Aircrews 10

3.4.2.Contractor Maintained Aircraft 10

Contractors who maintain aircraft shall coordinate with the aircraft reporting custodian for proper reporting and collection of remains. The reporting custodian of an aircraft is responsible for reporting/collecting remains of bird/animal strikes discovered by contract maintenance. Contractors who otherwise conduct work on or around the airfield will report a wildlife strike or evidence of remains to the installation BASH Program Manager or designated agent, usually the AFM, unless otherwise specified in the BASH Plan. 10

3.5.Damaging Strike Event 10

3.6.Non-Damaging Strike Event 11

3.7.Remains Found on Runway Surfaces 11

3.8.Near-Miss Reporting 11

4.Remains Collection and Identification 12

4.1.Overview 12

4.1.1.Remains Identification 12

4.1.1.1.Local Procedures 12

4.1.1.2.Smithsonian Procedures 12

5.Wildlife Management for Safer Aviation Operations 13

5.1.Overview 13

5.2.Active Controls 13

5.2.1.Personnel and Equipment 13

5.2.2.Pyrotechnics 14

5.2.3.Bio-acoustics 14

5.2.4.Depredation 15

5.2.4.1.Airport Permits 16

5.2.5.Propane Gas Canons 16

5.2.6.Falconry 16

5.2.7.Dogs 16

5.2.8.Radio-controlled Units 17

5.2.9.All-terrain Vehicles 17

5.3.Passive Controls 17

5.3.1.Grass Management 17

5.3.1.1.Grass Height 17

5.3.1.2.Herbicides and Growth Retardants 18

5.3.1.3.Planting Bare Areas 18

5.3.1.4.Fertilizing 19

5.3.1.5.Native Vegetation 19

5.3.2.Forest Management 19

5.3.2.1.Planting New Areas 19

5.3.3.Managing Existing Forested Areas 19

5.3.4.Landscaping 20

5.3.5.Removal of Edge Effect 20

5.3.6.Airfield Wetland/Water Management 20

5.3.6.1.Stormwater Management 20

5.3.6.2.Bioswales 21

5.3.6.3.Wetlands 21

5.3.7.Wastewater Treatment Facilities 22

5.3.8.Soil Cementing 22

5.3.9.Sanitary Landfill Management 22

5.3.9.1.Landfill Cap Management 23

5.3.10.Agricultural Outlease Management 23

5.3.10.1.Crops 23

5.3.10.2.Harvesting and Planting 23

5.3.10.3.Agricultural Outlease Contracts 24

5.3.10.4.Grazing 24

5.3.10.5.Fencing 24

5.3.11.Ineffective Methods of Control within the Airfield and Hangars 24

5.3.11.1.Plastic Owls 24

5.3.11.2.Rotating Lights 24

5.3.11.3.Eye Spots and Balloons 25

5.3.11.4.Ultra-sonic Devices 25

5.4.Hangar Management 25

5.4.1.Netting 25

5.4.2.Air Rifles 25

5.4.3.Brush Weather Stripping 26

5.4.4.Soffit Installation 26

5.4.5.Strip Curtains or Door Netting 26

5.4.6.Spikes and Wiring 27

5.4.7.Bio-acoustic Devices 27

5.4.8.Nest Removal 27

5.4.9.Falconry 27

6.Flight Operations Considerations 27

6.1.Overview 27

6.2.Wildlife Activity Advisories 28

6.2.1.Specific Wildlife Advisory Examples 28

6.2.2.General Wildlife Advisories 28

6.3.Typical Examples of Operational Changes: 29

6.4.Checklist Procedures and Pre-briefings 29

6.5.Bird Strike Damage 30

6.6.Dawn and Dusk Flight Restrictions 30

6.7.Low-level Operations 30

6.8.Range Operations 30

6.9.Weather Fronts and Bird Movements 31

6.10.Daily and Local Bird Movements 31

6.11.Take off and Departure Restrictions 31

6.11.1.Avoiding Coastlines and Shorelines 31

6.12.Flight Crew Awareness 32

6.13.Flight Crew Responsibility to Follow-on Crews 32

7.Technical Assistance 32

7.1.CNIC BASH Point of Contact 32

7.2.Naval Safety Center 32

8.Airfield Wildlife Hazards 32

8.1.Overview of Airfield Wildlife Hazards 32

8.2.Birds 33

8.2.1.Loons, Grebes. Pelicans, Cormorants, and Mergansers 33

8.2.2.Pelagic Birds (Albatross, Petrels, Shearwaters, Auks, etc.) 33

8.2.3.Long-Legged Waders (Herons, Cranes, Egrets, Ibises, and Storks) 33

8.2.3.1.Cattle Egrets 33

8.2.4.Waterfowl (Swans, Geese, and Ducks) 34

8.2.4.1.Resident Waterfowl 34

8.2.4.2.Migrating Waterfowl 34

8.2.5.Raptors (Vultures, Eagles, Hawks, Kites, and Hawks) 35

8.2.6.Grouse, Quail, Dove, and Pheasants 35

8.2.7.Shorebirds (Sandpipers and Plovers) 35

8.2.8.Gulls 36

8.2.9.Terns 36

8.2.10.Pigeons 36

8.2.11.Owls 37

8.2.12.Nighthawks and Whip-poor-wills 37

8.2.13.Woodpeckers 37

8.2.14.Flycatchers 37

8.2.15.Meadowlarks and Horned Larks 37

8.2.16.Swallows 38

8.2.17.Ravens and Crows 38

8.2.18.Starlings, Cowbirds, Grackles, and Blackbirds 38

8.2.19.Warblers 39

8.2.20.Songbirds (Sparrows, Finches, Grosbeaks, and Buntings) 39

8.3.Mammals 39

8.3.1.Deer 40

8.3.2.Coyotes and Foxes 40

8.3.3.Rabbits and Hares 40

8.3.4.Bats 40

8.3.5.Rodents (Squirrels, Woodchucks, and Rats) 41

8.4.Reptiles 41

8.4.1.Snakes, Alligators, and Turtles 41

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