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bw Bird Control Program Forward Landfill—Manteca, California <br /> ,,. <br /> Stockton r.. <br /> Metropolitan <br /> (� Airport <br /> d� <br /> U <br /> Forward <br /> Landfill <br /> d <br /> e� <br /> rrva <br /> w.D riOK <br /> v C- <br /> Manteca ncUon ( a <br /> N <br /> 1 Miles <br /> Figure 1. Location of Forward Landfill in relation to Stockton Metropolitan Airport. <br /> Gulls are not usually present in the Stockton area during the summer period (May to late <br /> +— September) and intensive gull control at the landfill is not required at that time. However, the <br /> landfill is monitored by landfill staff during the off-season for the presence of gulls. A few gulls <br /> were present in the Stockton area during late July and August in 2012. The control response at <br /> Forward Landfill to this gull presence is discussed in the Addendum at the end of the present <br /> report. <br /> A pilot gull control program was conducted at the Forward Landfill by Airstrike Bird <br /> Control, LLC. This was a falconry-based program that began on 9 March 2010 and concluded <br /> on 14 April 2010. Mr. Brad Felger, Manager of Airstrike Bird Control, estimated that there were <br /> approximately 3,000 gulls using the Forward Landfill when the pilot program began (B. Felger, <br /> pers. comm.). <br /> Gull Control Program <br /> The pilot gull control program had been successful and therefore, a gull control program <br /> was instituted on an operational basis at Forward Landfill during the fall of 2010. The <br /> � n 2 30 December 2013 <br />