Determines mitigation effort needed for reducing eagle mortality from lead poisoning based on Cochrane et al. (2015).
The model incorporates two mitigation scenarios at default intensities 0% - 100% at 10% increments.
Mitigation Scenarios:
- Reduce the number of gut piles containing lead
- Reduce lead in the gut piles by converting hunters to non-lead shot
A .csv file containing
- hunt unit name
- hunt unit area in km2
- total deer harvest for each respective hunt unit
- eagle density for each hunt unit
Deer harvest reports by county/hunt unit can be found on the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) website for each specific state. For example, Iowa DNR Deer & Turkey Harvest Report can be found here. Eagle density is not as easily available...
Cochrane J.F., E. Lonsdorf, T. D. Allison and C.A. Sanders-Reed. 2015. Modeling with uncertain science: estimation mitigation credits from abating lead poisoning in Golden Eagles. Ecological Applications, 25(6): p 1518 – 1533.
Link to the publication online here
