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Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Check out our latest story:   Solving the unsolvable At Naval Air Station Lemoore, near Hanford, California, the combination of ground squirrels and burrowing owls attracts birds of prey like red-tailed and Swainson's hawks that can cause damage to aircraft using the facility. The U. S. Navy worked with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Air Station personnel and others to devise a strategy to solve the unsolvable: permanently move owls away from runways. Credit: Jeff Kidd, Kidd Biological, Inc.   Wise conservation solution protects owls and aviators at NAS Lemoore By Jane Hendron September 7, 2017 You'd think a little burrowing owl would be no match for a supersonic F/A-18 Superhornet fighter jet, but at Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore, in Kings County, California, the diminutive owls posed a safety threat. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, in 2013 alone there were 11,000 bird strikes at 650 airports across the country. Burrowing owls often use abandoned ground squirrel burrows for nesting. The combination of a ground squirrel presence and the small owls attracts birds of prey like red-tailed and Swainson's hawks. These birds of prey are large enough to cause damage to aircraft. But how do you move the owls without harming them and making sure they don't return to the same place? Continue to full story... Stay Connected with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region     This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Pacific Southwest Region · 2800 Cottage Way · Suite W-2606 · Sacramento, CA 95825