The Coconino sun., 1920-09-03
COYOTE POISONING
 DONE SYSTEMATICALLY

Stanley P. Young, predatory animal inspector, returned from the ranges around and adjacent to the Mahan ranch, where coyote poisoning has been carried on by the biological sur Vey during the latter part of August.
 Mir. Young was accompanied by MT. Fred Willis, one of the biological sur vey poisoners, who has been working the sheep ranges with the new gov ernment poison since the first of April, confining his efforts to the ranges north and south of Flagstaff, and is also one of the government men who poisoned along the Little Colorado river, prior to the lambing season this year.
 Beginning on Sept. 1st, MT. Young will start MT. Willis onto the ranges of the Grand Canyon Sheep Co.,, the Bly Bros, and also the ranges of Chas. Burton and the biological sur vey in conjunction with these cooper ating sheep men, will institute wig orous coyote campaign, which will last practically the whole month of Sep tember. This campaign will be north of the ground over which coyote pois- oning was carried on in July by CO., operating sheep men and Mir. Young, in fact will start at the point where the July campaign terminated. This latter mentioned campaign was one of the most successful pieces of poison work ever conducted in the Arizona district by the biological survey, some three hundred coyotes being poisoned in twenty days.
 hut ,tola h,,, as station material in his operations, and use back porkfat as the main bait, into which will be inserted the special improved strychnine used by the government in poisoning opera tions. The sheepmen will also have men available to work with MT. Willis and after becoming familiar with pois- oning work against coyotes, will carry on similar poisoning operations in conjunction with him. Wherever pos sible, automobiles will be used to lay the poison lines, and in this manner, and by this means, there will be few spots that will miss being poisoned by the time the men complete the work. It is anticipated that an enormous kill will take place similar to that which happened in the July campaign, be- cause this work will cover good big part of the area adjacent to the Cat aract Canyon, a region known to har- bor many hundreds of coyotes which swoop down onto the sheep ranges fur ther south.
 At the beginning of the ensuing fall the biological survey officials will in stitute, as far as funds will permit, a definite poisoning plan which will cov- CT all the main ranges of sheep and cattlemen. It is to be hoped that in this plan, simultaneous poisoning against stock destroying varmints will be brought about, and where this is possible more beneficial results are at tained, and all ranges derive better relief, especially as far as coyote infestation is concerned. From con ferences held so far, and from core spondence as well, more activity along predatory animal eradication will be possible on the various Indian reserv- ations, some of which are thickly in fested with varmints, especially coy otes, which in their drift onto various ranges constitute such a menace tC stock.
 Coyote poisoning, where a definite plan has been adhered to, as advocated by the biological survey, is proving a most effective means in the control of the coyote. This statement is borne out of the fact that in the poison. ing operations carried on by the gov. ernment during the past year, though limited a great deal through lack of funds, nearly hundred per cent bet, ter results were attained by use of the poison methods than with traps. Stock. men who so far have had their ranges poisoned are loud in their praise of the poison system, and will continue it from time to time as their respect i've ranges demand.
 Prior to the lambing season on the deserts in the southern part of the state the biological survey will en- deavor as far as possible to poison ex- tensively over the many lambing grounds, thereby rendering the sheep men as much relief as possible in losses among their various herds from coyotes and other varmints. That this will be a busy season among the survey is indicated by the numerous requests being received by the Ari- zona headquarters at Phoenix for pois- oning work on the ranges, beginning this fall and continuing till late spring