2nd
National Invasive Rodent Summit
October 19-21, 2004
Hosted by:
USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services
National Wildlife Research Center
4101 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80521-2154
Sponsored by:
USDA/APHIS/Wildlife Services, National Wildlife
Research Center
USDI Fish and Wildlife Service
The Wildlife Damage Management Working Group of
The Wildlife Society
The Second National
Invasive Rodent Summit held on October 19-21, 2004, at
the National Wildlife Research Center (NWRC) in Fort Collins,
CO, was a follow-up to the “Rat Summit” held
in San Francisco, CA, in 2001. Like the first “Rat
Summit,” this conference emphasized the management
of rodents to conserve plants, other wildlife and habitats.
Presentations also highlighted the importance of rodent
predators as part of a successful integrated pest management
strategy. The 105 attendees were from 10 countries and
territories and 23 states. Attendees included scientists
and managers from government and private sector land and
resource management agencies and groups. Special sessions
covered nutria management, rodenticide risk assessment
techniques, rodent eradication efforts on islands, rodent
control in mainland habitats, and the role of rodents
in disease transmission. A member of the executive committee
of the National Invasive Species Council made a plenary
presentation and the keynote talk was provided by Dr.
William B. Jackson of Bowling Green State University on
“A Century of Rat Control.” The comments and
evaluation forms from attendees suggest that the Invasive
Rodent Summit was a huge success.
