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Bird netting installed in storage area near airfield

Chad Neil, a biologist with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, attaches netting to the ceiling of a liquid oxygen storage facility to deter birds from roosting and nesting in the building at Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, October 19, 2022. Birds can pose hazards to air traffic and their droppings can cause safety and sanitation issues. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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Bird netting installed in storage area near airfield

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Sterling Hall, Senior Master Sgt. Nate Smith, loadmasters tasked to the 167th Airlift Wing safety office, and Chad Neil, a biologist with the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, prepare bird netting for installation in a liquid oxygen storage building at Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, October 19, 2022. Birds can pose hazards to air traffic and their droppings can cause safety and sanitation issues. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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Bird netting installed in storage area near airfield

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Sterling Hall and Senior Master Sgt. Nate Smith, loadmasters tasked to the 167th Airlift Wing safety office, attach bird netting to the ceiling of a liquid oxygen storage facility to deter birds from roosting and nesting in the building, at Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, October 19, 2022. Birds can pose hazards to air traffic and their droppings can cause safety and sanitation issues. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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New tracking devices to aid in continuing study of black vultures

Chad Neil, a wildlife biologist for USDA APHIS Wildlife Services-West Virginia and part of the 167th AW’s Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) team, holds a black vulture that has been fitted with a transmitting device in Martinsburg, W.Va., Aug. 18, 2020.
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New tracking devices to aid in continuing study of black vultures

A transmitter is carefully tied to the back of a black vulture in Martinsburg, W.Va., Aug.18, 2020. Black vultures have been roosting near the airfield at the 167th Airlift Wing since 2017 and pose a threat to local air traffic. The transmitter will provide information about the bird’s behavior and flight patterns, helping to mitigate aviation hazards.
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167th, Argos, USDA continue black vulture research

Black vultures perch on rocks after being fitted with red tags at Argos Cement Plant. The 167th Airlift Wing, Argos, USDA and Conservation Science Global, have partnered to study black vultures that have seemingly taken residence on Argos property and pose potential dangers to local air traffic. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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167th, Argos, USDA continue black vulture research

Biologists Trish Miller and Adam Duerr fit a harness for a telemetry device onto a black vulture at Argos Cement Plant in Martinsburg, W.Va., May 23, 2019. , the 167th Airlift Wing, Argos Cement Plant and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services teamed up to research black vultures in and around Martinsburg, W.Va., in an effort to mitigate potential aviation hazards. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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167th, Argos, USDA continue black vulture research

USDA biologists and Airmen with the 167th Airlift Wing work together to attached red tags with alphanumeric indicators on black vultures at Argos Cement Plant in Martinsburg, W.Va., May 23, 2019. , the 167th Airlift Wing, Argos Cement Plant and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Wildlife Services teamed up to research black vultures in and around Martinsburg, W.Va., in an effort to mitigate potential aviation hazards. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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Wing partners with Argos and USDA to study black vultures

A tag is attached to the wing of a black vulture as part of the study into the vulture’s behaviors in and around Martinsburg, W.Va. The 167th AW has teamed up with the USDA and Argos Cement Plant to research the behaviors of black vultures living in the area of the airfield to help mitigate the aviation threats. (Photo courtesy of Andrew Frye, Argos Cement Plant)
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Wing partners with Argos and USDA to study black vultures

Master Sgt. Alan Romero, 167th Airlift Wing airfield manager, tags a black vulture being held by Chad Neil, a wildlife biologist for the United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Wildlife Service. Wildlife biologists with Conservation Science Global, Inc., observe the tagging. The 167th AW has teamed up with the USDA and Argos Cement Plant to research the behaviors of the vultures to help mitigate the aviation threats. (Photo courtesy of Andrew Frye, Argos Cement Plant)
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Wing partners with Argos and USDA to study black vultures

A C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to the 167th Airlift Wing flies above a group of vultures soaring in thermals over Argos Cement Plant in Martinsburg, W.Va., Nov. 8, 2018. The black vultures have been roosting at the plant for more than a year posing a threat to local aviation. The 167th AW has teamed up with the USDA and Argos Cement Plant to research the behaviors of the vultures to help mitigate the aviation threats. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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Land cleared to meet DoD standards, mitigate safety concerns

Approximately three acres of wooded land was cleared near taxiway alpha at Shepherd Field, 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, W.Va., last month to meet the U.S. Department of Defense Unified Facilities Criteria which calls for a lateral clearance zone of 1000 feet from the runway. The tree clearing also mitigates potential wildlife strikes on the airfield. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)
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