TRB Webinar: Airport Wildlife Management

TRB conducted a webinar on Wednesday, September 9, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET that featured research conducted by TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP). The research provided airport managers, operators, planners, and maintenance personnel with effective information and tools to mitigate safety risks at airport caused by wildlife populations, including special considerations when dealing with threatened or endangered species.

Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is no fee associated with this webinar.

This webinar provided 2.0 Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives. This webinar has met approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 2.0 Certification Maintenance Credits.

Webinar Presenters

• Julie Sullivan, Environmental Science Associates
• Kim Allerton, Environmental Resource Solutions, Inc.
• John Lengel, Gresham Smith and Partners
• Paul Esposito, STAR Consultants, Inc.

Moderator: Amy Anderson, Federal Aviation Administration


Webinar Outline

• ACRP Report 122: Innovative Airport Responses to Threatened/Endangered Species
1. Ways to manage threatened and endangered species at airports that will result in mutually beneficial results
2. How airports can obtain the information and tools to develop and maintain stakeholder relationships to facilitate listed species coordination
• ACRP Report 125: Balancing Airport Storm water and Bird Hazard Management
1. Introduction to the spreadsheet "tool" developed in conjunction with the report that evaluates bird strike risk as it pertains to storm water on airports
2. Illustrate how to input sample data into the tool through a real-world scenario

The first 90 minutes of the webinar were for presentations and the final 30 minutes were reserved for audience questions. 


Learning Objectives
At the end of this webinar, participants were able to:

• Summarize information and tools that will facilitate improved stakeholder relationships to reduce the potential for conflicts related to airport actions that could affect threatened or endangered species
• Understand how to gather and input data to accurately evaluate the risk of a bird strike at an airport in relation to its storm-water design

Registration Information
This webinar is sponsored by the Airport Cooperative Research Program. There is no fee to attend this webinar.


Continuing Education Units for Accredited Airport Executives
The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) is making 2.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) available for A.A.E. If you are an A.A.E. and would like to apply for CEUs for this webinar, visit www.aaae.org/ceu. For questions about A.A.E. continuing education units, please contact accreditation@aaae.org.


American Institute of Certified Planners Certification Maintenance Credits
This webinar is pending approval by the American Institute of Certified Planners for 2.0 Certification Maintenance Credits. Please make sure that you register for this session and log-in using the link that TRB provides to your email account. We use this as your record that you attended this session. TRB only maintains the records of attendees who use their email address to log into the webinar, and cannot verify attendance of individuals who view the webinar without personally logging into the session.

To report your CM credits, visit www.planning.org/cm

1. Login using your ID# and password
2. Select My CM log
3. Select Add Credits
4. Under Browse you have the option of searching by Date, Provider, or Distance Education and using the search box to type in the name of the event or activity and clicking go
5. A pop-up box will appear. If this is a multi-part event you will have the option to select from a list of activities
6. Please rate, add a comment (optional), and click on the Ethics statement and answer
7. Click submit and the CM credits should appear in your CM log

If you have problems reporting your CM credits or have general questions about the CM program, please contact AICPCM@planning.org.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.