U.S. Department of Agriculture Annual Meeting: Dr. Wesley Major from the FAA Airport Technology Research & Development (ATR) branch presented at the U.S. Department of Agriculture Annual Meeting held June 10-12, 2024, in Washington, D.C. His presentation, titled Visualizing FAA Wildlife Strike Data, showed the progress made on the visualization dashboard for the National Wildlife Strike Database. About 30 attendees were present, including regional managers and airport biologists from both civil and military airports. The group also visited the Feather ID Lab at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. The lab identifies birds involved in aircraft strikes and provides information to create bird avoidance measures and habitat management. Dr. Major met wildlife biologists from across the country, some with international experience.

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