Workshop A: Canine Scent Tracking for Illicit Discharges Scott and Karen Reynolds

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Canine Scent Tracking For Illicit

Discharges

Clean Rivers, Clean Lake Conference

April 2013

517.231.6389


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The Nose Knows!

Narcotics

Evidence (guns, knifes, money,etc.)

Live human search (air scentand tracking)

Human remains search

Drowning victims search

Explosives

Arson

Avalanche Toxic Molds

DVDs

Mercury- 1mg

Fruits, vegetables, meats

Fox scat

Grizzly Bear scat

Whale feces

Bedbugs and termites

Gas leaks Water leaks

Abalone

Truffles

VOCs

Cancer

Diabetic alert

Cooling fluid forunderground

power lines


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Best Breed?

Preferred

Sporting and working

High drive

Stamina Mud, water, long distance

Not Ideal

Sight-hounds

Smooshed Faced

Boxers, pugs, etc.

Hot weather

Keeping an open mind, we have been surprised before!


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There Are A Few Exceptions . . .


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Environmental Canine Services LLC2009


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Karen, Logan, & Bella


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Dan & Sky


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Scott, Sable, & Jack


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ECS Training Grounds


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Multiple Structures and Setups


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RESEARCH

The Science Behind It.


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Santa Barbara, CA 2010

WERF Funded Research Study

-UCSB and City of Santa Barbara

Creeks Division

Blind study-ECS RV investigations


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Canine Scent and Microbial Source

Tracking in Santa Barbara, CA.

26 samples collected

beside K9s

Fecal Indicator Bacteria Human specific waste

markers

Bacteroidales

Methanobrevibacter

smithii nifH gene

Caffeine & Cotinine

Potassium

Fluoride

NH3

Surfactants


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Results

SAMPLES

11 samples positive for atleast 1 human-specific

waste marker Strong result of correlation

study was small # of false

negatives

www.santabarbaraca.gov/resident/community/

creeks/reports_and_stu

dies.htm

CANINES

K9 responses significantlyassociated with several of

the human-specific wastemarkers

Logan 100%

Sample locations were bothdogs responded negative

there were 0 human-

specific markers detected
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Benefits of Canine Field Work

Real time responses

Lead to locating twounmarked discharges

Canine responsesnarrowed zone of

interest from many

blocks to a single

Canines peaked interestand generated more

cooperation than usual


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Highlight

Hope Drain Diversion

Arroyo Burro Beach

AKA Hendrys Beach

Real time resultspositive results from

K9s led urgency to

situation leading

research team and city

workers to uncover a

leaking sanitary sewer


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Outstanding Stormwater

Research Project 2011California Stormwater Quality Association


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MDEQ QUALITY ASSURANCEPROJECT PLAN (QAPP)

CLEAN MICHIGAN INITIATIVE

GREAT LAKES RESTORATION INITIATIVE

A Big Step- Beach Monitoring


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QAPP Components

10% field replicates

Return to 10% ofrandom selected sites

Or use two canines ateach site

Following labprocedures for sampling


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QAPP Sniffing Options

Bucket Samples

Collected at roadstream crossings

Collected in deep orwide areas

Bracketing

Coded Blind to handler

Taken to neutral scentarea

Field blanks distilled

water


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PAWS ON THE GROUND

In the Field


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THE CONSERVATION FUND

Peg Kohring Midwest Director

Berrien County


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TMDL

303d Impairment WQSexceedances for E. coli,

pathogens

2001 MGM ranged from266 CFU/100 ml 4300

CFU/100 ml

Potential sources

Agriculture inputs

Illicit lateral connections

Failed/no existent septicleach fields

SSO sewer pumpstations

Source MDEQ : TMDL for E. Coli in the Galien River, Berrien County 2002


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Three Oaks, MI

Walking roadsideditches

Checking all input pipes,

catch basins, and seeps Ditches flow to

tributaries of Galien

River

Facing south- flows south


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Village of Glendora, MI


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It Smelled Bad..


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Final Count -16 hours

Three residential septicsconfirmed by BCHD

One illicit discharge to

Village of Glendora Seven additional sites

requiring further

investigation w/I

watershed

And one bag of methmaterials TOT MSP


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Peg Kohring

The Conservation Fund

You were able to accomplish what

no other program we tried so far wasable to.


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East Coast

FB Environmental


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Coast Lines

Coast line seeps at lowtide

Lead to discovery of old

outhouse with drainpipes

A bathhouse showerdraining to beach

Rub-a-dub


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Bucket Samples


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Septic to Storm


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Environmental Canine Services LLC

2012 and Beyond


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Share the Knowledge

Western Region Team


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Western Region Team

Sonoma County, CA


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The Doggie Bag

Rapid ScreeningMethod- Real Time

Results

Saves Time and Money Reduces Focus Areas to

a Manageable Area

Invites Public Interestand Cooperation

QAPP approved!

Logan showers after a long day.

Anybody seen my conditioner?

Q ti ?


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Questions?

Is that mine?

Environmental Canine


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Services LLC

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