Lead Poisoning and Bird Mortality Across Wisconsin Baffles Readers
Wisconsin readers examine recurring bird deaths from lead shot in geese at Lake Poygan and from tower collisions, oil spills, and road kills. The piece weighs population-scale impact, asks how many perish yearly, notes Great Lakes crossings and Gulf of Mexico hazards, and ends with reader questions to The Country Today about avian mortality and a Wisconsin ornithology project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Lake Poygan
Illinois
Great Lakes
Lake Superior
Gulf of Mexico
Medford
Taylor County
Robbins
United Church of Christ
Dorchester
Milwaukee Public Museum
Eau Claire
Poisoned state geese sent to Colorado lab for autopsy
Wisconsin wildlife officials relay 25 dead geese to Colorado State University for autopsies to confirm lead poisoning as the cause of a mass die-off in east central Wisconsin. Nearly 5,000 geese are believed dead. authorities warn live birds face botulism risk as mild weather spreads flocks.
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Wisconsin
Colorado
Illinois
DNR to hold hearing on Hay Creek Fishery master plan
The DNR will host an informational hearing at 7 30 p m March 2 in the Peoples State Bank meeting room Bloomer to discuss the Hay Creek Fishery Area master plan. The plan covers watershed management land easements streambank protection habitat work and ongoing monitoring with Bloomer FFA aiding in creek work. Review the plan in advance at the DNR office in Chippewa Falls courthouse. Springlike weather triggers ice safety warnings for Wisconsin lakes anglers must remove ice shanties from waters south of Hwy 64 by March 5 and from areas north of 64 by March 15.
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Robert Dreis
DNR
Spooner
Mr. Dreis
Hay Creek
Peoples State Bank
Bloomer
Bloomer Ffa
The
Doug Erickson
Mississippi River
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Mississippi
G.B
Conrath
J.H., Barron
Robbins Nest
Colorado State University
Douglas Morrissette
Morrissette
Milwaukee Sentinel
Grand River Marsh
Lake Puckaway
Carl Batha
Lee Dreyfus
David Jacobson
Douglas
Bayfield
Ashland
Iron
Washburn
Polk
Barron
Price
Sawyer Counties
Daniel Flaherty
Natural Resources Board
Wisconsin Conservation Congress
Francis
Bill) Murphy
Portage
Congress
Chippewa Falls
Chilson
South
Fou Claire
Mon
Thurs
Catcher Stanchion
Joe Cramer
Menomonie
England
Canada
United Kingdom
H. G
Hank) Schnider
Fox Hill
Hugo, Minn
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