Lead shot risks predatory birds, warns ecologist
Federal urges switch from lead to steel shot as up to 2.4 million wild ducks may die from ingestion of spent shot. UW Madison ecologist Stanley Temple notes that not only waterfowl but also birds like bald eagles are dying from lead poisoning, challenging previous assumptions about the scope of the danger.
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Uw-Madison
Stanley Temple
Mr. Temple
Utah
Temple
Wilson’s Pond
Marshall Quilling
Kenneth Hillestad
Wisconsin
Wisconsin deer herd may hit 800000 this year
The Wisconsin DNR projects a record deer herd near 800000, prompting recommendations for issuing about 79400 buck doe and fawn hunting party permits this fall due to ideal conditions. Separate research led by Mr Temple and the National Fish and Wildlife Health Laboratory explores lead shot dangers to eagles and other raptors and may bolster moves to switch from lead to steel shot in waterfowl hunting.
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Wisconsin
Frank Haberland
DNR
Temple
National Fish and Wildlife Health Laboratory
Madison
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Lake Wissota adopts boat speed limits and mooring area
The DNR approves a Lake Wissota boating ordinance for Eagle Point Anson and Lafayette towns. Slow no wake zones are set in Yellow River main channel and near Waters Edge, plus O Neil Creek by Hwy 178. A Wissota Yacht Club mooring is added east of CTH S by Silver Bridge. Fines up to 50 dollars for marker interference and 115 dollars for slow no wake violations.
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Lake Wissota
DNR
Eau Claire
Larry Keith
West Central District
Eagle Point
Anson
Lafayette
Wissota
Yellow River
Lake Wissota State Park
CTHS
Waters Edge Supper Club
O’neil Creek
Hwy. 178
Wissota Yacht
Keith
Wilson's Pond Birding Notes From Wisconsin's Hidden Locales
Ornithology notes describe Wilson's Pond near Menomonie Wisconsin as a rich gathering spot for puddle ducks shorebirds grebes and swans during spring and early summer. The writer praises access via farm lanes reports diverse species including eared grebe sandpipers and yellow headed blackbirds and notes declining water plant growth and distant from home. Readers share banding questions cedar waxwing nesting behavior and early Wisconsin egg dates with the Milwaukee Public Museum researcher inviting further correspondence.
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G.E
Fall Electric CO
Clear Lake
Mill & Farm Supply, Inc. Sales & Service
Feters
Black Hawk
JLCO
Dean Traynor
Weath
Wieser
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Al’s Concrete
Robbins Nest
Sam Robbins
Irven Buss
Helmer Mattison
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Menomonie
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Plum City
Robbins
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