Canadians Help Loon Survey Across Canada
Canadians volunteer in the five year Loon-Friendly Lakes campaign by joining the Canadian Lakes Loon Survey to monitor loon numbers and breeding across lakes. Participants survey a lake three times in summer, receive a kit, and may contribute water samples, carcasses, or signs while supporting Bird Studies Canada and loon conservation.
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One Lead Sinker Risks Loon Population
The article notes five loon species worldwide with four in Canada and the Common Loon as the best known. It details threats from acid rain, habitat loss from shoreline development, dams, boat wakes, and crucially lead poisoning from sinking lead weights, stating that a single lead sinker can kill a loon.
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Canada
Gavia Immer
Canadian Taxpayers Federation Launches Gas Tax Honesty Day
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation starts its second annual Gas Tax Honesty Day to spotlight what it calls federal and provincial gas tax gouging at the pumps. A new report assesses how government investments reach Canada's roadways and invites online petitions for lower gas taxes ahead of Budget 2001. Victor Vrsnik decries Ottawa's gas tax return as only four percent of five billion dollars, calling it highway robbery.
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Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Canada
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Victor Vrsnik
Ottawa
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