Thread: Lost Our Loons
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Old 07-31-2023, 09:23 AM   #23
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So this is discussion is very good in my eyes... we all have view points as different as they maybe. While I have said my piece about the banding... Lets talk about some of the initiative that the TLC has done that have most certainly been effective in helping to restore the loon population:

1- working to create protected sanctuary locations to promote loon breeding in the wild
2 - the very successful floating nests that they have located around the lake, specifically adjacent to some of the sanctuaries.
3 - working to get rid of Lead fishing weights
4 - rescuing and rehabilitating loons in distress.

How much have these initiatives help bring back the loon population, that is hard to tell.... but they have had an impact.
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