- 7/2004: Blood Lead and Alad Activity Levels of Cooper's Hawks Migrating Through the Southern Rocky Mountains
A study of the incidence of lead exposure in Cooper's Hawks.
- 5/17/2004:
Waiting
For Mating
After bringing a dozen endangered condors to Oregon to breed, their
keeper wondered whether the move would dampen their mood.
- 7/17/2003:
California
Condor Restoration
This year was a very encouraging one for condors on almost all fronts.
Notes from the field from one of The
Peregrine Fund conservation projects.
- 5/2003:
Lead
and California Condor Recovery
The problem of lead in the environment is an ongoing threat to the
recovery of the California condor. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -
Pacific Region - Hopper Mountain National Wildlife Refuge Complex.
- 12/2002:
Audubon
Society News Letter Regarding Lead Shot Hazards: Project Gutpile
Lead shot in animal carcasses has a deadly impact on condors and other
wildlife. Now a
promising campaign is seeking to enlighten hunters about the problem.
But is it enough
to save the condors?
- 6/25/2002:
Pennsylvania's
Bald Eagle Population Continues to Grow
As America prepares to celebrate 226 years of independence on the Fourth
of July, Pennsylvanians will do so knowing that the nation's symbol
of freedom, the bald eagle, is thriving within their state's borders.
- 11/10/2001:
Bald
Eagles Continue Their Impressive Comeback; Recent Bald Eagle Fostering
In Northwest Region a Success
With the nation's birthday celebration upon us, the Pennsylvania Game
Commission is heralding the Commonwealth's nesting bald eagle population,
which continues to grow in an amazing and unprecedented way.
- 8/23/2001:
BLM
Encourages Use of Lead Free Non-Toxic Shot
A BLM of California news release.
- 6/5/2000:Adapting
to steel shot: Winning over hunters no easy task
Restrictions imposed last year on migratory game bird hunting have been
met by an overall good response. According to Neil Scott, an enforcement
officer with Environment Canada, regulations outlawing the use of lead
shot for the hunting of most migratory birds have been generally accepted
by hunters in the Northwest Territories.
- 9/1/1999:Non-toxic
shot: Nationwide in '99
Environment Canada reminded Canadians that, effective today, the use
of lead shot is
prohibited for hunting most migratory game birds in all areas of Canada.
The regulation
does not apply to hunting of woodcock, band-tailed pigeons, and mourning
doves outside
of National Wildlife Areas.
- 1995:
Canada
Environment News Release Archive
Scientific evidence on the extent of lead poisoning of waterfowl and
their predators in Canada was summarized in 1995 in the Canadian Wildlife
Service (CWS) Occasional Paper Number 88. A review of the environmental
impacts of lead shotshell ammunition and lead fishing weights in Canada.
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