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This Aug. 12, 2011 shows double breasted cormorants on East Sand Island in the Columbia River near Ilwaco, Wash. Government hunters have begun scouting an island at the mouth of the Columbia River as they prepare to shoot thousands of hungry seabirds to reduce the numbers of baby salmon they eat, Thursday, May 21, 2015. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times via AP)
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d42f6fb675d74b39a38c72e31e09a920/government-hunters-prepare-kill-salmon-eating-birds
By JEFF BARNARD May. 22, 2015 8:10 PM EDT
Government hunters have begun scouting an island at the mouth of the Columbia River as they prepare to shoot thousands of hungry seabirds to stop them from eating baby salmon.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokeswoman Diana Fredlund said hunters from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Wildlife Services agency went to a small uninhabited island off Ilwaco, Washington, on Thursday to survey the land before carrying out plans to reduce the population of double crested cormorants from about 14,000 breeding pairs to 5,600 pairs by 2018.
Double crested cormorants are large black birds with long necks, hooked bills and webbed feet that dive beneath the surface to eat small fish.
Wildlife Services is slated to file a plan with the corps next week before starting to kill the birds.
FULL story at link.
The salmon need the help. Is there no better answer?
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AP: Government hunters prepare to kill salmon-eating birds (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
May 2015
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hatrack
(59,593 posts)1. Yes there is - tear down some of the freaking dams . . .
Start with the Snake River and see how it goes.
If dam removal on the Elwha is any indication, there'll be plenty of salmon for all parties concerned.
http://www.newsweek.com/worlds-largest-dam-removal-completed-fish-already-returning-269231
http://www.nps.gov/olym/learn/nature/elwha-ecosystem-restoration.htm
marym625
(17,997 posts)2. This is just wrong
There has to be a better way
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)3. Fuck that is terrible. Can't they throw them some minnows or something?
Their only crime is hunger. Guess that's the government way.