Vermont Loon Recovery Project Coordinator, Eric Hanson, was interviewed for 10 minute segment on VPR's Vermont Edition today (wednesday 13 July). The program will be replayed at 7 pm with the interview around 7:40 pm. The program can also be listened to via podcoast soon at the vpr website. In preparation for the upcoming Loonwatch Day survey this coming Saturday, many newspapers and vpr have picked up on this conservation success story and how the public can be an active part of the process. There is also a major story on loons in the current Yankee magazine with a section on Vermont and our great corps of volunteers.
We now have plenty of volunteers for Saturday, but people can still conduct loon surveys as part of a different program called "Loon Casual Surveys". These lakes are mostly non-nesting lakes where we are trying to assess levels of loon activity. Surveys can be done anytime from May to October. If two loons are repeatedly observed, we will want to watch that lake more closely the following year to see if a pair is forming and maybe someday nests. Loon Casual Surveys are a great excuse to pick out 3 or 4 lakes in another part of the state and make a day of it. See the VCE website loon section for more details or contact Eric Hanson at ehanson@vtecostudies.org.
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