Federal proposal: Kill salmon-eating seabirds

Saturday, June 21, 2014 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in Species, Wildlife, columbia river, salmon and steelhead in the news

First it was the sea lions, then the Caspian terns and now the double crested comorants.

Federal officials are proposing to kill half the large colony of cormorants in the Columbia River estuary because the large black seabirds eat too many young salmon and steelhead.

LINK (via:The Statesman Journal)

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