Growing up on, and living…

Growing up on, and living along the Great Lakes my whole life, I have seen the devastation that can occur due to overpopulated areas with cormorants. Whether it is east sister island on Lake Erie or Snake island in Fathom five national marine park, these birds really do severely impact the areas they decide to flourish in. Not only do they make the areas they live in aesthetically not pleasing due to the stench they create, the noise they emit in the larger colony’s, but also the damage they do to tree canopy’s, the ground below these trees, and the amount of fish they take from the waters. I very much support the hunting season for double crested cormorants and as a licenced firearms holder and hunter I would happily take part in the season on my own land including some restored gravel pits my father in law owns in-land from Lake Huron. Thank you for your time and consideration on this issue. Keep up the good work.