The Double Crested Cormorant…

The Double Crested Cormorant is a native bird and should be allowed to nest without persecution.
Efforts to remove it are based on confusion about natural processes: Just as some confuse weather and climate, proponents of such measures extrapolate the localized effects of colonial bird nesting sites to the entire Great Lakes. They refuse to take into account research that indicates the Great Lakes cormorant population has stabilized and even declined. Cormorant diets include little sport or commercially desirable fish, or their prey, and do include invasive fish species. The destruction of vegetation by cormorants and other colonial birds is extremely localized. In comparison, development and agriculture devastate native plant and animal communities with effects that spread far beyond their immediate footprint. Guano accumulation is a natural process that plays out over a long timeframe, so we should not allow “aesthetics” to lead us into making unjustified and naïve assumptions.
I oppose the proposed change to the Darlington Provincial Park management plan.