Our property is on Stoney…

Our property is on Stoney Lake in the Kawartha Lakes region. We have observed the increase of cormorants on the lake with great concern. Small islands on the lake have been taken over by cormorants and totally devastated them. Tall white pines on uninhabited islands have no foliage. These islands are part of the lake landscape and provide habitat for many other birds and animals. Their habitat is disappearing. Islands where there are cottages have also started to lose pine trees where cormorants are roosting.

Loons are thriving in our area of the lake but cormorants have started to appear in the bays competing with the loons for fish. This concerns us as the loons have only recently started to reappear.

To protect the other species on our lake and stop the disappearance of foliage on islands we support the establishment of a hunting season for cormorants.

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