I strongly support this…

I strongly support this proposal and other measures to control the population explosion of cormorants that has occurred on our lakes in recent years. I have been on Balsam Lake for 70 years and for over 50 years there was no noticeable population of cormorants. However, a small colony established itself on a small island and has since multiplied, seemingly exponentially. Now we have many “rafts” of them in the hundreds, consuming bait fish, immature sport fish and destroying all vegetation on the island roost! Uncontrolled, they are a threat to the environment that supports the loon and great blue heron populations.