EPA REJECTS BAN
ON LEAD SINKER AND AMMO
A call for a ban on lead fishing tackle and
ammunition was recently rejected by the Environmental Protection Agency,
which said there was no proof that it would protect the environment.
Environmental groups petitioned the EPA in August to prohibit “the
manufacture, processing, and distribution” of lead in bullets and fishing
gear. In response to the American Bird Conservancy, EPA Assistant
Administrator, Stephen Owens, cited steps already undertaken to curb lead
use: limits on federal land, state regulation, education efforts and the
increasing availability of non-lead alternatives.
LAKE TROUT TO BE TRACKED IN NIAGARA RIVER
Fisheries personnel with the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Lower Great Lakes Fish & Wildlife
Conservation Office in Amherst have begun a project to monitor adult lake
trout movement in the Niagara River and around the Niagara Bar in Lake
Ontario.
"The project will help to
locate spawning areas and to identify the lake trout strains that are
spawning in the Niagara River and bar," writes Betsy Trometer, USF&WS
fisheries biologist conducting the program.
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SCALING BACK OF ASIAN CARP STUDY DRAWS FIRE
More than three years after
Congress directed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to explore ways to
separate the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins in order to "prevent
the spread" of nuisance species like Asian carp between the two grand water
systems, the Army Corps is now embarking on what it says likely will be a
four-year study.
NACD Urges Congress to Keep
Farm Bill Energy Programs Intact
WASHINGTON, D.C.—December 2, 2010
— The National Association of Conservation Districts (NACD) is calling on
Congress to support full funding for Farm Bill energy programs. In the
coming months, Congress will begin review and debate on the reauthorization
of Farm Bill programs, including those under the energy title. However,
programs in the energy title are among the 37 programs that do not have
baseline beyond the 2008 Farm Bill.
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Summer '11- Niagara Nature News
