Carp causing dramatic downturn in birds at eastern Oregon refuge

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Another reason to shoot carp.

Fish invaders causing dramatic downturn in birds at eastern Oregon refuge | OregonLive.com

 

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Duck production alone averaged more than 101,000 annually with a peak of 139,000 in 1946.

No more. Waterfowl production is down 75 percent at the refuge and visiting bird numbers have fallen by several million a year, according to the Fish and Wildlife Service.

That should of interest to all CA waterfowlers since those birds head that way in winter. I talked with some of the staff from that refuge at the outdoor show. They want to try just about everything. But being a fed agency they new mother may I from Congress.