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Oil spill penalties will help protect Minnesota loons by promoting lead-free fishing tackle

April 22, 2020March 6, 2020 by Greg Seitz

Fines paid by BP for the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill will help fund Minnesota’s expanded “Get the Lead Out” program to reduce loons deaths from lead poisoning.

Mosquito-borne disease killing an increased number of Minnesota’s loons

July 22, 2019 by Greg Seitz

West Nile virus is blamed in at least two loon deaths this summer in the Quetico-Superior region, which scientists say offer an important reminder about dangers of the disease.