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Volunteers count "their" loons in annual in census
Loon on Lake Ozonia, submitted as Photo of the Day 7/7/10. Photo: Joe Woody
Loon on Lake Ozonia, submitted as Photo of the Day 7/7/10. Photo: Joe Woody
(07/20/10) Volunteers fanned out over 330 lakes for the annual Adirondack loon count Saturday. It was the tenth annual "count," and many of those volunteers have participated since the beginning, often reporting on loons they've come to know over the years.
Zoe Smith is the director of the Wildlife Conservation Society's Adirondack Program. She tells Martha Foley it's that personal commitment that fuels the effort to track the region's loon population. more

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