Something is Killing Our Loons: A Comic
2025 interdisciplinary intern Sammi Rizzo created this comic after working in the field with loon biologists Eric Hanson and Eloise Girard and attending a loon necropsy.
vtecostudies.org/fish-loon-safe
This story ran in Loon Caller, the Vermont Center for Ecostudies’ annual loon publication. Support Vermont loons today—mark down that your gift is for the Vermont Loon Conservation Project.
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Thanks for this great resource to raise awareness about the continued impact of legal lead on our loon population. We need either legislation or a petition to the fish and wildlife board that asks for a total ban on the use of lead in fishing. I am also an angler who is always picking up loose line while kayaking and stuffing it in my pockets!
Great work Sammi! I sent this out on Facebook and already got some comments from people who are looking into it more and spreading the word to their fishing friends. The “I eat fishhooks for breakfast” guy is my favorite 🙂
Great work, Sammi! I’m going to pass this on to folks I know who fish. ✌️