Waterfowl Lead Poisoning Studies at Forney's Lake, Iowa

Authors

Richard A. Bishop, Iowa State Conservation CommissionFollow

Document Type

Research

Keywords

Waterfowl, lead poisoning, Forney's Lake, lead deposits, waterfowl management

Abstract

Forney's Lake in Fremont County is a popular waterfowl concentration area along the Missouri River with a history of lead poisoning of mallards. About 1,500 mallards died from lead poisoning in 1960 and about 2,500 in the winter of 1965 and 1966. A total of 143 bottom samples taken in 1966 and 1967 indicated an average of 1.6 pellets per square foot were available to waterfowl. Lead poisoning losses on this area can be minimized by regulating water levels after the hunting season to move the birds elsewhere.

Publication Date

April 1972

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

79

Issue

1

First Page

121

Last Page

13

Copyright

©1972 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Bishop, Richard A. (1972) "Waterfowl Lead Poisoning Studies at Forney's Lake, Iowa," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 79(1), 121-13.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol79/iss1/6