Entangled

Written By Michale Glennon

Common loon (Gavia immer) is arguably the most iconic ambassador for the lakes in the Adirondack region. Here a common loon is suspended in knitted fishing line to represent the threat of entanglement. Loons and other wildlife get tangled in discarded fishing line, especially in the busy summer months. The Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation receives calls each year about entangled loons and their Fishing Line Recycling Program helps to address this problem by providing fishing line recycling containers throughout the park. These are maintained by volunteers and discarded line is sent to a recycling facility in Iowa, reducing threats to these and other species.

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Creator: Michale Glennon

Michale Glennon

Michale Glennon serves as the Senior Research Scientist of the Paul Smith's College Adirondack Watershed Institute. She is interested in the effects of land use management on wildlife populations in the Adirondacks and is engaged in research ranging from issues of residential development to recreation ecology to climate change. She is an ecologist and previously spent 15 years as the Director of Science for the Adirondack Program of the Wildlife Conservation Society. At AWI, Michale works to support and help shape the scientific research program, provide high quality research opportunities for students, and distribute and champion AWI's work in order to enhance the use of science in the management and stewardship of the natural resources of the Adirondack Park.

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