Waterford area a haven for swans; Efforts to control bird considered...

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 20, 2005 ;     487 words ......once again the best place to be in Wisconsin for mute swans. Mute swans may have lost their protected status last week from...Lien said. Considered a nuisance In the case of the mute swans, that would likely be in April, he said. The DNR...

Residents' petition supports mute swans

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 12, 2001 ;     438 words ...Residents' petition supports mute swans State DNR wants to control population...December 12, 2001 Sturtevant -- Backers of mute swans on Tuesday presented to biologists for...statewide by the DNR on the issue of mute swans. The DNR wants to control the non- native...

Officials square off on swan swapping

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 9, 2001 ;     655 words ......the ongoing argument over the place of mute swans in Wisconsin, Waterford Town Chairman...want to endanger that population, and mute swans are a very real risk to trumpeters...Society for Ornithology had identified mute swans, which first appeared in Wisconsin in...

DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES REMINDS RESIDENTS TO GIVE MUTE SWANS SPACE

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  May 13, 2008 ;     240 words ......enjoying Michigan's waters to stay clear of mute swans, especially those with young. "Mute swans can be aggressive, particularly when protecting...fly until August. During this period, adult mute swans have been known to attack humans, dogs and...

SWANS NO LONGER PROTECTED DNR GETS OK TO SHOOT POPULATION OF AGGRESSIVE...

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  January 2, 2007 ;     682 words ......federal appeals court recently removed mute swans from protected status, allowing the state...so that's why everyone is concerned. Mute swans are doubling their state population every...have started hunting seasons for the mute swans. All types of swans have been protected...

COURT RULING CLEARS THE WAY FOR DNR TO KILL MUTE SWANS.(LOCAL)

Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  January 2, 2007 ;     393 words ......may have been sounded for Wisconsin's mute swans. A federal appeals court recently upheld...officials want to replace the nonnative mute swans with native trumpeter swans. The Department...could not be reached for comment. But mute swans are popular among some lake residents...

Mute swans may face new danger

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 27, 2003 ;     474 words ...Mute swans may face new danger Strange boats, possible...April 27, 2003 Town of Waterford -- Mute swans in the Tichigan Lake area may be facing...large spotlights into the reeds where the mute swans are often seen. At least one of those...

Egg-tampering plan creates a squawk

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  May 7, 2000 ;     700+ words ......creatures that can't sound off for themselves -- mute swans. The flap started after people learned about...restore trumpeter swans at the expense of mute swans by injecting the eggs of mute swans with a bleach solution to kill the embryos...

GOAL: ERADICATE MUTE SWANS.(SPORTS)(OUTDOORS)(Column)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI);  January 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ......television news programs of large white mute swans swimming alongside their cute offspring...control program. The goal is to eradicate mute swans in Wisconsin. That is done through egg...egg to destroy the embryo), shooting mute swans, or taking them to a game farm. The reason...

Mute swans in county might be protected

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  February 10, 2002 ;     394 words ...Mute swans in county might be protected By HEATHER...Town of Waterford -- Racine County's mute swans might be spared. The state Department...DNR biologists have recommended that mute swans should be eliminated throughout the state...

Compromise spares some mute swans; But state policy is still eradication

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 25, 2007 ;     411 words ...Madison - Mute swans, those elegant but occasionally combative...most of the nearly 700 free-flying mute swans in the state. Board members, however...Kenosha counties to care for specific mute swans, provided the bird is neutered and...

Federal Government Announces Plan to Cancel All Permits to Kill Mute Swans...

U.S. Newswire;  September 17, 2003 ;     327 words ......it will withdraw all permits to kill mute swans nationwide. The announcement comes just...permits to kill tens of thousands of mute swans throughout the United States. "This is...for thousands of graceful and majestic mute swans," said Michael Markarian, president of...

On the trail of the mute swan

Capital (Annapolis);  May 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ......growing numbers of bay grass- munching mute swans is a slow, deliberate one. Trying to...associate director for habitat conservation. Mute swans are native to Europe and Asia. They were...European immigrants. The roughly 4,000 mute swans in the Chesapeake Bay region are the...

Eagle Bluffs swans were 'problematic,' state officials say.

Columbia Daily Tribune (Columbia, MO);  April 1, 2006 ;     481 words ......torn over of the shooting deaths of two mute swans. On the one hand, he knows visitors to...dichotomy, he said. Since November, two mute swans had been staying at Eagle Bluffs, along...death. Loveless said similar pairs of mute swans had been at the wetlands during the past...

DNR eases up on mute swan control policy

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  March 28, 2001 ;     441 words ......public outcry in Racine County to save mute swans has prompted the state Department of...swans to game farms. The DNR has said mute swans, which are aggressive birds, have been...the interim policy will not apply when mute swans are interfering with trumpeter swans...