LoonWatch features Educational Programs about loons and Research and Monitoring Programs.
Loon Appreciation Week
LoonWatch promotes loon education and conservation during Loon Appreciation Week (held the first week of May) by creating and distributing a new Loon Appreciation Week poster each year.
Speakers’ Bureau
Members provide customized loon presentations to schools, clubs, lake associations, and conferences. As trained speakers, members play an important role in loon conservation by informing their communities about loons and their habitat.
Get the Lead Out!
Get the Lead Out! promotes the use of non-lead fishing tackle. Each year loons and other waterbirds die from lead poisoning due to ingestion of lead fishing tackle (sinkers and jigs in particular).
Request a LoonWatch Presentation
Would you like a presentation about loons for your class, lake association, fishing club, or organization in Wisconsin? Contact us to make a reservation.
Loon Education Materials
Fact sheets, videos, signs, activities, and more to help you spread the word about loon conservation.
Annual Loon Monitoring Program
Loon Rangers monitor loons on Wisconsin lakes from ice out to ice on. They not only record important loon events on the lake but they provide a critical educational service by discussing loon protection and habitat conservation with their neighbors, lake association, fishermen, and other visitors to the lake.
Wisconsin Loon Population Survey
Conducted every five years since 1985, the Wisconsin Loon Population Survey is a one-day survey that tracks the population trend of Wisconsin’s loons.
Sigurd T. Olson Loon Research Award
This annual research award funds original research that leads to better understanding and management of upper Great Lakes’ loon populations. This award is partially funded by the North American Loon Research Endowment.
Collaborative Research
LoonWatch collaborates with scientists across North America as they attempt to better understand the ecology of loons and the conservation issues that surround them.