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Loon Population Survey

Every five years since 1985, LoonWatch has conducted a one-day loon survey on a randomly chosen group of lakes to estimate the size and distribution of Wisconsin's Common Loon population. The next loon population survey will be conducted on Saturday, July 16, 2005. Volunteer observers will visit a lake or lakes on July 16 between 5:00 AM and 10:00 AM to count both adults and chicks. This information is then used to estimate the number of breeding adults and the number of chicks produced and is combined with previous surveys to track overall population trends. In the event of bad weather, the rain date for this survey is Saturday, July 23, 2005.

Volunteers are needed to survey the 258 lakes in the sample (see the list below to view the lakes that have not been assigned yet). This is a great way to get involved if you don't live in lake country but are willing to travel to the northwoods for a day to help the loons and LoonWatch. If you would like to survey one or more lakes, please fill out the following form.

Contact Information

Population survey lake list.

Choose from the available lakes below organized by county. You may survey as many lakes as you like, but all lake surveys must be completed between 5 AM and 10 AM on July 16.

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