https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/home_2 daily 0.75 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/566d1c72-9eec-4ba3-be7a-1e6ad1713d97/Cormorant+res+600.jpg Home_2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/db911dd6-f44d-4198-a64b-cd448cf53357/M2003039_2.jpg Home_2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/28529848-7d26-43be-a941-be57142e3e12/vivek-doshi-2JZYyuG69Ck-unsplash_2331.jpg Home_2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/2a6d0249-0103-489c-a44c-1ab01a6b0509/veronica-dudarev-H1mziJ2jaUA-unsplash.jpg Home_2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/edd7f4a3-3d02-46e1-824b-4a2453d45531/erik-gonzalez-guerrero-KsWPBB3GC-Y-unsplash.jpg Home_2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/a42aa78c-2d56-43db-985d-af618eb755c3/shlomo-shalev-L6bxspQHEZI-unsplash.jpg Home_2 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/f5c85459-1338-46f0-894d-716f28810ab0/_5161325.jpg Home_2 https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/home-_3 daily 0.75 2021-06-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1622901406488-SSFLD7JMDEXBLJ4CEASV/vivek-doshi-2JZYyuG69Ck-unsplash_2331.jpg Home _3 - Exceptionally Dynamic Streamlined birds that fly powerfully through the air and swim effortlessly underwater, with a complex life and strong social relationships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1622946335230-FN2VM91F7H7R6MKTFLLN/M2003039_3.jpg Home _3 - Natural Eco-Engineers Cormorants maintain, modify and create wildlife habitat, consume non-native, invasive fish species and benefit other waterbirds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1622902695155-BE7P03EG1PHRGMUES0VA/Cormorant+res+600.jpg Home _3 - Highly Vulnerable A species that could once again vanish from the landscape, perhaps forever. https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/home daily 1.0 2022-02-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1622901406488-SSFLD7JMDEXBLJ4CEASV/vivek-doshi-2JZYyuG69Ck-unsplash_2331.jpg Home - Intelligent and Interconnected Streamlined birds that fly powerfully through the air and swim effortlessly underwater, with a complex life and strong social relationships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1629578671539-6B83XR5GJL3500BT34QS/iStock-1288525935.jpg Home - Natural Eco-Engineers Cormorants maintain, modify and create wildlife habitat, consume non-native, invasive fish species and benefit other waterbirds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1622902695155-BE7P03EG1PHRGMUES0VA/Cormorant+res+600.jpg Home - Highly Vulnerable After almost disappearing from the Great Lakes basin in the 1970’s, this species could once again vanish from the landscape, perhaps forever. https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/issues daily 0.75 2021-09-17 https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/ecology daily 0.75 2021-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1631813133032-0X6TK7OQHP9UXDRFE228/iStock-1315142514.jpg Ecology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1628377262060-MMMC73SB6K1KV2X7S2PJ/_5161325_sm.jpg Ecology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1629578097073-TOQQE2BLK0VFKX59AKJX/Cormorants%2C+Pelicans.+Heron+and+Gulls.+1-1.jpg Ecology https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1631740056060-A1VFF21LT8M46JC5HR57/IMGP2189_cropped.jpg Ecology - Succession: Dynamic Nature at Work A process in which a disturbance, such as wildfires, hurricanes, wildlife or human alterations, causes vegetation to be modified or destroyed, followed by regrowth, until the next disturbance comes and the cycle repeats itself. (video to be posted soon). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1632434191426-N8TP2363A2ACMIH6T862/Cormorant+graphic_2.jpg Ecology - Shifting Baseline Syndrome More than 100 years ago John James Audubon observed a single cormorant flock he estimated to number one million birds. In later years, cormorant numbers were decimated by pesticide poisoning and human persecution. Some people today think there are too many cormorants. They didn't see many cormorants in the 1960s, 70s and 80s (since they were nearly wiped out), so not having them around was perceived as normal. These people see the return of cormorants as abnormal, when the reality is that the absence of cormorants is what is abnormal. This perspective about what is normal is called Shifting Baseline Syndrome (SBS) and it has led some people, including wildlife managers, to support the reduction or elimination of cormorants. Watch a fascinating video - Forgetting Nature - that describes the phenomenon in more detail. https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/contact daily 0.75 2021-09-15 https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/biology daily 0.75 2023-05-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1627006001647-SREYJMFSL9844VKVGCI3/iStock-616001090.jpg Biology Double-crested cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1627076170275-GKJNBL8ZXQCVCYDWXZ0N/anchor-lee-Fd74Ipou7pw-unsplash.jpg Biology - Heading Here Cormorants may be less abundant throughout their range than they were in the past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1631637847130-V616OH4OINYCZ92HCYTS/iStock-1138523242.jpg Biology - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/resources daily 0.75 2023-05-26 https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/about daily 0.75 2024-02-24 https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/take-action daily 0.75 2023-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1631668861162-LMLNYO31GODPC4KUCRBU/Photo+-+Laidlaw+at+podium.jpg Take Action - BOOK A SPEAKER Book a speaker for your event. Conservation groups, cottage associations and others are invited to contact us to arrange for a virtual speaker to attend their special event, monthly meeting or other function. Please note that speaker availability is limited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1629591508950-FSNGQVEWJAANY9440QHD/Presqu%27ile+May+15-16%2C+2006+%2810%29.jpg Take Action - ONTARIO CORMORANT HUNTING SEASON Raise this issue today with Premier Doug Ford and the Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry Graydon Smith. Let them know that the killing of cormorants is an archaic, destructive and cruel method of wildlife management that has no scientific or ecological justification and that it should not be allowed in Ontario. Doug Ford, Premier Legislative Building, Queen’s Park Toronto ON M7A 1A1 416-325-1941 FEEDBACK FORM ON PREMIER’S WEBSITE Graydon Smith , Minister of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources & Forestry Suite 6630, 99 Wellesley Street West Toronto, Ontario M7A 1W3 416-314-2301 minister.mnrf@ontario.ca If you live in Ontario, also contact your Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP). It doesn’t matter what party they represent. Express your support for the protection of Double-crested Cormorants and an end to the Ontario cormorant hunting season. Find your Ontario MPP using your postal code at elections.on.ca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1631636438220-Y2YBGQS88084I679UHHY/Screen+Shot+2021-09-14+at+10.20.18+AM.png Take Action - SIGN THE CORMORANT DECLARATION We believe there are many reasons that cormorants should be protected, and our Statement on the importance of protecting Double-crested cormorants outlines the key points. If you would like to voice your support for the value of cormorants in the Great Lakes Basin area please add your name to our declaration. To view the list of expert declaration signees, click here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1629584061990-MCH5CLO1161OUPMSM8FV/F1000012.jpg Take Action - POINT PELEE NATIONAL PARK ANNUAL CORMORANT CULL Let the Minister of Environment and Climate Change know that the slaughter of cormorants on Point Pelee National Park’s Middle Island, must be stopped because lethal management practices have no ecological justification and are damaging to the wildlife and ecology of the island. Environment and Climate Change Canada 200 Sacré-Coeur Boulevard Gatineau QC K1A 0H3 819-938-3813 ec.ministre-minister.ec@canada.ca https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/ngo-responses daily 0.75 2021-09-14 https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/middle-island-cull daily 0.75 2021-12-05 https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/home_4 daily 0.75 2021-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1622901406488-SSFLD7JMDEXBLJ4CEASV/vivek-doshi-2JZYyuG69Ck-unsplash_2331.jpg Home_4 - Intelligent and Interconnected Streamlined birds that fly powerfully through the air and swim effortlessly underwater, with a complex life and strong social relationships. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1629578671539-6B83XR5GJL3500BT34QS/iStock-1288525935.jpg Home_4 - Natural Eco-Engineers Cormorants maintain, modify and create wildlife habitat, consume non-native, invasive fish species and benefit other waterbirds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60baa2604f80683e3cd971ec/1622902695155-BE7P03EG1PHRGMUES0VA/Cormorant+res+600.jpg Home_4 - Highly Vulnerable After almost disappearing from the Great Lakes basin in the 1970’s, this species could once again vanish from the landscape, perhaps forever. https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/join-declaration daily 0.75 2024-02-24 https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/declaration-signees daily 0.75 2022-02-24 https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/privacy-policy daily 0.75 2021-12-05 https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/publications daily 0.75 2023-05-26 https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/videos daily 0.75 2023-05-27 https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/faqs daily 0.75 2023-08-27 https://www.greatlakescormorants.com/deep-dive daily 0.75 2023-05-29