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<title>Loons sound alarm on mercury pollution</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 17, 2012) The Adirondacks&apos; beloved icon, the Common Loon, has left for its winter home on the Atlantic coast.Loons have enjoyed unprecedented population growth over the last 30 years. They outlived DDT and a time when people used to shoot loons for sport. But a recent study says things could have been even better. This time the culprit is mercury pollution. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21074/20121217/loons-sound-alarm-on-mercury-pollution">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: David Sommerstein</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Adirondacks&apos; beloved icon, the Common Loon, has left for its winter home on the Atlantic coast.Loons have enjoyed unprecedented population growth over the last 30 years. They outlived DDT and a time when people used to shoot loons for sport. But a recent study says things could have been even better. This time the culprit is mercury pollution. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21074/20121217/loons-sound-alarm-on-mercury-pollution">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:keywords>photolead, environment, politics, mercury, epa, loons, birding, adirondacks, health, old forge, first lake, [loc:43.7173748 -74.9223386], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Logging, rubber loon race in Newcomb</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 24, 2012) The Adirondack Interpretive Center in Newcomb will try a new twist on the &quot;rubber duck race&quot; on Saturday, using rubber loons instead. The event is part of the center&apos;s celebration of its first anniversary under the leadership of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Proceeds will support educational programs at the center. The event will focus on the two most iconic symbols of human and natural history in the Adirondacks: logs and loons. Some 500 black-and-white rubber loons will be dropped into the Rich Lake outlet for a 425-yard floating race. Prizes will be awarded for those who sponsored the winners. Visitor&apos;s center program coordinator Paul Hai told Todd Moe that a California company, CelebriDucks, manufactured the rubber loons for the race. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19870/20120524/logging-rubber-loon-race-in-newcomb">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Adirondack Interpretive Center in Newcomb will try a new twist on the &quot;rubber duck race&quot; on Saturday, using rubber loons instead. The event is part of the center&apos;s celebration of its first anniversary under the leadership of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Proceeds will support educational programs at the center. The event will focus on the two most iconic symbols of human and natural history in the Adirondacks: logs and loons. Some 500 black-and-white rubber loons will be dropped into the Rich Lake outlet for a 425-yard floating race. Prizes will be awarded for those who sponsored the winners. Visitor&apos;s center program coordinator Paul Hai told Todd Moe that a California company, CelebriDucks, manufactured the rubber loons for the race. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19870/20120524/logging-rubber-loon-race-in-newcomb">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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