This Iconic Minnesota Bird Needs a Football Field of Water Just to Take Off

Minnesota chose the common loon as its state bird in 1961 because lawmakers and bird experts agreed that no other animal ...
Mother Jones

We Know What’s Killing Loons and How to Stop It. So Why Are They Still Dying?

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. In 1987, wildlife veterinarian Mark Pokras was in his office at Tufts University in ...
Kennebec Journal

Loon rescued on Smithfield pond dies a week later

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The Daily Gazette

Police, firefighters save loon trapped on Catskill Creek

CATSKILL — Hudson Fire Department Dive Team members were called to Catskill on Saturday to save a bird trapped on the icy Catskill Creek. Members of the Catskill Fire Company saw Facebook posts ...
Hoodline

Firefighters Unite to Tackle Major Blaze Near Loon Mountain in Lincoln, NH

Last night, firefighters from multiple departments converged to battle a large blaze in a building near New Hampshire's Loon Mountain. The flames, which erupted on Crooked Mountain Road in Lincoln, ...
WMUR

Crews battle house fire near Loon Mountain in Lincoln

SAYS THERE COULD BE SOME SNOW DRIFT. NEW THIS MORNING ON DAYBREAK. WE’RE WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS BIG FIRE IN LINCOLN. LOOK AT THESE FLAMES. REALLY MASSIVE UP THERE ON THE ROOF. THE FIRE BROKE ...