Sumner Matteson presents, “Wisconsin’s Trumpeter Swan Recovery Program” on April 8th

In 1986, Trumpeter Swans, once plentiful in Wisconsin, were absent from the state. Market hunting and feather collection in previous centuries had decimated their population. Sumner Matteson, and other WDNR scientists, drafted a Trumpeter Swan recovery plan to return these beautiful birds to the state, with the goal of reaching 20 breeding and migratory pairs of swans by the year 2000. In 1989, Matteson was on his way to Alaska to collect eggs… but to hear the rest of the story, you’ll need to attend Sumner Matteson’s presentation, “Wisconsin’s Trumpeter Swan Recovery Program” over Zoom on Thursday, April 8th, at 7 pm. You are invited to hear him detail the most successful conservation recovery project in Wisconsin’s history. Join us for this free Zoom program to hear this fascinating recovery story. Pre-register prior to the event to receive meeting log-in information, https://bit.ly/3b7EHbu.

For those of you who weren’t able to attend the Zoom presentation on April 8th, the Lake Superior Collaborative has posted the video on their YouTube channel at https://youtu.be/K7dFKS6lkws.