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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 01 > Man on mission to keep swans away from lead-poisoned lake

Man on mission to keep swans away from lead-poisoned lake

By Phuong Le / The Bulletin
December 1, 2008

SUMAS, Wash. — Years of collecting dead carcasses and examining lead-poisoned livers have convinced Mike Smith of this: To save Pacific Coast trumpeter swans, he has to haze them.

As the sun set behind Judson Lake — the likely source of the lead poisoning — the....

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