Show Jan Page 12 Student Life Wednesday 5 1977 THART 201 Outdoors UNDERSTANDING FILM Steel shot controversy placed in perspective taken from Conservation News For years man has recognized lead as a source of poison which when ingested in suticient quantities can mduce death As a d result production of of other a and variety paints products containing dangerously high levels of the element have been limited But the problem of lead poisoning is not restricted to just Homo sapien Since the early 1900's wildlife biologists have recognized lead poisoning as an important source of mortality among waterfowl species The problem arises when ducks and other bottom feeding birds mistakenly swallow lead pellets (traditionally used in shotgun shells i as food or grit Once in the gizzard digestive acids attack the pellets converting the lead into soluble lead salts which are then absorbed into the bloodstream If lead levels are high enough the exposure results m lead-base- the portions of nine states along Atlantic Flyway will not be permitted to hunt "ducks geese or coots with a 12 gauge shotgun loaded with any material other than steel" The regulations further state that for one year only "shotguns loaded with materials other than steel will be permitted if the bore of such shotguns is smaller than 12 gauge" The states where these regulations apply Maine Florida Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey New York North Carolina and Virginia Why just the Atlantic According to FWS surveys the highest levels of lead were found along the Atlantic Flyway In include-Delawar- Fly-way- MILL We AND STUM MG TmE VlCMlhG E Jam 9 Pking of : CASSIDY BUTCH these areas traditionally among the most popular hunting grounds concentrations or greater than one pellet per square foot have been found according to a FWS impact statement on lead shot Initially this sounds like an outrageous statistic but when one considers that some 6 million pounds of shot are scattered throughout the U S annually it doesn't seem so far fetched Secretary of the Interior Thomas S Kleppe has stated that lead shot restrictions will be extended to the Mississippi Fly way in 19 and to the Central and Pacific Fly ways in 1928 Steel shot was selected as the alternative to lead because after Jam 6: 5t GOOD OLD A OH SUNDANCE TROLLEY J rid OF THE BATTLE I RIDE ELDERBUSH mu) (Pome m) H TRIP A SALT LAKE CITY (Thomas Edisom m) 9 GULCH (D TO Gkiffitn W 28 HIM) Jam Short 11: c Subject--Pagi- PliLs of (Georuj fcuij 10 MIN) Jam 13: Jam 18: Griffith INTOLERANCE (D INTOLERANCE (conclusion) W 122 (Norman McLaren Edit: 20: nib) 9 mir) (Sergei Eisensteii POTErtUN BATTLESHIP Interpretation m) 60 and Values (28 MIN) Jan 25: (Charles Chaplin RUSH THE GOLD Jan mf-- min) (Alfred Hitchcock VANISHES LADY — 27: tylk! 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