Show Lead Shot Results A study to determine the amount of lead shot eaten by Utah's waterfowl shows that 60 out of or percent of the birds tested contained one or more according to the Division of Wildlife PRINCIPAL waterfowl biologist Albert reported indicates there is a but it is not He explained that lead shot ingestion is essentially confined to the area the east shores of the Salt Farmington Bay northward and probably the Bear River Migratory Bird Most other waterfowl areas in Utah are relatively free of the BIRDS most affected were pintails and three diving redheads and Many ducks frequenting Beehive State including green-wing cinnamon teal and have very low ingestion and are not likely to suffer serious lead poisoning Regenthal pointed out that further studies designed to more closely define specific problems and to find the most measures to correct them are this we do net feel that a complete ban of lead shot is he k i TO CONDUCT the Division biologists collected gizzards from waterfowl shot by hunters on 12 areas and examined them by Similar studies by other Pacific Flyway and Central Flyway states indicate basically the same pattern of local-hot-spots as |