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More heat on hunters to get the lead out

Tundra swans take flight from Calispell Lake near Usk, Wash. Each year, thousands of swans stop at the lake while they migrate north. 
 (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)
Tundra swans take flight from Calispell Lake near Usk, Wash. Each year, thousands of swans stop at the lake while they migrate north. (Colin Mulvany / The Spokesman-Review)

HUNTING -- Birding and wildlfie groups are focusing the spotlight on hunters and shooters who use lead shot and bullets claiming that 20 million birds die each year of lead poisoning.

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Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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