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Craighead Beringia South

Information on Lead Rifle Bullet Fragments

 

General Information

 

State Health Warnings

 

Non-Lead Ammo Performance

 

Beringia South Research Reports

 

Other Lead Bullet & Wildlife Research

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Information

 

Living Bird Magazine article that chronicles the lead bullet issue with birds

 

ABC News Video on Condor Mortality from Lead Fragments

 

 

 

 

 

State Health Warnings

 

Wyoming Department of Health Precautions for Eating Game Harvested with Lead Ammunition

 

Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Information on Lead Ammuntion

 

North Dakota Department of Health Information on Lead in Venison

 

Colorado Division of Wildlife Recommendation for Reducing Lead in Meat

 

Minnesota DNR Lead Information for Hunters

 

 

 

Ammunition Performance

 

Field Trials of Copper vs. Lead Bullets        


                                                                                                                             

 

 

                                                                  

Park Service and USFWS Ask Hunters to go Lead-Free                                                           

http://www.fws.gov/nationalelkrefuge/Documents/Press%20Releases/2009/08_06_09nonlead.pdf

 

Peregrine Fund Radiographs of Lead Bullet Fragmentation in Deer from Wyoming 

http://www.peregrinefund.org/pdfs/ResearchLibrary/Fragmentation%20data%20and%20radiographs.pdf

 

                                            

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=6736923

 

Proceedings Injestion of Lead Ammunition: Implications for Wildlife and Humans Conference                                             https://www.peregrinefund.org/lead_conference/2008PbConf_Proceedings.htm

 

 

 

Craighead Beringia South Research Papers on Ravens and Lead in the Tetons      

 

Craighead, D. and B. Bedrosian. 2008. Blood lead levels of Common Ravens with access to big-game offal. Journal of Wildlife Management. 72:240-245. PDF

 

Craighead, D. and B. Bedrosian. 2009.  A relationship between blood lead levels of Common Ravens and the hunting season in the Southern Yellowstone Ecosystem. In R.T. Watson, M. Fuller, M. Pokras, and. W.G. Hunt. (Eds).  Ingestion of Lead From Spent Ammunition: Implications for Wildlife and Humans. The Peregrine Fund. Boise, ID, USA. PDF

 

Bedrosian, B., C. Parish, and D. Craighead. 2009. Difference in blood lead levels detections techniqies: Analysis among and between three techniques and four avian species. In R.T. Watson, M. Fuller, M. Pokras, and. W.G. Hunt. (Eds).  Ingestion of Lead From Spent Ammunition: Implications for Wildlife and Humans. The Peregrine Fund. Boise, ID, USA. PDF