Publications and Reports
Donor Reports
Our periodic Adirondack Loon Donor Reports summarize the results of the wide variety of projects that have been generously supported our many donors.
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Are Loons on Thin Ice with Climate Change?
This 2023 Science Summary report discusses the potential impacts of climate change to Common Loon populations in the Northeast, based on the results of the Adirondack Center for Loon Conservation’s research on the Adirondack loon population. Preliminary evidence indicates that climate change can reduce loon reproductive success, increase exposure to avian diseases, and alter loon migratory patterns.
Adirondack Loons: Have they benefitted from mercury emission controls?
This 2020 summary report provides an overview of two articles, titled “Spatial patterns and temporal trends in mercury concentrations in common loons (Gavia immer) from 1998 to 2016 in New York’s Adirondack Park: Has this top predator benefitted from mercury emission controls?” and “Determining optimal sampling strategies for monitoring mercury and reproductive success in common loons in the Adirondacks of New York.” They were published by the ACLC and its collaborators in the scientific journal, Ecotoxicology, in the fall of 2019, as part of the New York Mercury Synthesis Project led by Biodiversity Research Institute and supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
Nesting in the North Woods: Identifying environmental threats to Common Loon reproductive success in New York’s Adirondack Park
This 2020 summary report provides an overview of an article titled “The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on banded common loon (Gavia immer) reproductive success in a remote, mountainous region of the northeastern United States.” Authored by the ACLC and its collaborators it was published in the scientific journal, Ecotoxicology, in the fall of 2019, as part of the New York Mercury Synthesis Project led by Biodiversity Research Institute and supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
Adirondack Loons - Sentinels of Mercury Pollution in New York's Aquatic Ecosystems
This summary report provides an overview of Common Loon natural history, a section on the conservation concerns affecting their populations, and a summary of the scientific research we conducted, which highlights the impact of mercury pollution to the Adirondack loon population. This report was published in 2012, supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
Restore the Call: New York Status Report for the Common Loon
This report, supported through the Ricketts Conservation Foundation and Biodiversity Research Institute provides an overview of the status and threats affecting the population of Common Loons breeding in New York State.
The Common Loon in the Adirondack Park
This report, published by the Wildlife Conservation Society in 2004, provides an overview of loon natural history and threats affecting loons.